[Dynamo will beep! at the boop, an amicable exchange. Add, however, is quickly finding himself lost in this explanation.]
Select with start? Touch screen? W-wait, back up, I thought this was about stories... is it just these moving blocks?
[BOY are those blocks moving tho, he is too flustered to figure out these controls right now. like, clearly 2 seconds ago there was a menu with so much more detail and better UI but now the "game" is this weird blocky picture? is this supposed to be a story? maybe it's puzzles and stories so this one is just a puzzle?? but why such a convoluted explanation...]
... riddles that use a framing device such as doors and keys to explain the setup? But this seems a bit...
[pac-man dying sfx he might look a tad alarmed at his poor avatar dying so quickly, help
video games are complicated]
... what's the point of this? Is it like a... a test of sorts? A challenge? This is "entertainment"?
Sorry, I- I just got a little excited. I get carried away… [ You know, when you want your friend to like this thing you like, but you're really bad at explaining it, and it all just kind of goes too fast? That's Mizuki, but like, all the time. ] It's a puzzle! Sort of. I mean, that's the best comparison I can think to draw, anyway. You have a set goal — to eat all the dots — and you have something impeding that goal — the ghosts. Finding out the best path to take to not corner yourself between two ghosts, figuring out when the best time to eat the Big Dots to be able to eat the ghosts for a couple of seconds, tricking the ghosts into thinking you're going one way and turning around to go the other… It's a strategy game.
[ "What's the point of this?" he asks, and it makes Mizuki fidget in place. He twists the umbrella around in his hand anxiously, but holds his easy smile. ]
It's not supposed to have a point beyond just… being fun. Try to get a high score. Beating your old high scores, watching yourself improve.
[He's staring at Mizuki now, his expression no less baffled the more he tries to explain. A puzzle, a game of strategy... he could imagine a setup like this being used for combat simulations, but it lacks practical applications in its current state. The situation presented is too specific, too outlandish, what would be the point of improving your skills if they have no external use? Maybe if it's a simple exercise in reaction time and basic problem solving, simplified to be used as an entry point—
... but he's looking at it the wrong way. Like Mizuki keeps saying, it is just a game. Nothing more. If he should be comparing it to anything, it would probably be more appropriate to think of the board games the El Search Party would occasionally pull out. Games for little kids that don't provide any meaningful skills or experience... something purely for "fun".
He's quiet, turning his gaze slowly back to the blinking screen. Is this what Nasod technology could have produced, if it had been allowed to flourish? Something so frivolous, so childish...
It's... a weird, complicated third thing. He's not sure yet how it makes him feel.]
[ …Mizuki's embarrassed. "It doesn't do anything else?" Add asks, and this this weird static in Mizuki's mind. He doesn't even know what to say. Like he's supposed to laugh it off and say "yeah it's dumb". But it's not dumb. He likes it. It's one of his favorite things. He knows it's not useful, but…
Hhhh.
Mizuki bites his lip, flustered, his bioluminescence making a smattering of blue freckles across his cheeks that expertly trick the viewer of his blush into thinking it's a blue blush because of the lighting. (Or maybe it's just a blue blush. Who knows! Mizuki won't tell.) Instead, he spins around to dig in his bag again, pulling out a few more of his handhelds. DS, Gameboy, PSP, Vita— does he really not have any interesting technology in here? Anxiety,, ]
I-I have my phone, too… It's sort of not useful here, either, but it can still… take pictures and stuff? And… uh, record things, but… obviously Dynamo can already do that… I'm sorry.
[ Beat. ] O-oh, there's my Infection Monitor??? [ He points to his collar. ] I don't know how it works, though.
[Add isn't really listening when he starts pointing to the collar—he's already picking up one of the other devices Mizuki pulled out, turning it around in his hands. Different shapes, different designs, similar functionality... he can tell that some are less advanced, but is it possible it's because of their age? He can spot some of the gradual improvements, like evolution producing newer and more efficient lifeforms. Like the 3rd Generation Nasods improving upon the original design...]
How many of these do you have? So many different variations—are they all developed by the same creator? Are video consoles popular, do a lot of people use them? Ah, why does this one only have one screen when the other has two? Nintendo... so, this is the natural course of Nintendo evolution... [he's holding the DS open like a book in one hand and an SP in the other... this is definitely how it works.]
What other games are there? How many? [if the consoles are any indicator there's gotta be at least, like... fifty? fifty video games? yeah.]
