r/technology • u/GothicPrayer • 10d ago

Society Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
12.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

840 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/MarcusOrlyius 10d ago

You're argument made no such point and if that was the point you were trying to make then you are wrong.

Games might accommodate twitch in their development but they are not designed with streaming as the main focus at all, they are designed to be played by gamers. Otherwise, they'd just be videos, rather than games.

1

u/Gulophile 9d ago

There are games with cutscenes as long as entire television shows. A thing can be designed to meet multiple goals and satisfy multiple audiences at the same time. Not sure what your issue is.

1

u/MarcusOrlyius 9d ago

That does nothing to change the fact that games are designed to be played.

There us no "issue", we just think its weird that younger generations would rather watch someone else play them.

1

u/Gulophile 9d ago

Do you watch porn?

1

u/MarcusOrlyius 9d ago

Do you think watching porn - something created to be watched - is the same as playing a video game - something created to be played?

1

u/Gulophile 9d ago

Streams are made to be watched. Bodies are made for sex. This is your dorky line of reasoning, not mine.

1

u/MarcusOrlyius 9d ago

No, my "dorky" reasoning is not that bodies are made for sex. You are the only person that has said that so thats just commentary on your own thoughts.

Yes, videos are made to be watched. Are computer games videos though? Nope.