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Lord Tolkien
United States12084 Posts
On July 12 2016 06:30 yamato77 wrote: Tolkien is my spirit animal. I thought this was your spirit animal. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea/files/2010/10/SaltShaker.jpg) I'm also certain that they made it into a pokemon in the later generations too. I mean if sentient ice cream cones were a thing, I'm sure this was too. But anyways. Pokemon Go. cancer in the meantime, have funny video clips + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
To bad I am not 6 years old anymore. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
And then I realized Ditto Pikachu is a bootleg of a real Pikachu." -The love of my life | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 12 2016 06:42 Slayer91 wrote: nerds are leaving the house for a casual game omgerds send a raven to the saltmaster inform him that the elitist nerds are uneasy about this The irony of the eurobasement saying that aren't autistic enough for a social game. but seriously don't use autism as an insult guys cmon now. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23470 Posts
i actually don't know if not wanting to play pokemon go is more or less autistic in the colloquial sense of the word i mean on one hard its going outside to have fun but on the other hand its to catch imaginary pokemons but on the third hand lots of normal people like it | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 12 2016 07:01 Lord Tolkien wrote: I thought this was your spirit animal. + Show Spoiler + I'm also certain that they made it into a pokemon in the later generations too. I mean if sentient ice cream cones were a thing, I'm sure this was too. But anyways. Pokemon Go. cancer in the meantime, have funny video clips + Show Spoiler + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9NifqJyDMI To be fair, gen1 has a pokemon that was literally a half dozen eggs with faces. Or hotdogs with eyes and a nose. Or magnets, screws, and a steel ball with an eye. Pokemon has had stupid shit from the word go(no pun intended). | ||
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nafta
Bulgaria18893 Posts
On July 12 2016 07:13 PrinceXizor wrote: The irony of the eurobasement saying that aren't autistic enough for a social game. but seriously don't use autism as an insult guys cmon now. Literally Hitler. | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
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nafta
Bulgaria18893 Posts
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
I mean at that point it's basically exercise... | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
On July 12 2016 07:05 TheYango wrote: It's actually kind of weird to me that so many people who were not really into Pokemon or ARGs prior to this release are so into a Pokemon ARG. Saw a group of guys who I'm not confident have ever played 'a real video game' in their life walking around at a volleyball tournament playing it between their matches this weekend. That and the numerous people at work who had no interest at all in some of the gaming discussions I've had with other coworkers who are now immensely excited to talk to us about P:Go, which to their dismay I have not installed. It's interesting to see the crossover of mainstream Facebook/social media and 'real' gamer culture now that this game is playing off of both. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:32 PrinceXizor wrote: Pokemon Go is how i imagine the immediate future of Social gaming to be. Like how Zynga pioneered social games, Pokemon Go is the framework for the next generation of them. ARGs have already been around for a while though, and it's not like Pokemon Go is otherwise a particularly exceptional one. That's why this is weird to me--I don't see why Pokemon Go is different from any other ARG unless you were already into Pokemon, and many people who are on the hype train weren't. Somehow a Pokemon ARG managed to capture the interest of people who previously played neither Pokemon nor ARGs. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:40 TheYango wrote: ARGs have already been around for a while though, and it's not like Pokemon Go is otherwise a particularly exceptional one. That's why this is weird to me--I don't see why Pokemon Go is different from any other ARG unless you were already into Pokemon, and many people who are on the hype train weren't. It's because you get to go around town and meet people and it's a game you can literally play on your commute and when you are hanging out with friends or waiting around. Popularity MAKES ARGs. I mean Zynga games are not good games. but they still pioneered the space. Pokemon go is similar. | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:44 PrinceXizor wrote: It's because you get to go around town and meet people and it's a game you can literally play on your commute and when you are hanging out with friends or waiting around. Popularity MAKES ARGs. I mean Zynga games are not good games. but the pioneered the space.Pokemon go is similar. It's also an instantly recognisable brand to almost anyone in the western world, and the game itself is relatively simple and intuitive, and addictive. Plus seeing the pokemon overlaid on the camera is blowing peoples minds. Ingress was a complete clusterfuck of unneeded complexity with no clear endgame or progression for anyone who wasn't super hardcore into it. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:47 killerdog wrote: It's also an instantly recognisable brand to almost anyone in the western world, and the game itself is relatively simple and intuitive, and addictive. Plus seeing the pokemon overlaid on the camera is blowing peoples minds. Ingress was a complete clusterfuck of unneeded complexity with no clear endgame or progression for anyone who wasn't super hardcore into it. Yeah the camera function allowing it to spread to people through social media was a very good idea. On July 12 2016 08:48 TheYango wrote: I guess I just underestimated how much of a draw the Pokemon brand would be even for people not otherwise engaged with the series. The Hardcore pokemon players are the tiniest of minority of the people who played or enjoyed pokemon at some point in their life. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
I'm not in a position to say whether the game itself is interesting since ARGs aren't really interesting to me--so I can buy into the idea that addictive gameplay and the social aspect are good for player retention. But those aren't also things that actually hook someone into playing the first time because they have to play the game at least once for those things to matter. It's mostly how many people bothered to play the game the first time that surprised me. | ||
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