Games

Video games, board games and game design

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Trusted voices in Games

Ordered by the trust Games's own network concentrates on each poster, most first.

1. visakanv — trusted by 150 posters here
2. goblinodds — trusted by 97 posters here
3. eigenrobot — trusted by 85 posters here
4. QiaochuYuan — trusted by 87 posters here
5. michaelcurzi — trusted by 64 posters here
6. patio11 — trusted by 66 posters here
7. PrinceVogel — trusted by 65 posters here
8. eshear — trusted by 86 posters here
9. ElodesNL — trusted by 55 posters here
10. nosilverv — trusted by 78 posters here
11. mechanical_monk — trusted by 57 posters here
12. DefenderOfBasic — trusted by 56 posters here

Top posts in Games

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1. ceo any% 55:32 — new record??? (eshear) — 62 likes
2. the coolest possible start to a rule book https://t.co/9ZkRrIHUSV (RichDecibels) — 48 likes
3. Been spending a lot of time with kids (8-15). It's surprising how much of their play time is allocated to rules lawyering. Or rather, not rules lawyering: rule creation -- the initial (rational)… (nosilverv) — 34 likes
4. for future ref, the recommended reading list at the back of the manual of The Sims https://t.co/LVOU1ZUxcd https://t.co/bNnUFU90r7 (visakanv) — 32 likes
5. i was really lucky in hindsight that my family's computer was far too shit to run world of warcraft, because i saw what it did to my friends and i know clearly in my heart that i would have been… (visakanv) — 30 likes
6. I commissioned @goblinodds to draw a D&D version of me and I think they absolutely nailed it 😍 https://t.co/BApzR4XIOG (visakanv) — 28 likes
7. Woman in front of me on this plane does not respect the game Angry Birds. There's no tactics, no sincerity. She just yeets the birds any which way, repeatedly fails the level, takes the same failed… (michaelcurzi) — 24 likes
8. how it started vs how it's going #1 vs #391 https://t.co/OrU9rlJA8P https://t.co/RE91UF60DM (visakanv) — 23 likes
9. a silly pet peeve of mine is people using phrases like “4D chess, 6D chess”, etc when thinking several steps ahead is straightforwardly doable in good ol’ 2d chess (visakanv) — 23 likes
10. I treat it like Tony Hawk Pro Skater https://t.co/QNVXWGxnpK (eshear) — 23 likes
11. "it's called factorio and it's about building a little factory" https://t.co/kLTFcqLoyd (NathanpmYoung) — 23 likes
12. basically the way i've structured my gaming experience my entire life is to minimize the possibility of experiencing a meaningful loss https://t.co/cZ8K6uByy3 (QiaochuYuan) — 22 likes
13. bouncing off of this– when watching pro gamers i often think abt how mastery makes things easier. for eg, in games where you have health and deal damage: if you never get hit → no need to buy armor… (visakanv) — 21 likes
14. Only tangentially related but TPOT cured me of my lifelong Werewolf (Mafia) addiction. I discovered I'm not good at it, but that I just had been playing with idiots all my life 😭 (nosilverv) — 20 likes
15. Hindu-mythology themed roguelike where you are Vishnu. Each death progresses you through the ten avatars, in a cycle, each avatar having different powers and goals. There’s no way to win or lose… (eshear) — 19 likes
16. funny memory: when I was 17, i had a friend who playing Elder Scrolls: Oblivion on his laptop all night and was flunking all his exams. I said, dude, you better hand me that laptop until after your… (visakanv) — 19 likes
17. Here is how to explain a board game. In order: 1. This is a game about [theme]. 2. It is a [type of game]. 3. You are trying to [objective]. 4. The game ends [when condition occurs]. 5. Prior to… (DRMacIver) — 18 likes
18. a video game in this art style would be so lovely to play https://t.co/VrzSHgpv9A (visakanv) — 18 likes
19. the first mistake was not talking to gamers before/during development the second mistake was "i decided to take a step back and look at my game objectively" without talking to gamers the third… (visakanv) — 18 likes
20. this is fascinating, they did a big analysis of millions of matches of popular FPS multiplayer games, and it turns out the higher-ranked the player, the less likely they are to attack a… (bashu_thanks) — 18 likes
21. how cool would it be if a videogame's basic information systems were biased? enemy descriptions written as propaganda; quest descriptions written by a biased government; reticle colour showing… (ElodesNL) — 17 likes
22. i saw a kid with a switch this morning and now this is me https://t.co/B7TpLFCnl1 (danielbrottman) — 17 likes
23. Someone should make SimCentralBanker to drive economic literacy. SimCity created a generation of urbanists, we can do it again. (eshear) — 17 likes
