DailyDirt: Not Playing To Win Can Be Fun
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Playing video games can become an obsession. Just like some people like to re-read books they've already read over and over again, some gamers play their favorite games even after they've finished all the levels in a game. And now, there are more and more games that don't really have an ending, so you could just keep playing the game forever until you got bored -- or figured out your own goals to accomplish in the game. Here are just a few examples of gamers getting creative with how they play.- Somebody thought it'd be fun to try to get the *lowest* possible score on Super Mario Bros while still finishing the game. You really have to be amazingly good to get a score of just 500 points. The video of this game shows some incredible button-pressing skills. [url]
- There's a Tumblr dedicated to playing video games according to unconventional rules. Examples: Permadeath Minecraft where you have to delete your entire world if you die, democratic group playing of Pokemon where each move is chosen by majority decisions from a streaming chat session of thousands of players, etc... [url]
- In 2007, Super Mario World was hacked to become "Kaizo Mario World" which contained insanely difficult obstacles that would require hours just to complete a single level. Players have stepped up to the challenge, recording their efforts, and one impressive (or deeply philosophical?) video superimposes 134 attempts to complete the first level (only 2 attempts succeed). [url]
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Filed Under: gamers, group playing, kaizo mario world, minecraft, permadeath, super mario brothers, super mario world, video games
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Escapism!!(TM)(c)
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To explain for those who don't know:
Most of the time the twitch stream is in anarchy mode where the game takes in every command at once, with some latency of course. To get into democracy mode the stream needs a super majority.
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Take the RPGs for instance. I like those that need strategy to win. Or those that allow you to become so overpower that the fun is how to kill a boss without taking damage for instance. Or those that you can up the difficulty to insanity and still be able to beat it if executing the things carefully (and in a reasonable time frame). Disgaea comes to mine for this last example!
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DIdn't Data do this already?
Similar to Arthur Chu playing for the tie, just ensuring he can continue to play the game (and make more money!)
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BABY SMACKS CAT
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