iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Please no donations over $500 for tax purposes. This is the for the first friend I made when I moved to Seattle and he has never been anything but kind and generous to everyone he meets. He also has not had a day off in 2 months

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

I keep running out of food and I don't know why (Please ignore the 12 elephants guarding my base thank you)

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Just go by V cuz cyberpunk is a great game

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Guy who thinks he can run an empire because he's got 1453 hours in crusader kings

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Annuh @ohaniceking.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Bearshare wrapped 2005 You burned one song to CDs more often than any other song! I Want Your Girlfriend (To Be My Girlfriend) by Reel Big Fish! You were in the top 0.5% of listeners!

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Quasimorph is fun because you can struggle on 1 mission for hours and finally get a good run and grab the objective but I used dragon breath rounds on a zombie at point blank and the fire spread and I died instantly

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

THIS. Determining what makes the game "easy" or "hard" is subjective at best. I would rather a game have 1 balanced and well thought out difficulty than normal, normal+, normal-

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

All underwater levels should include an optional scuba tank cuz during drowning is straight up not a good time

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Factorio and RimWorld do similar things to great effect

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

What a phenomenal game and example. I love that you can customize your difficulty to something that's enjoyable to you. Obviously that can't apply to every game but I mean when customizable difficulty is built in I'm immediately hooked

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Grinding that 100% is brutal get you that assist mode. I refuse to grind that much

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

All I'm saying is there are solutions to difficulty besides just not doing the level. There's a lot of nuance in each game too warrant a individual approach to its difficulty

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Ok what would an easy mode for something like elden ring even look like. That game is "balanced" around a particular difficulty curve. By end game the whole game is easy mode cuz you just one shot the map and have too much health to die

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Sure but like without skipping the level, like give the player an npc to help with the fight or a nice buff to tip the scales. There's no joy in skipping

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Let us losers have our nihilistic niche

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

For the record I'm not good at high difficulty games, I just appreciate them

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Ya but the solution to difficulty shouldn't be "play less of the game", it should be "how can we help this player accomplish something"

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

In short, difficulty is weird and there's no one size fits all solution. Each game should be looked at individually and balanced accordingly. There's no world where there's a game that everyone likes as that's ok.

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Ok but with elden ring I didn't know where everything was, I would hit a wall and go somewhere else to get stronger and come back when I felt ready. My agency as a player was never taken away

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Ok yes, but my counterpoint is if that difficult level is to prepare the player for harder levels in the future then skipping it will make the game more difficult to enjoy

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Bragging rights are stupid, it's a video game like who cares. But players feeling like they accomplished something cool shouldn't be sacrificed

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Look at GTA, you fail a mission more than twice and the game reminds you that you can just skip. When I skip I just feel like I suck and if I don't I get frustrated. Alternative paths to success is the ideal. FROMSOFT games are hard but you can always just equip some op weapons and crush bosses

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Ok yes and no. Accessibility is always the goal and should be encouraged, but I think difficultly is too broad of a concept to simplify with just add an easy mode/level skip. Players should be empowered and like they're doing a good job, and skipping a level just feels bad

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Not A Lizard @notalizard.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Oh so it's literally only me that's this underground cool cool cool

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