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Are there any games other people broadly seem to find bleak or depressing that you found hopeful or uplifting?

Did you ever know someone in an MMO that years later you regretted losing touch with? What did they bring to your life, and have you looked for them?

I learned my initial typing skills in school, but I learned to type fast by gaming. Who else here learned to type in part or in full through gaming?

What games have had the biggest impact on your real life, and how have they impacted you?

If you had to represent yourself as a video game somehow, like, if there is a video game that sums up something important about you as a person, which would it be?

Some zones, levels or areas in video games pull out all the stops and are just amazing. Most I think are reasonably satisfying. But some are just boring or disappointing. What are some that fall into that latter category for you?

In dungeons/levels in games, one sometimes runs into NPCs in cages, usually animals or prisoners. Does anyone else struggle with what to do with them? If they’re not hostile, I let them out. But if they are, it annoys me that there is no way to get a positive outcome for them.

If you’ve done cosplay of video game characters, what characters did you cosplay? If you haven’t, which would you, if you ever did?

I always avoid games that feature permadeath or limited lives, because, well, frankly I’m not a great gamer, and also, that would stress me out so much. For those who play game with that feature, how do you not get stressed by it?

What is the longest mission or section you’ve encountered in a game with no save points along the way (autosaves included)?

I just finished Outer Wilds (and its DLC) the other week, and loved it. But I’ve never played anything else like it. Does anyone know any games to recommend that are similar?

I’ve been doing a casual text RP with a friend one-on-one lately, and it’s been remarkably easy for us to keep coming up with stuff to do. It made me think back to my old days playing MUDs where for some reason, it was so hard to “make our own fun” when the admins weren’t running world events. It made me wonder why it was so difficult for me back then. What are other peoples’ experiences with this, particularly in MMOs?

Does anybody else get super stressed if they have to play a long section in a game with no manual saves?

Do you think it’s possible to do a good and well-received adaptation of a series like Mass Effect, where there are tons of branching choices and consequences? What approach would you take?

Are there any highly-rated games you are sure are great, but you will never play for whatever reason? This is the Dark Souls series for me.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation in a game where you literally could not progress because you were missing a critical supply?

Are there any games you played where on a second playthrough, what you’d learned during your first caused you to view a character’s motivations very differently?

I was realizing the other day there are some Dragon Age fans who only seem to like Origins. Are there other series like that where a lot of people only seem to like one game in the series? Do you feel that way about any series?

If you’ve been missing a game for years, but you don’t have time to play it, do you do anything to try to engage with it? Like watching let’s play videos, etc.

Did you ever play a game that failed to meet your expectations or hopes, but which overall, you still enjoyed and would play again?

If you are seated next to someone who flies into a rage while gaming, what is that experience like for you emotionally? Do you feel mostly sympathetic? Mostly overwhelmed? An equal mix? Do you just sit there quietly, or do you try to validate them or help them fix the problem?

Are you multi-tasking at all when you game, or are you 100% focused on gaming? I am usually focused mostly on gaming, but sometimes I am also entertaining my cat.

At what age did you start really getting into gaming? Not necessarily the first age you remember gaming now and again, but the age where it became something you were really excited about or dedicated to.

I know some people who love watching playthrough videos online, but don’t like playing. Do you know anyone like that? I actually used to be like that as a kid, because I was just so terrible at playing.

Usually spoilers are things to be avoided. But are there any circumstances where you don’t mind them, or even prefer them?