24. we did iiit my psyduck at left, bogfriend's haunter at center, dear instigator friend's gandalf at right https://t.co/fK0t0KqTFt https://t.co/deiXkVXzEV (goblinodds) — 16 likes
25. i was dming a game for lim and some others in college they were chasing a witch; she fled into a mansion id planned the entire place out in gory detail. full of traps and monsters and animated suits… (eigenrobot) — 16 likes
26. People really are out there saying "Dune is about the dangers of false messiahs", as if the Fremen just gradually getting ground to dust was somehow a preferable alternative (PrinceVogel) — 16 likes
27. an interest I didn’t expect to pick up in my 30s: jigsaw puzzles younger me saw them as frivolous, inconsequential I find it meditative, and while I’m examining the pieces, observing how they fit… (visakanv) — 16 likes
28. Gameplay mockup https://t.co/RLkt7Y7jUO (br___ian) — 16 likes
29. AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH https://t.co/S2q9LgZGZ1 (eigenrobot) — 15 likes
30. Baba is You is my favorite video game, a thread https://t.co/WFTs8bROmp (christineist) — 15 likes
31. after a chess game, i open the game review, wondering: which move lost me the game? was i winning at any point? i need life game review at the end of every day. when did my day go awry? was i on… (mechanical_monk) — 15 likes
32. "What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games" is one of the most interesting videos I've seen in a while. It's one of those kinda-specific things that generalizes beautifully beyond… (visakanv) — 15 likes
33. TIL jung was a big smash bros guy https://t.co/T02epEu5Mr (exgenesis) — 15 likes
34. It feels like you could use these to make a version of real world capture the flag but with powers like in TF2 or LOL. LARPing meets athletic sports, who is working on this? (eshear) — 15 likes
35. I'm serious I tried that one out myself video games are addictive because the gradient is painstakingly made for you project management when you make the gradient for yourself, that's how you learn… (visakanv) — 14 likes
36. thinking about how supervillains so often have plans i'd watch like a netflix series or youtube series or something examining the GTD principles and project management processes of various… (visakanv) — 14 likes
37. GOLD MEDAL 🥇 @AlexGodofsky's regal, august Robert Godofsky! Robert had a hard time shaking off Prince Fluff in round 1, but as the tournament progressed, Robert's popularity only increased. after… (mechanical_monk) — 14 likes
38. 1. set up a game called "intifada", where israel and palestine interact. israel wants to secretly control a world government, and wants to oppress palestinians. palestine has two possible types:… (eigenrobot) — 14 likes
39. if you think about it StarCraft is really project management simulator (visakanv) — 14 likes
40. Advanced Stupid is getting progressively better at winning games you shouldn't be playing https://t.co/6HGTWetw4P (visakanv) — 14 likes
41. Riven is a really great game. It's maybe the single most immersive game ever made, which is impressive, given it's 25 years old and is presented in a manner only slightly more interactive than a… (ElodesNL) — 14 likes
42. ok wtf is the "waluigi effect" and how did it catch on as a Thing so quickly?? (nopranablem) — 14 likes
43. A friend of mine has a theory that men subconsciously use video games to participate in virtual coming-of-age adventures through the characters of the game. It's an imperfect way to go on a heroes… (__drewface) — 14 likes
44. Welcome to 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗, where trash is your most precious resource 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗘, gather as much trash as possible and sell it to the 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 ✨… (Prigoose) — 14 likes
45. this is one of the interesting things about status dynamics that rhymes a bit with Thiel’s point about monopolies, and it’s also reminding me of a thing I’ve been struggling to write about re: games… (visakanv) — 14 likes
46. stole this from a locked account it's picrew timmme https://t.co/F8oWUXsufJ https://t.co/ypEIEUN00r (goblinodds) — 14 likes
47. ok after 17 months of pretty much daily playing i'm gonna try to quit chess and spend that time on something more productive wish me luck (mechanical_monk) — 14 likes
48. holy shit chrono trigger is good. this is the mother of all JRPGs (qorprate) — 14 likes
49. Vibehole chess club is opening https://t.co/cgQ7MKKaeh (blisstweeting) — 14 likes
50. me: maybe it's almost time to live nomadically for a while and stay at monasteries and visit friends etc one loud part: BUT WHAT IF I WANT TO LEARN TO SPEEDRUN MARIO 64?? HOW WILL I DO THAT THO??? (danielbrottman) — 14 likes

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• QiaochuYuan — 207 posts
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