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Are there any game companies you actively boycott?

Was there ever a game that you were dying to play for some reason, despite it being a type of game or genre of game you normally steer clear of? What was it, and what compelled you to get and play it?

Are there any game series where you feel the games are perceived better if one thinks of them as standalone titles set in one universe, rather than belonging to one full “arc”? Like, I would say this is true about Dragon Age.

Did you ever buy a game, lose interest in it, and then sell it again without playing it once?

Have you ever literally burned through so many supplies that you were unable to progress through a particular fight or segment of a game?

Are there any games that you just could not stop playing originally after you bought them, but after a while, you found they grew stale and dull?

To some extent, some games are designed to be somewhat frustrating, and to test the player’s patience. Do you enjoy playing games that cause you to feel frustration? In what situations? What separates “good” from “bad” frustration while gaming? And can even “good” frustration go too far? On a similar note, how much of the frustration do you feel when playing certain games do you think comes from the way the game was made versus your own expectations?

What are the best games from the past year that got very little media attention?

What games under development right now have beautiful graphical design?

What is the absolute most awful thing you ever saw a game administrator in an MMO do? The worst case I can remember was an admin who helped her RL boyfriend sexually assault a player in the game, and then banned the character of another player who tried to interfere.

What video game in your backlog has been waiting the longest for you to get around to it?

Are there any historical settings you think would be particularly exciting to see brought to life in a video game, especially in VR?

What are your gaming plans for 2022?

Did anyone ever know someone exclusively online through gaming, lose touch for years, and then get back in touch later?

Did anyone get any cool games or hardware for the holidays?

It seems like a lot of popular game series have classic entries that most people are not as familiar with (sometimes in different game formats, even). What are some of your favorite retro entries in popular franchises?

What are the absolute worst instances of lazy shortcuts you can think of that developers have taken?

Does anyone else find it super annoying that most games do not let you remove quests you will never, ever do from your quest list? In fact, I haven’t played any game that lets you clear out quest list clutter.

What are the most devastating character deaths in video games? You could talk both about deaths that were devastating because you loved the character, or those that were especially crushing because of how the character died/how it was portrayed.

If you have been banned from video games before, what are some of the stupidest reasons it happened? Did you get it overturned?

What are some of the earliest isometric games you can remember playing? When I was a kid playing an original Nintendo, the only one I remember encountering was Solstice. But I figure it could not have been the only one of its kind even back then?

What were some of the most groundbreaking arcade games from decades ago?

Are there any moments in video games where you actually felt shocked by what happened? What were they? (obviously, this thread will be full of spoilers)

Are there any game series that you feel have consistently evolved with better and better instalments?

I have pretty bad reaction times in games, which is one reason I am never likely to be all that skilled. What about you?