Gamers_Mate to Ask [email protected] • 11 months agoWhat is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?message-square428fedilinkarrow-up1258file-text
arrow-up1252message-squareWhat is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?Gamers_Mate to Ask [email protected] • 11 months agomessage-square428fedilinkfile-text
It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don’t think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
minus-squareguyrocketlinkfedilink13•11 months agoThe appeal of games like this is so odd to me. They’re moronic on one hand but viscerally addictive on the other. A very interesting psychological dynamic going on with this whole genre.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•11 months agoIt’s no mystery if you consider the world at the time and the target audience. Home computers were only a couple of years past where you had to solder the chips on yourself and still in nerdy kid domain. There was a big overlap with the Dungeons and Dragans crowd. Puzzles and imagining yourself as some character were a huge appeal. Now factor in that the underwear section of the Sears catalog was still the closest thing to porn as most 12 year olds could get their hands on.
The appeal of games like this is so odd to me. They’re moronic on one hand but viscerally addictive on the other. A very interesting psychological dynamic going on with this whole genre.
It’s no mystery if you consider the world at the time and the target audience.
Home computers were only a couple of years past where you had to solder the chips on yourself and still in nerdy kid domain.
There was a big overlap with the Dungeons and Dragans crowd. Puzzles and imagining yourself as some character were a huge appeal.
Now factor in that the underwear section of the Sears catalog was still the closest thing to porn as most 12 year olds could get their hands on.