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Happy Birthday, Ponch!

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Happy Birthday, springthoughts and DeviantGent!

Happy Birthday Pablo and Miez! :-)

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Hi Ben and Grundy, I have been listening to this podcast and I'd like to share my opinion on the controversial topic about how some people claim that Gone Home and similar games are not games, but walking simulators. Also, that thing about Lucas Arts setting rules for adventure games, that the character shouldn't ever die is actually quite alike to that problem that Gone Home and Dear Esther have.
It is because certain games set standards. Adventure games were never popular enough to set standards, instead those were action and arcade games. Games like Super Mario, Doom and others. I don't belong to the generation who played these games, so this was a bit difficult for me to understand, but - it is the successful hits that shape the views of people to what they like and they consider fun.
Today flashy, action games, with a lot of things happening are fun.
Now, with Minecraft being a big hit, and affecting the new generation of gamers, it will set new standards. Sandbox games, or games where creativity and imagination are mechanics of the game will be what is considered fun. (I recommend this video by Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8G6BFg1Wk)
But then again there is the obvious thing that there are people who grew up with specific types of games. There are people who didn't play those flashy games, but adventure games instead, so we have this community. So, I think, the reason why those games like Gone Home are put aside as just "walking simulators" is mostly because there is not enough people that have played these kind of games, and people are just not ready to accept new things.
It's all kind of complicated, I could be terribly wrong.

Thanks, Ponch! :-)
Happy birthday Tzachs and Edmundito.

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Thanks Adeel and Bulba!

sorry Adeel, you'll have to accept my new name! :s

I would like to vote for Ouroboros: Sacrifice, for pick of the month July. This is the teaser I wrote:

Venture into a snowy, cold world; put your mask on; close your eyes; listen to the wind blowing. Imagine Myst, but with a tint of horror. Now, solve those puzzles already!

Happy Birthday Ginny!

Edit (to avoid double posting): Happy Birthday Fitz! :-)

Thanks yamipanda! I claimed STALKER: Clear Sky. The only one of Stalker games I've played so far was Shadow of Chernobyl.
I'm going to try out this one. :-)

Happy Birthday, Stupot+!

Happy Birthday AprilSkies! Sorry, I'm late 11 minutes. >_>

Happy birthday, Denis! On this day all your problems will disappear.

Happy birthday Mandle!

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Happy birthday Ghost!