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Anyone here played enemy territory quake wars?
(hexbear.net)
I played it on xbox entirely singleplayer and i just remembered it existed. I never hear anyone mention it wondering if anyone actually played this game when it was out
It's so sad when a niche multiplayer game with cool ideas just dies for lack of a playerbase. There's so much art and beauty out there on forgotten hard drives and CDs that no one will ever enjoy again. It's not simply enough to turn it on, boot it up. You need to populate a server. You need players who understand the systems and technqiues. you have to spend time with it. Games really are different from anything that has come before them in so many ways.
in a few recent conversations where I've had to describe multiplayer games and stuff I have unironically deployed the term "virtual spaces", because honestly, any multiplayer level with the added context of a real social network (any social network elevated past matchmaker w/ no conversation or recognition) becomes a real place that you spend time with people.
I think we might be a bit spoiled now with spaces like Minecraft. even the long history of MMOs that have intentionally planned simulation of logical, real spaces makes it less obvious how arena_lumberyard and cs_office can be places with different moods at different times of day. how certain people come and go, and how these places are enlivened or altered by different group dynamics
videogames are pretty cool actually