Video Games
A general gaming community for Piefed.
More games, less memes, no outrage culture.
Rules
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Stay civil.
Debate ideas, not people. No personal attacks, no flame wars. More info here. -
This is not a gamer identity space.
We don’t self-identify as “gamers.” Games are art, not a lifestyle brand. If your whole identity is about consumption, you’ll probably feel out of place here. -
Talk about games as art.
Discussion should focus on design, ideas, and creative choices. What does this game say? What are the consequences of its mechanics? What does its aesthetic communicate? -
No discrimination.
Prejudice, bigotry, or harassment of any kind will get you removed. -
No spam.
Keep discussion meaningful. Don’t flood with promos or off-topic noise. -
Stay on topic.
This space is for discussion of games as creative works, not for tech support, low-effort memes, or console wars. -
Evolving rules.
These rules may change as the community grows and we refine what works.
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There's just no point in identifying with a group based on entertainment as consumption. I play a lot of games but I don't consider myself a "gamer", in the same way a person who understands the language of cinema and the ideas behind film critique doesn't consider themselves a "movie watcher".
There are those who merely consume art, and there are always a few who think about art in its larger context and what the artistic choices of a piece represent to them. An artist will of course try to appeal to the consumer for practical reasons, but those practicalities exist in tension with the more genuine motives of creators, because art is the study of choice and mass appeal is an uninteresting, despite being understandable.
I don't know why game consumers choose to be so readily fleeced, perpetually dissatisfied, and tedious about their preferred media intake. Small studios are creating incredible games that run perfectly on launch, require no special hardware, and actually make interesting creative choices. Maybe they're enjoying their anger, who knows.
In any case, we shouldn't associate with them unless they're up in arms about something meaningful, on those rare occasions.
The more I think about it, the more I like this comment.
I could change the rules here to say, "No self-identified gamers allowed," but I think something might be lost in translation if I did that.
I just wish there was a less wordsy way to explain that life should be an interesting and meaningful exploration of ideas rather than a mindless yet fraught pursuit of stimuli.