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    We should only play small indie games, and the only gaming platform is a DIY gaming PC running Linux, according to the fediverse.

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      • Thousand of games in my library.
      • Dozen of 3A titles.
      • A Steam Deck ready for any quick gaming session.

      …Keep playing Vampire Survivor in a small second window of my old linux laptop while doing other stuff.

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      Make sure you have Libreboot on your PC, an Ethernet connection and OPNsense on your router or you will be in big trouble around these parts.

  • I occasionally have a desire for a quick MP shooter that’s extremely easy to play with a controller and might hop onto Warfare cuz it’s free, but I could just as easily play The Finals, which is a way better game just not that easy to play with a controller.

    And the only sports games I play are hockey and wrestling. And most of what I do in WWE is just make wrestlers and not actually wrestle with them 🤣

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    I will now and then play the Call of Duty Infinite Warfare’s single player campaign because is the closest thing I have to a Hard Sci Fi FPS, that reminds me of The Expanse. I wish there was something alike…

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            Funny enough, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the first iteration that came out in 2007 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) is a reboot. Then they used roman numerals for the second and third reboots but used a 4…

            • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)
            • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)
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    I played cod on 360 in 2007. It was a good time. I outgrew those games, but I hope people are having as much fun with them in 2026 as I did back then. Ain’t nothing wrong with playing cod.

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    We just hear too much about other franchises and ‘auteurs’. I’ve got some keywords blocked because I was so sick of hearing about them.

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    Been stuck in the muck of online dating recently. I don’t wanna be like “these are signs of a fake gamer” but there’s so, so many people who put in their profile how they’re a huge gamer and then in the same line talk about how they play Marvel Rivals and an extraction shooter without mentioning any other games.

    I guess it makes it easy to filter them?

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      Maybe you could call them a mainstream gamer, but Marvel Rivals and extraction shooters are not fake games, so I don’t know that the people who play them should be called fake gamers.

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        It’s more like…would you call yourself a fan of Japanese food if the only Japanese food you ever ate was sushi?

        Videogames are a very mainstream medium, but it seems like anyone who plays them still considers themselves a gamer. Is my mom a gamer because she plays Candy Crush on her phone? At a certain point it became a hobby that anyone can enjoy, and the label of gamer is now more used for people who play a lot of games.

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          “I’m a fan of Japanese food, sushi specifically.”

          “I’m a fan of gaming, Overwatch specifically.”

          What’s the problem? My dad was a gamer when I was a kid watching him play Gamecube, and he was still a gamer the way he kept on top of Candy Crush and My Singing Monsters as new content was added when I was in high school.

          Would you consider someone who exclusively plays Hearts of Iron IV for hours each week a gamer, even though they’re not playing lots of games?

          What you’re describing I might call a hardcore gamer, but I think if someone feels gaming of some sort is a part of their identity enough to call themself a gamer, I’m fine with calling them one. It’s just too difficult to pin down one common definition that everyone can agree on for me to do otherwise.

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          If someone’s favorite board game is Settlers of Catan, I’m still happy to let them call themselves boardgamers if they so choose. I might try to subtly try introduce them to games that are more… good, but I don’t feel the need to exclude them just because they’re basic.