Yeah tbh I think I'm a lot more comfortable with shooting for fun as a UK resident than I'd be if anyone here actually had guns for real.
― JimD, Monday, 18 June 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
Which isn't justified at all but yeah.
triangulating a single point in space is the most efficient thing you can do with 3D computing
Eh, I think shooting at things is just the laziest way for these designers to craft something with minimal world building and story telling.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 June 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
¿?
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 18 June 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
But put me in front of a cod
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 June 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
do you think it matters if you are shooting monsters versus people?
― calstars, Monday, 18 June 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
I hardly consider myself a sophisticated or self-aware gamer (I barely consider myself a gamer at all!), yet I'm deeply anti-gun IRL but have little problem playing games where you shoot people.
Anyway, I do think that even if the enemies are monsters, that greases the wheel to
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Monday, 18 June 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
... making shooting people in games more acceptable.