Comment by cubano
12 hours ago
I can think of very few things that I'd rather not do then to be an OS. Talk about a thankless "game"...and I'm glad this came up.
Since when have games become more about just completing boring tasks and not about using your mind and dexterity to kill evildoers? Hell, the original Space Invaders was 100x more fun then this, and all we had to do was press a button to kill advancing aliens.
My wife plays a game where you use a pressure washer to clean areas up. Also plays a lawn mowing simulator. Oh, and a game where you run a supermarket, where you maintain inventory, stock shelves, and operate the checkout. Some people just like these types of things.
I have a pressure washer and a mower. I am happy to let her come to my house and use them on my house. I’ll even let her pick up my groceries!
Games are just something someone finds enjoyable to do.
You have all kind of games, some that are actual programming, some that are purely reflexes and dexterity, some that are in between.
> Since when have games become more about just completing boring tasks and not about using your mind and dexterity to kill evildoers
I encourage you to browse Steam a bit if you are asking this.
It's a whole category on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/category/sim_hobby_sim/
I kind of agree, but on the other hand many boring, meaningless things are gamified with the addition of points.
Is Monopoly about skill? Chance? Or just scratching that itch of getting more tokens than the other person?