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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2054 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 30, 2023

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When is the last time you truly got sucked into something, and experienced a sense of childlike wonder?

For me it was, predictably, watching the VisionOS demo. I found it magical, and so exciting to think of the future of where that technology could go.

While I played a bit of Minecraft early on, it was VERY early on, pre-nether.

During the summer of 2020 many of my friends and family, including those who hadn't played many video games in years, were stuck inside more for obvious reasons. So one of my friends spun up a Minecraft server for everyone to play on.

Between the new stuff added to the game in my long absence, the fresh world and people playing and building stuff at all hours (between furloughs, different shifts and different time zones) I was constantly discovering new things while playing and was often sharing that experience with people who I had not talked to as much as I'd have liked in recent years due to diverging paths in life.

Died down over time, once again for obvious reasons, but for a month or two it recaptured the feeling of playing games with friends back in elementary.

Didn't make up for all the stuff we couldn't do, but it definitely helped take the edge off.

Ahh yeah, that's my favorite thing about videogames. Every now and then you can recreate that feeling of freedom you had when you were a kid. The sense that there's a large open world to explore, and you have so few restrictions. The surprise, etc is crucial. Glad to hear it helped you through the lockdowns bud.

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