Edited (idk maybe he doesnt have a ds and a 3ds maybe we'll get him one for christmas) 2023-09-17 01:18 (UTC)
[ Oh… How funny. Just like that, all his anxiety washed away. How silly of him to have been so worried. ]
I don't have too many with me here. I mostly play the first one we were playing. They're not by the same developer, no. You can see their brands on them, though.
[ Mizuki pulls out some of the game cases he has, lovingly sorted. Most of it is just memory cards with the games themselves on them, but… ]
How many games… in general, or that I have? In general, there's more than I could count, but I'd say I'd have at least around 30 for each console? And they cover all sorts of genres. Action roleplaying games, puzzles, strategy, horror, sandbox creative games, first person shooters, racing games, party games, survival… and so, so many more, the list goes on for a real long time~.
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Select with start? Touch screen? W-wait, back up, I thought this was about stories... is it just these moving blocks?
[BOY are those blocks moving tho, he is too flustered to figure out these controls right now. like, clearly 2 seconds ago there was a menu with so much more detail and better UI but now the "game" is this weird blocky picture? is this supposed to be a story? maybe it's puzzles and stories so this one is just a puzzle?? but why such a convoluted explanation...]
... riddles that use a framing device such as doors and keys to explain the setup? But this seems a bit...
[pac-man dying sfx he might look a tad alarmed at his poor avatar dying so quickly, help
video games are complicated]
... what's the point of this? Is it like a... a test of sorts? A challenge? This is "entertainment"?
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Sorry, I- I just got a little excited. I get carried away… [ You know, when you want your friend to like this thing you like, but you're really bad at explaining it, and it all just kind of goes too fast? That's Mizuki, but like, all the time. ] It's a puzzle! Sort of. I mean, that's the best comparison I can think to draw, anyway. You have a set goal — to eat all the dots — and you have something impeding that goal — the ghosts. Finding out the best path to take to not corner yourself between two ghosts, figuring out when the best time to eat the Big Dots to be able to eat the ghosts for a couple of seconds, tricking the ghosts into thinking you're going one way and turning around to go the other… It's a strategy game.
[ "What's the point of this?" he asks, and it makes Mizuki fidget in place. He twists the umbrella around in his hand anxiously, but holds his easy smile. ]
It's not supposed to have a point beyond just… being fun. Try to get a high score. Beating your old high scores, watching yourself improve.
…
It makes me happy.
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... but he's looking at it the wrong way. Like Mizuki keeps saying, it is just a game. Nothing more. If he should be comparing it to anything, it would probably be more appropriate to think of the board games the El Search Party would occasionally pull out. Games for little kids that don't provide any meaningful skills or experience... something purely for "fun".
He's quiet, turning his gaze slowly back to the blinking screen. Is this what Nasod technology could have produced, if it had been allowed to flourish? Something so frivolous, so childish...
It's... a weird, complicated third thing. He's not sure yet how it makes him feel.]
It doesn't do anything else? Just these... games?
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Hhhh.
Mizuki bites his lip, flustered, his bioluminescence making a smattering of blue freckles across his cheeks that expertly trick the viewer of his blush into thinking it's a blue blush because of the lighting. (Or maybe it's just a blue blush. Who knows! Mizuki won't tell.) Instead, he spins around to dig in his bag again, pulling out a few more of his handhelds. DS, Gameboy, PSP, Vita— does he really not have any interesting technology in here? Anxiety,, ]
I-I have my phone, too… It's sort of not useful here, either, but it can still… take pictures and stuff? And… uh, record things, but… obviously Dynamo can already do that… I'm sorry.
[ Beat. ] O-oh, there's my Infection Monitor??? [ He points to his collar. ] I don't know how it works, though.
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How many of these do you have? So many different variations—are they all developed by the same creator? Are video consoles popular, do a lot of people use them? Ah, why does this one only have one screen when the other has two? Nintendo... so, this is the natural course of Nintendo evolution... [he's holding the DS open like a book in one hand and an SP in the other... this is definitely how it works.]
What other games are there? How many? [if the consoles are any indicator there's gotta be at least, like... fifty? fifty video games? yeah.]
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I don't have too many with me here. I mostly play the first one we were playing. They're not by the same developer, no. You can see their brands on them, though.
[ Mizuki pulls out some of the game cases he has, lovingly sorted. Most of it is just memory cards with the games themselves on them, but… ]
How many games… in general, or that I have? In general, there's more than I could count, but I'd say I'd have at least around 30 for each console? And they cover all sorts of genres. Action roleplaying games, puzzles, strategy, horror, sandbox creative games, first person shooters, racing games, party games, survival… and so, so many more, the list goes on for a real long time~.