Valhiem, Dwarf fortress, Starsector, Space Engineers 1

So like nethack in console mode with vim bindings?

ITT: OP says he’s niche… refuses to elaborate.

Duck game, gunfire reborn, witcher 3, random meme games

Europa Universalis, Stellaris, BG3, Schedule 1, Rimworld, Timberborn, Terraria, Surviving Mars are some of my most played games.

I also have played Witcher 1/2/3, Mass Effect 1/2/3, WoW, GW 1 and 2, TERA and a little Battlefield and COD(BO2).

You see, I am somewhat of a gamer myself.

I've had several girlfriends who were like "you play video games? Like... call of duty?"

They were all relieved when I was like no.

Less relieved when I got them to play cuphead co-op.

"Yes I play nintendo. You mean romhacks, right?"

So many a year ago, I would tell people I was a gamer, and they all assumed video games when I meant role-playing games. Made me a touch upset. Now I see this happening in video game culture too, and I just have a smile of justification while sitting in my room of unread ttrpg books.

And then I go "Hey what if you could play CoD from the perspective of the psychopathic senior officers whose orders make all this violence happen?"

I go to the same barbershop every two month or so, but not always tge same barber. Every now and then i get a guy around my age who is pretty chatty, but we have literally nothing i. Common. So every time he remembers that i play video games, because he also plays video games. But for now a decade or so, his answer is always: fifa and cod and gta, when the new one came out. He has literally no idea what i'm talking about when i name some games i play. "Video games" to him is synonymous for fifa and call of duty. So we still have nothing in common

Niche stuff casuals rarely play.

that's the kind of gatekeeping I'd like to avoid in my hobby

I play the wikipedia game. Start on a random article, click the first link over and over until you reach philosophy. How many clicks did it take? try and beat that

No one asks.

I got big into tidy-em-ups the last month or two. Just unfortunate that the scene is full of slop knock-offs of Librarian at the moment

Let me show you my drawf fortress world

OP likes playing Witcher 3, doesn't they?

I exclusively only play games that appear as though they were made for the dreamcast.

And sometimes cheat with a bit of some REZ inspired synesthesia games. Thanks Tetris: Effect, Lumines: Arise, and all three versions of beat hazard.

old games, indie games, games with the graphics settings turned all the way down

What's the polar opposite of AAA?

Give us names here. This is what it's like when normies ask me what music I listen to.

you exclusively play mainstream slop games, right?

OP:

Morrowind

Indie narratives games only.

I only play online competitive games with my friends. They're not worth the headache.