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[thatshelby]

Bobo's got a neat idea, especially with that one free one paid game.

[baconman]

I'd say we could do three even, give people a choice or some options to bounce between. Maybe a general thread for one-shot playthrough games like Spelunky or The Binding of Issac.

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might be too much. see, some of us have these things called "jobs" where we do this thing called "work" or go to "school" where we sit on "butts". not everyone has the time. although, maybe the short games would work. the only problem is that those kind of games, the ones you mention, are meant to be replayed in order to master them (at least spelunky is; i don't know about BoI) so it kind of defeats the purpose.

[thatshelby]

where we sit on "butts".

oh, we do lots of that too

[baconman]

Not really. The purpose of the "one-shot games" thread is just a post about your one-shot experience, or mostly just the highlights, cool moments, or what you've learned/taken from the game.

[PaleFox]

Why not something a little more unusual, like a text adventure?

There's some really good ones which are still ultimately forgiving (you can't make them unwinnable).

[Dragonmaw]

A Game Club on Aisle would be fun!

[C.A. Sinner]

don't shit your pants

[Derek]

I'll add "Free" and "Paid" icons to the board so that people can easily differentiate.

[TeeGee]

might be too much. see, some of us have these things called "jobs" where we do this thing called "work" or go to "school" where we sit on "butts". not everyone has the time. although, maybe the short games would work. the only problem is that those kind of games, the ones you mention, are meant to be replayed in order to master them (at least spelunky is; i don't know about BoI) so it kind of defeats the purpose.

I think the purpose of having more than one game and a more flexible deadline is precisely so that people with jobs can pick something that fits their free time capacity. You don't have to play all games each month.

[Blademasterbobo]

Yeah, the idea is to give you a choice (I don't really want to play through La Mulana again), and to let you not worry about any "deadlines." You just start playing whichever games you want to when the new things are started on the first, and the threads just die when they die, instead of forcing the issue every x weeks.

Plus, one free / one commercial makes it so that everyone can always participate, while we can still do games that ... aren't free. If you only do a paid game one month, that'll definitely exclude some people right off the bat.

[Derek]

As long as the games are introduced at regular intervals. Otherwise, you'll start to lose too much focus, imo. Don't want to make this subforum "Games Lite".

I actually think a little bit of a deadline is good, too.

[Blademasterbobo]

Well, even if there's a deadline, I still think 2 weeks is too short for a lot of these games. Especially for La Mulana. Maybe introduce a new game every two weeks, but keep the deadline at a month? idk.

[Derek]

Month for both sounds fine.

[Dragonmaw]

I like the idea of two choices at the beginning of each month, and the duration of the games lasting until month's end.