StaceyPowers

Weirdly enough, gaming has created many of the most meaningful experiences in my life as an adult. How meaningful has gaming been for you?

If your favorite dev could remake any game you wanted, what would you pick, and why? What would change if they re-developed it?

Video game tutorials can easily be boring or frustrating. What are some ways they can be more fun or less obtrusive?

What games feature the most realistic NPC reactions?

Somehow I missed until recently that Brigid Tenenbaum in BioShock is autistic. What are some other autistic (or possibly autistic) game characters?

In school, different classes helped “break up” time and make it feel longer. Adulthood has largely bled together, but playing different games has helped mark passage of time for me. Does it do this for others as well?

How long do you wait for a game you want to go on sale before giving up and getting it at full price? What makes you decide to just bite the bullet and do it?

What % of your games did you pay full price for? For me, it's probably like 5%.

I never actually knew till getting a PS5 that modern consoles feature menu music. How do you feel about it, and do you leave it on or turn it off?

Whenever I play on PS5, I notice bright things in games are so blindingly bright. Why is it like this, and how do I fix it? I’m using the same monitor as always.

For some reason, I find it incredibly hard to control the cars in Watch Dogs: Legion. Anyone else struggle with them?

I never can bring myself to kill Sander Cohen in BioShock. I skip the upgrade. Do you kill him, and if so, do you do it in Fort Frolic or later?

Haven't played it yet 🙂 Still on first game. Yes, it is.

So do I. I was only trying to explain that without a physical object like a mouse to move physically across a surface, using a cursor on a screen (with a gamepad) feels awkward, design-wise.

VR counts.

How do you feel about field of view (FOV) in games? I couldn’t figure out why I was getting motion sick playing the BioShock remaster, and then realized it had an expanded FOV. I switched it off and instantly felt better. But some people must prefer the expanded FOV. I am curious to learn more about this.

When I think about elements that add to the ambiance of my favorite games (BioShock), I’m somewhat surprised by their banality. Things like vending machine sounds and advertisements. But I guess banalities like these make a world feel more real and lived-in—and if they are artfully executed, add to its beauty. Thoughts on this or other examples?

If you hit a fight in a video game where you’re like “I can’t do this,” how do you handle it? I usually take a few days off and come back until it’s done, and hope at some point I figure out the solution in my sleep.

What are some decisions video game developers have made in the past that have caused them to lose your trust?

My answer: Make new save files often.

I think I will say Tetris, with the music on.

What’s the most amazing thing you ever achieved in a game?

I notice a lot of my favorite games revolve around family as a theme (i.e. BioShock or TLOU). What are some of your favorites in this category?

If you had to remake your favorite game, what would you change, if anything?

Apparently, I will have to survive Rapture. Actually, this increasingly seems like RL anyway 😞