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So here’s the thing about the ‘no excuses’, ‘always hustle’ bullshit; the refusal to recognize that people - even neuroatypical folks, or those with a chronic illness or disability - have limits.
We KNOW people have limits.
The evidence? Video games.
Let me explain.
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We KNOW people have limits.
The evidence? Video games.
Let me explain.
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In every game ever made, there’s a recognition of limits. Look at, I don’t know, Super Mario World for the NES as an early game. Mario jumps into a pit? He dies. He hits a Goomba? He dies. There are places he can’t go, no matter how much he wants to or how much he tries.
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But I’m thinking more about modern games.
Think about the Final Fantasy series. You have HP and MP. If you run out of MP, you can’t cast any more spells unless you eat or drink the right things, or you rest. If you run out of HP, you faint.
Sound familiar?
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Think about the Final Fantasy series. You have HP and MP. If you run out of MP, you can’t cast any more spells unless you eat or drink the right things, or you rest. If you run out of HP, you faint.
Sound familiar?
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Some comments on #Diablo Immortal and the #diabloimmortal backlash, the backlash to the backlash and now the backlash to the backlash to the backlash. In a thread.
First, if you're not up to speed, Blizzard announced a new Diablo game at Blizzcon last week. It's called Diablo Immortal and it's coming exclusively to mobile phones. cnet.com/news/diablo-im…
Many fans, expecting Diablo 4 to be announced, reacted viscerally -- one even asked the developers if it was a joke. It's not. It's real. That backlash made waves online, resulting in an unfolding narrative in which two contrasting sides are both right.
