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      1. a videogame is a system of sounds, visuals, kinematic responses etc for providing a player with a context for their choices about inventory management
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      yes I've been playing Death Stranding
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    and as a foolish youth, I don't think I ever actually used the PS20, although I thought about it a lot
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      and earlier this year I played a lot of Astroneer, but in an unhealthy, compulsive way (by this I mean I had loose resources scattered across my many bases, and not enough storage units to keep them neatly stowed)
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        and of course in free to play games (my job is designing free to play games) inventory limits are the classic stone in your shoe you pay to get rid of (for a little while). but you only care about inventory limits because of "the videogame", which is the system of etc etc
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          for more details, see the GDC 2022 talk I can only assume I'm going to pitch on this topic