• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    Any novel idea that gets a modicum of success is immediately and repeatedly flogged to death by copy-cats, both indie and corporate, for the next several years until the gaming public is sick of seeing it. See any recent successful gaming trend for an example.

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      *takes bong hit*

      “Ok, so hear me out…then the plumber jumps into the sewer and comes out in a different dimension with living mushrooms and attack turtles.”

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        “Duuuude, I’m big on shrooms fr”

        “😲💡”

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    that’s why I hope the game-like genre naming really takes off that means I can just play the original and skip the rest