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'Semi-Idle' Games (lemmygrad.ml)

Extremely specific game request thread. I love what I've come to call 'Semi-Idle' games. I work from home and am determined to act my wage so I like to have fun while on the clock. I'm not going to disregard work entirely but I want to play video games. So I leave a game running on my third monitor.

Enter my need for a game that doesn't demand all of my attention, but is a little more hands-on than a screen saver with increasing numbers. A game where you are rewarded for letting things run, but it's not the entire point of the game.

Some examples of what I consider 'Semi-Idle' with justifications:

-Project Zomboid: Game incentivizes basically sitting around and passing the time. I like to loot in spurts and then leave my character eating/working out/reading while I work.

-Super WorldBox Godsim sandbox. I can spend time setting up a world which I then let play out on its own, occasionally jumping in to disturb the peace.

-Fallout 76 Fallout 76 lets you set up a player-made camp where others can visit and buy from your stores. I find it enjoyable to leave it running and see who comes through.

-Sonic Adventure 1/2 I'll play a level or two and then idle in the chao garden, just taking in the vibes and watching my chao do what they do.

Clicker games and other idle-genre giants aren't really my thing, but if you know of a clicker/idle game that might fit the description, feel free to recommend those, too.

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 2 months ago

I don't think corporations have as much of an interest in asserting Yasuke was a samurai as these people seem to believe.

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 72 points 3 months ago

Any and all gaming projects, be they full game releases or some dudes personal mod, will be hounded by JAQing off about how communism is actually bad. There's a real smugness to it, too. Like, "whao guys I know you're having fun over here but we're all on the same page that stalin murdered my grandparents with a giant spoon, right??"

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 59 points 4 months ago

ouch boys, you forced police into solidarity with the workers

don't you know the police were your defense against the workers??

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 4 months ago

Look at us tough boys. We're standing with a symbol of feminine intimacy, invasively snatched from the ruins of her previous home. Heh, she probably shared many intimate and loving moments in this home, in her life, which we stole.

Fuck, we're so bad ass.

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 69 points 5 months ago

ahh yes, the regular posting snipers against a group way of crowd control and damage mitigation

as we all know, the line between 'protest' and 'more than protest' is extremely clearly defined. you would be silly to be concerned over the sights trained on you. just don't do anything more than protest, silly!

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 58 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

DE's 'insanely well crafted narrative system' and wonderful writing are to serve a point, to create impactful text/subtext through the mechanics that the developers were passionate about. This sort of backseat creativity irks the hell out of me because I promise you if the exact team that made DE set out to make some quirky witch cat game or something, it wouldn't have been nearly as good. Because the team were passionate about DE's subject matter and not passionate about quirky witch cat games.

The people passionate about cat witch games are making them and if they're not as good maybe that says something about the idea. You can't just take 'good concept' and combine it with 'idea i personally like' and get good art out of it.

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 69 points 5 months ago

Haha, when did 'not shooting dogs' fall into the woke spectrum of things

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 6 months ago

the breadth of their politics really is blue good red bad hey

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 101 points 6 months ago

I read that whole post giving him the benefit of the doubt before realizing the subreddit name

that is absolutely hilarious. why would you want to make cheating on your partner a part of your identity, enough that you must seek out other adulterers on reddit to discuss?

i hope he was married and his wife is due half of his shit

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 61 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Imagine typing all that out and feeling smart. Like, unironically saying, 'Are you implying that countries NEED to trade with USA to be successful?' in a post where you're being descriptive of world power dynamics. That is absolutely wild to me. Yes, dickhead, the international community needs to trade with each other to enjoy modern luxuries. Our entire way of life is built on international trade, if not ruthless exploitation from the imperial core. A poor capitalist country in a communist global community would struggle with resources just as much as any poor socialist country does today.

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I've never talked about anything that could even be considered close to Marxism with that side of the family. This MF has a sixth sense or something.

His previous book suggestion to me was 'How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization.'

I don't have any purpose to sharing this. I just thought it was funny.

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 104 points 7 months ago

W-what? Why? Seriously, what sort of message is this supposed to impart? The 'Seriously, we missed you' sign makes it seem like a corps genuinely trying to welcome everyone back in and rebuild an 'office culture'

But the other two are genuinely mean spirited? 'hey are you glad we get to tell you how to dress again?' and 'you enjoyed working with your pets i bet, fucking loser'

I would actually be boiling with rage. I'm never going back to the fuckin office, especially not now that it seems it's a possibility they're going to demean me lol

[-] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 170 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't have any one political view I make my own and follow no one

how do you get to the age of being a grown, functional adult and still believe this

political education is down the shitter

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