• edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    The fantasy that players are choosing to play for their “escapism” directly lines up with what they are.

    Ehh, I mostly play interesting (alt-)historical situations. A lot of it is stuff like re-forming old empires. Stuff I would absolutely oppose in real life. It’s not really ideological for me, it’s mainly about forming interesting borders.

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        9 days ago

        lol when I was like 10 I would make “maps” (random hand drawn shapes) in MS paint then change them around as if they were countries taking land.

        I don’t even remember what gave me the idea to do that. Autism was definitely involved even though I didn’t know it at the time.

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      I never play games for escapism. I play them because they’re like complex puzzles to be solved. These people are always telling on themselves.

      Alt-history stuff is usually in the strategy category. To me, it’s more about min-maxing communist Turks to destroy the inferior British and their population of filthy casuals.

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        Alt-history stuff is usually in the strategy category. To me, it’s more about min-maxing communist Turks to destroy the inferior British and their population of filthy casuals.

        Here’s a fun challenge, how do you get communist Ireland to take back the occupied lands, liberate Scotland and wales, and puppet England without joining the comintern.