Opinion page by Duane Alan Hahn.
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Building/Creating [Likes]
I love building things with items that I earn or find. For example, I liked building the bridge in Satan's Hollow.
Multiple Abilities [Likes]
Being able to do different things, such as running, swimming, getting into vehicles, and so on is fun, but I like having the option to choose. I don't really like being forced to swim, walk, drive, or fly during different sections of a game.
Emotional Reactions [Likes]
I like it when enemies seem to have emotional reactions to the things that you do in the game. They might become surprised, nervous, scared, annoyed, angry, vengeful and so on. One guy might chase you for a long time when everyone else would give up.
Intelligent Enemies [Likes]
I like enemies to have some kind of intelligence. They'll use sight, sound, vibration, heat, smell or some combination of those to find you.
Narrow Escapes [Likes]
Thesaurus.com also lists synonyms such as close shave, close call, near miss, near hit, squeak by, squeak through, and so on. I always think it's fun to barely squeak by a ghost monster in Pac-Man or when playing something like a football game where you almost get tackled, but somehow squeeze your way through.
Tribe or Camp Gratitude and Wellbeing [Likes]
If I'm bringing back food or other needed things to my tribe or camp, I'd like some type of emotional reaction. The amount of happiness could be tied to how much an item was needed and maybe how much of it I brought back. The larger the haul, the bigger the reaction.
Related to this subject, the wellbeing of your tribe or camp could be shown in how everything and everybody looks. If things are bad, the place should have a gloomy look and the people will move slower and have a dejected look. If things are great, the place should look bright and shiny and the people should have a pep in their step and appear to be cheerful. See Pointless Hunting and Gathering.
Blowing Up or Smashing Through Walls [Likes]
I like games that have walls that you can blow up or break through in some way, giving you alternate paths. I loved how you could blow a hole in a wall in the Atari 2600 version of Raiders of the Lost Ark. You could use dynamite in H.E.R.O., but it didn't look as cool. I hoped more Atari 2600 games would be made where you could blow a hole in any wall or at least blow up or smash through weak spots.
Traps [Likes]
Sometimes instead of running around shooting at things, I'd rather set traps. For example, setting the various traps in Kagero: Deception II was kind of fun. I also liked trapping the cops in Lock 'N' Chase for the Atari 2600.
Whoops-a-Daisy Enemy Eliminations [Likes]
Oopsy-daisy! Getting bad guys to eliminate each other can be fun. For example, an enemy shoots at you and the missile kills another enemy instead of you. And if a bad guy is the kind that blows up, it's fun if his explosion can damage other bad guys if they are near.
Controlled Randomness [Likes]
I like enemies, rooms, treasure, bonus areas, platforms, traps, puzzles and so on to be placed using controlled randomness. If there is a landscape, I like that to also be created using controlled randomness (similar to games like Civilization). I love to explore new territory, hunting for resources and treasure. If there are puzzle elements, I like them to be the kind that can have a different solution each time you play.
Nonlinear [Likes]
I love alternate paths and different ways to do something. You can read more about it here.
Illogical Reincarnation Death Memory [Dislikes]
You shouldn't have to die to learn what is deadly. There should be an indication in the game that something will kill you. You shouldn't only know because you died before. This mostly applies to things like text adventures and action RPGs.
Consider, for example, the case of a room full of poison gas. The way to get through the room is to give the command HOLD BREATH before entering. If the character has no reason for holding his breath except that he choked to death in that room the last time he played, his actions become illogical.
However, things can be kept reasonable if the description of the previous room states that wisps of green mist are coming from under the door. Giving the command SMELL MIST might elicit a stronger warning, and then it would make sense that the character should take precautions. The point isn't that a really good player should be able to get through the adventure on the first try, but that the character should stay within the bounds of the game's reality.
Gary McGath
Die and Remember [Dislikes]
I don't like die and remember games. Dying repeatedly until you learn the correct dance steps to beat an enemy is boring. I hated the whole big boss concept. Hit, hit, run away, duck, hit hit, duck, run away . . . YAWN!
Static Action Puzzle Games [Dislikes]
Everything in the same place every time you play is boring to me, so I don't like static action puzzle games. There should be no walkthrough book that you can buy since the game will be different every time you play.
Mucky Mazes [Dislikes]
Mazes in adventure games are nothing but glorified speed bumps. Not my idea of fun. The simple mazes in Pac-Man style games are perfectly fine. I'm talking about the kind of mazes in games such as Atari 2600 Adventure where they seem to be placed in the game just to slow you down and are about as fun as threading a needle. I especially don't like games that give you homework where you have to draw the 3D-style maze you're wandering around in on a piece of paper or you'll be lost in the maze forever.
