Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024 - eviltoast
  • self@awful.systemsEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    things that are games:

    • the control circuitry for a $1 solar-powered calculator
    • my car
    • X11

    things that aren’t games:

    • pinball, unless it has an electronic score display
    • Quake-style dedicated servers
    • rogue (nethack)
    • bitofhope@awful.systemsEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      More computer games:

      • web browsers
      • stock market trackers
      • election watch

      More computer non-games:

      • hangman on a paper teletype
      • ARGs
      • anything on the Vectrex