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@Steerminator Out of curiosity, does your friend also react this way to people when she is frustrated with them? I.e. they go from being okay in her eyes one second to being totally wrong and awful the next?

Nope, I got it for him at a hefty discount.

Do you know how long it takes before the first autosave? My friend started last night and it didn't save, so he he has to start over.

Completely agreed on this point. Plus, once one sinks tens of thousands of hours into something, one learns things about how to do it that even someone with thousands of hours might not know how to do. I do suspect @m76 was trying to assert he is good at systemizing. I am as well, but I would say this makes me a "jack of all trades, expert at none"--except, perhaps, for systemizing itself.

Following off of this thread, would you want to automatically be good at every game you played? I'd hate that.

So, I did beat the “Reclaiming the Thaig” quest in The Descent DLC in DA Inquisition last night, but only by running away a lot to bring everyone back to life at half health. Does anyone have some more strategic tips for how to beat that fight?

Whenever Bioware wants to make a fight “hard” in Dragon Age, all they seem to do is make their bosses take a really, really, really, really long time to kill in the most boring fashion. Does anyone else find this annoying? I had an hour long fight last night, and it just involved doing the same thing over and over and over.

When your console is off, do you cover it with anything to protect it? I have a canvas bag over mine right now so my cat does not shed or vomit on it. She sits on a perch above it, and there was nowhere else to put it.

What video game universe feels most like this one to you? For me, I’d say TLOU. Emotionally, it feels more relatable. There is real suffering, losses and consequences. And it has a bleak kind of optimism I find fitting.

What pet from a video game would you want to have IRL?

Lately I have run several times across the idea that one of the reasons video games are appealing/soothing is because we know the rules, and we know that if we work within them, we will succeed. RL doesn’t seem to work that way. There are no guarantees. There are definitely rules though. What do you feel some of them are?

Do you have a set-in-stone opinion about video games that is so strong you don’t think anyone will ever change your mind?

Say you were in charge of running a video game developer. How would you handle project work flow, crunch time, and similar issues?

Is there anything you want to change about how you game? I.e. gaming more or less, playing a wider variety of games, etc.?

Did you ever hit a difficulty wall in a game where you were just like “Nope, I can’t do it, I give up”?

What do you feel is the most innovative game you ever played?

What are some of your biggest complaints about your favorite games? For example, it drives me crazy the Forsworn still attack in Skyrim after you side with them.

I feel the light bar on my new controller is obnoxiously bright even on “dim.” It creates glare and distraction, and worse, it is blue light at night. It looks cool, but on a practical level, it is a hassle. How do you feel about light bars?

Neither? I like learning, and knowing everything and being good at everything would suck a lot of that joy out of life. Plus, the unique ways we learn are part of what makes us into individuals. If I have to choose, I will go with being good at everything, as then I would be good at making bank, and then I'd have $$$$ to help people. Plus, I don't think knowing everything is possible being as some things are subjective. And actually, if one did have to truly know the subjective experience of all organisms (not just as theory, but experientially) ... it would be a hellish nightmare.

Uncomfortable gaming moment: The other day, a friend was struggling to learn a game. It got me wanting to figure it out, so I started playing. They said, “Great, now you’re going to make me look like an idiot.” I managed to stay calm and just play the game, but I was fleetingly tempted to try at a different time so as not to provoke their anger. Do you ever feel pressured to tone down your performance or avoid a game when someone else is flipping out about how they just played?

Sometimes I watch someone gaming who thinks they are doing terrible, and they are actually doing fine or even well. Other times, I run into just the opposite. Do you think most players overestimate or underestimate how they perform in games?

I was enjoying @Steerminator's thread here, which made me draw a link to gaming frustration and self-esteem issues. It made me curious how gaming and self-esteem relate for everyone here. Does gaming improve your self-esteem? Decrease it? Neither? Both in different contexts?

I found the No Man’s Sky tutorial confusing since it only gave me the very next step at a time to do tasks, and I kept trying to jump ahead, because I didn’t realize it was telling me what I needed. Do you prefer more or fewer steps listed at a time in a tutorial?

I am amazed at the quality difference in audio and visuals between PS3 and PS4 versions of Dragon Age Inquisition. What other games dramatically improved between generations?

The first time you play a new game, do you put it on the “normal/default” difficulty setting, or something else?