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Are there any video game characters that take a lot of flak from fans, but you like?

Are there any games where you avoid using fast travel, or even opt never to use it?

What video game lines do you reference most often in conversation?

What to you are the most memorable side quests in gaming? What made them so impactful for you?

If you could make one improvement to your gaming area in your home right now, what would it be?

Are you happy with the amount of time you game? Would you like to be able to spend more time gaming? Less time gaming?

Have you met anyone you knew in a multiplayer game offline by complete coincidence? That happened to me in school as a teen. I ran into some other students in the hall who I overheard discussing the MUD I was playing, and we realized we’d met in the game before, but not in real life until that moment.

What are some interesting times you ran into gaming references in unexpected places IRL?

If you can only recommend one game to a person who has never gamed before, what would it be? Say you don’t know anything about their tastes/interests.

I learned the other week there have been like 4-5 remakes of Myst. Has anyone played any of them? How do they compare to the original and each other?

My brother has a habit of starting games, and then not keeping up with them. Years later, they’ll have been on pause for years, not progressing toward completion. Yet he still wants to play and finish them, he just never does. Does anyone else have this habit? If so, what causes it?

Do you have any cool ideas for game mechanics that you have never seen used in any real games?

What games with historical themes include the highest amounts of realism and accuracy?

Anyone here have trouble with controllers or mice because of wrist pain sometimes? How do you play on those days, if you do play on them?

Are there any games other people broadly seem to find bleak or depressing that you found hopeful or uplifting?

Did you ever know someone in an MMO that years later you regretted losing touch with? What did they bring to your life, and have you looked for them?

I learned my initial typing skills in school, but I learned to type fast by gaming. Who else here learned to type in part or in full through gaming?

What games have had the biggest impact on your real life, and how have they impacted you?

If you had to represent yourself as a video game somehow, like, if there is a video game that sums up something important about you as a person, which would it be?

Some zones, levels or areas in video games pull out all the stops and are just amazing. Most I think are reasonably satisfying. But some are just boring or disappointing. What are some that fall into that latter category for you?

In dungeons/levels in games, one sometimes runs into NPCs in cages, usually animals or prisoners. Does anyone else struggle with what to do with them? If they’re not hostile, I let them out. But if they are, it annoys me that there is no way to get a positive outcome for them.

If you’ve done cosplay of video game characters, what characters did you cosplay? If you haven’t, which would you, if you ever did?

I always avoid games that feature permadeath or limited lives, because, well, frankly I’m not a great gamer, and also, that would stress me out so much. For those who play game with that feature, how do you not get stressed by it?

What is the longest mission or section you’ve encountered in a game with no save points along the way (autosaves included)?

I just finished Outer Wilds (and its DLC) the other week, and loved it. But I’ve never played anything else like it. Does anyone know any games to recommend that are similar?