guilt_trip: (That's real fuckin' neato.)
Russell Seager ([personal profile] guilt_trip) wrote in [community profile] ellipsanet 2025-02-02 04:09 pm (UTC)

[Russell nods.]

…Technology moved really fast for a while.

[He obediently turns to the cabinet himself, pressing a bright red button and beginning the game. It plays a cheery little tune as colorful, almost bug-like little ships fly onto the screen.]

In this one, you are the ship at the bottom… and you’re fighting against the alien force at the top. You have to aim and shoot them.

[He’s not a pro at it by any means - it’s not his genre of choice, really - but it’s simple and relatively intuitive and he does a pretty good job of early levels like this. He’s able to talk while he plays.]

Back in the day, game plots were really simple and mostly described in stuff like the manuals. More recent games are full-fledged stories - like interactive books or movies.

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