Gwen

its in the same vein as "the customer is always right": a general mantra meant to streamline service at any consequence which is used as a hard rule for some reason

the only game that i truly felt like "did not respect my time" (in those words) was Wolfenstein 3D, but that game came from such a different time in terms of how games were produced and played that i don't know if it matters what i think about it, lmao

i also said the same thing about Rise of the Triad at first, but i ended up loving that game to bits. i did end up playing every single level of it lol

trying to reconcile this has given me such severe cognitive dissonance, as I make things with an ideal platonic Player in mind who is somewhat patient and understanding, but would prefer they did not have to waste their time on this mortal coil with pointless busywork. they look to me from the realms of nonexistence, gently pleading but too polite to say anything, and i nod and say “i understand”

then i am exposed to steam reviews and the illusion is pushed further into the abstract. i think i am just thinking of an amalgamate. friends who might want to play my games at this point, because the truth of Gamer is too much to bear