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Jake Slimeberg
@jakesteinberg.substack.com

I guess I thought souls games were fine shorthand for "game with a challenge that puts a lot of immediate pressure on the player" and a giant cheesesteak on the cover image communicated something about tone. My mistake! I will learn from this! Discovering some new sensitivities on here lol

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violet, wanted for elf crimes
@sumirewitch.in.bnuuy.world

I think your tone in the original post was inflammatory and doesn't convey the actual content of the essay. In particular, people anchored on 'publicly shame anyone who looks up the best build', which is not even close to what the article is about, but it is the first words of the post.

violet, wanted for elf crimes
@sumirewitch.in.bnuuy.world

I think its more accurate that the essay is about a certain kind of backseating coming from a certain type of outcome-oriented little-g gamer, and how absurd not just that backseating, but the perspective itself is, to a process-oriented gamer.

James Wood
@omgmorejames.bsky.social

lol I had seen the vibe around this but hadn’t had a chance to read until now and it’s fine? You’re fine? I don’t even fully agree with your read on a genre I adore but I’m also still fine??