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How do you feel about massively oversized weapons in games? Does their lack of realism annoy you, or amuse you?

Do you try to keep your inventory relatively minimal in RPGs, or does it tend to be bursting at the seams?

If you sometimes get extra cash (i.e. from overtime), do you set some aside for future game purchases?

What do you hate about starting over as a newbie in your favorite games? I hate how much running and hiding I have to do since I am low on health and supplies.

Proper god rays are kind of rare IRL, but they are everywhere in modern games. They detract from realism for me, and sometimes they even don't come from a light source! Anyone else feel they are overused?

What are some older games that never lose their visual beauty to you even in comparison to games with new, realistic graphics?

I just started TLOU Part 2, and there are so many little details going on constantly in the environment I feel like I am missing stuff. What are some other games with that level of detail?

@Heatman mentioned elsewhere that melee fighting offers a great adrenaline rush. I would agree that this also typically gives me the biggest rush. What types of fighting in games do you get the best adrenaline rush from?

My favorite melee experience used to be in TLOU, but melee fighting in TLOU Part 2 has blown it out of the water. What games offer your favorite melee combat?

Do you enjoy using photo mode in games? Have any nice screenshots to share?

Having just made the jump directly from PS3 to PS5, playing a recent PS4-era game (TLOU Part 2), I am just blown away by how crazy realistic games have become. What is the single biggest leap in game realism you've experienced?

This. There needs to be solid motivation, or nothing will happen. And if there is truly compelling motivation, it can't not happen. It's like pulling a thread out of an old sweater. It will keep unraveling.

I'd really never thought of it that way before. I guess people who are used to having attention on them all the time as a group will complain not so much because they actually feel oppressed as that they just want to find a reason to draw attention back to themselves. Although, I expect in some cases this may be a covert motive, and they may not even be fully aware that this is their intention.

Thank you; that is a very clear and thorough explanation! And sorry--I am pretty sure you've had to tell me about the mods thread twice 😞 Thank you for the merge/reminder!

Imagine that whatever you spend most of your time doing in video games is your RL job. What do you do for a living? I guess I would be in pest control, for example, since these days I am mostly clearing dungeons.

I was reading this post about whether video games encourage narcissism: https://sites.psu.edu/passionblogrmoussa/2015/09/17/do-video-games-encourage-narcissism/ I do see plenty of narcissistic behaviour among gamers, but I'm not sure gaming seems inherently narcissistic to me. Actually, if anything, playing in a world that exists "just for me" In the moment I am playing feels oddly humbling, and makes me want to interact with every small detail to appreciate others' hard work. Do you see a link between gaming and narcissism?

I notice there are literally hundreds of MMOs that I’ve never heard of. Given their massive volume, I have a hard time expecting they are high in quality. What are they like, on average?

Does anyone have any interest in Amazon’s MMO?

What is the highest position you ever held in an MMO? Mine was "Clan Speaker and Representative." Not great 😕

If money were no object, what would your ultimate gaming setup be?

In open world RPGs, I often feel I am just wandering aimlessly until I discover in-game motivation—i.e. a follower I want to protect, or a political conflict I want to influence. But it always happens by accident. Do you go looking for motivation, or find yours the same way?

I am totally new to mods. If I install a mod, and then I decide I don’t like it, and I uninstall it, will I have to revert back to the last save I made before it was installed? Or will the game somehow update my most recent save with the new, un-modded game state, and I can just go on with my life?

Did you ever deliberately quit a game somewhere in the middle? What made you quit?

There seems to be a pretty even split between games that set the default trigger buttons as R/L 1 and those that set it as R/L 2. Do you have a preference between them?

I just started Skyrim on PS5! This is my first time playing it on a platform other than PS3. I am hoping it will be a lot less buggy. I will update to let you all know how it goes.