discoursedrome:

rustingbridges:

kontextmaschine:

me: wow these frustrating RDR2 hunting request missions basically require me to learn to recognize bird species by their songs, and thus creates a more visceral sense of earned outdoorsmanship than I expected

also me: it’s great how you’re putting your desire for self-betterment and appreciation for nature in service of making the numbers on your vidya go up!

me: setting aside that real-life birdwatching spawn rates are too low to provide this reinforcing feedback, if as many Americans who are having this vidya experience actually did it tomorrow we’d clear the skies in a week, this questline is why the MBTA

huh, I feel like this sort of mechanic should have way more applications, there’s a ton of stuff that’s just really slow when done irl because events are naturally rare

but maybe you can buy the bird identification trainer, I guess I’ve never looked

well, there’s some online quizzes but nothing really simulatory, it seems, from the trivial google search

I had an idea for a VN-type game that’s sort of like Dangan Ronpa except all with some educational subject like learning Spanish or memorizing facts about postwar African history, and you have to compete against a cast of colourful characters in games that require you to actually answer questions about this stuff correctly or die, and the rest of the cast is gradually weeded out and then when you win the twist ending is that it’s a VR simulation run by schools and used voluntarily because trauma and life-threatening situations improve brain function and assist with memorization

I mean,