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Die Shrink 11: Gaming Fatigue (Patreon)

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2020-01-17 10:00:59
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2026-06
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Are games more boring now...or are we?  It seems like many people are inadvertently treating gaming like a job instead of a hobby, and it's affect the zeitgeist.  We want to talk about this phenomena we ourselves feel we have come to terms with recently.

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8bit-bunny

imagine raytraced audio for even more easy room simulation & corrections for movie theaters, maybe they can use room reflection parametrics to simulate a better immersion in the sound aspect in theaters.

Donkey Kong Odyssey

It's funny how much I can relate to this podcast. I just picked up my 3DS the other night to start playing Fire Emblem again after years of ignoring it. I have a huge backlog of games on my PS4, Switch, and 3DS. I've put off gaming, with the exception of some Gears 4 and Gears 5 matches, long enough for Nintendo to Port over most of my (untouched) Wii U collection to the Switch. I had gotten the Wii U 3 years back and my library soon after, but I'd been focused on other things. Still, I look at my backlog with anticipation. Also, I'm getting a PS5 to add to my backlog woes. Steam also doesn't help me in that regard. Microsoft, however, is very helpful with its low volume of exclusives, so no worries in that regard.

MooresLawIsDead

Yeah I mean me and Dan were thinking - "We don't have any problem with the state of gaming, wtf is going on with some complaining techtubers?" I mean it's not like a golden age right now, but it's better than other eras of games. Then we realized it's because we take breaks from gaming if we are bored, and we stopped caring about backlogs in 2019. Gaming isn't a job! Some years I am obsessed with movies, other years podcasts, and some years I do a ton of gaming.

Donkey Kong Odyssey

It's basically an issue with prioritization of our time. Since we're working adults with priorities, we have a smaller budget when it comes to time for the consumption of media or participation in hobbies. In high school I was playing the Gears of War trilogy on my 360 while playing first person shooters on my Wii. I had all the time in the world to play overnight matches and such. Now, I have to work and I'm back in college, so my priorities shifted tremendously. This actually makes portable gaming more attractive to me (always loved the Gameboy and DS generations) as that allows me to game when I can. Speaking of golden age, I still remember 2007-2011 and just how insane that period was. I doubt we'll get that again until probably 2021 or 2022, but the sheer number of diverse AAA games out right now is nothing to scoff at. If anything, it should build anticipation for the next Gen of consoles with higher levels of performance and programming becoming mainstream. I basically want the PS5 to bring my Radeon VII to its knees while RDNA 2.0 takes the fight to Nvidia. I also would like to see more creativity in games with the newer hardware we're getting.

MooresLawIsDead

Yeah, well said. I mean there are plenty of excellent games out now, especially in the past 3 years. Maybe this gen started slow, but I mean I don't remember the PS2 Gan having a remarkable start either. 2013-2015 was very much so a transitional period for gaming.

SteveBoxTM

Never got that much into MMO's but I was super obsessed with Guild Wars in middle school when I had a huge amount of time. I'd say this game completely changed the formula on MMO's. Would never play an MMO these days just because of the time sink mainly but I wish there were more games that innovated in that genre.