No Fast Travel [Dislikes]
I don't like fetch quests in modern games with no fast travel. Getting something and dragging it all the way back is BORING. I don't mind hunting for something, but I don't want to walk all the way back with it. I've played modern games where fast travel won't get you close enough and you'll have to walk a fairly long way. It's wasting a player's time for no good reason.
Forced Slow Walking [Dislikes]
I like to move fast. Seems like at least some modern games have horrible forced slow walking (Batman: Arkham Asylum, Red Dead Redemption 2 and more). Your character is usually drugged or hurt, but not always. For example, the game Days Gone has forced slow walking during boring flashbacks and usually any time you have to follow a non-player character.
Pointless Hunting and Gathering [Dislikes]
In some modern games I've played such as Days Gone, you can hunt for food and gather plants, but all it mostly seems to do is get you some money and build trust. It doesn't seem to help your people. I'd like the things I bring back to make a real difference and maybe get some appreciation based on how much I helped out. See Tribe or Camp Gratitude and Wellbeing.
I'm a money magnet. Good things happen to me. I get things done. I'm happy. I'm healthy. I'm smart. I'm creative. I'm a nice person. I'm successful. I'm good with money. I'm honest. I'm trustworthy. I'm responsible. I'm wise. I'm easygoing. I'm clear-minded. I'm sober. I'm calm. I'm thankful. I'm satisfied. I'm forgiving. I'm confident. I'm kind. I'm considerate. I'm likeable. I'm friendly. I'm loving. I'm loveable. I'm joyful. I'm playful. I'm full of energy. I'm fun to be around. I'm a good friend. I'm eternal. I'm powerful. I'm a being of light. I'm a spirit wearing a body.
Did you know that Trump's rushed Operation Warp Speed rona jab has less than one percent overall benefit? Some people call it the depopulation jab and it has many possible horrible side effects (depending on the lot number, concentration, and if it was kept cold). Remember when many Democrats were against Trump's Operation Warp Speed depopulation jab, then they quickly changed their minds when Biden flip-flopped and started pushing it?
Some brainwashed rona jab cultists claim that there are no victims of the jab, but person after person will post what the jab did to them, a friend, or a family member on web sites such as Facebook and they'll be lucky if they don't get banned soon after. Posting the truth is “misinformation” don't you know. Awakened sheep might turn into lions, so powerful people will do just about anything to keep the sheep from waking up.
Check out these videos:
If You Got the COVID Shot and Aren't Injured, This May Be Why
Thought Experiment: What Happens After the Jab?
The Truth About Polio and Vaccines
What Is Causing the Mysterious Self-Assembling Non-Organic Clots and Sudden Deaths?
Take a look at my page about the famous demonized medicines called The H Word and Beyond. You might also want to look at my page called Zinc and Quercetin. My sister and I have been taking zinc and quercetin since the summer of 2020 in the hopes that they would scare away the flu and other viruses (or at least make them less severe). Here's one more page to check out: My Sister's Experiences With COVID-19.
Some people appear to have a mental illness because they have a vitamin B deficiency. For example, the wife of a guy I used to chat with online had severe mood swings which seemed to be caused by food allergies or intolerances. She would became irrational, obnoxious, throw tantrums, and generally act like she had a mental illness. The horrid behavior stopped after she started taking a vitamin B complex. I've been taking Jarrow B-Right (#ad) for many years. It makes me much easier to live with. I wonder how many people with schizophrenia and other mental mental illnesses could be helped by taking a B complex once or twice a day with meals (depending on their weight)?
Unfermented soy is bad! “When she stopped eating soy, the mental problems went away.” Fermented soy doesn't bother me, but the various versions of unfermented soy (soy flour, soybean oil, and so on) that are used in all kinds of products these days causes a negative mental health reaction in me that a vitamin B complex can't tame. The sinister encroachment of soy has made the careful reading of ingredients a necessity.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that unfermented soy is the main reason why so many soy-sucking Democrats in the USA seem to be constantly angry and have a tendency to be violent when hearing words or reading signs that they don't agree with. If I unknowingly eat something with unfermented soy in it, I get irritable, angry, and feel like breaking things, so it's not the placebo effect. Scientists in the future will probably find out that unfermented soy can make people angry. We already know that food sensitivities cause mood changes. It took me over a decade to figure out that unfermented soy was affecting my mood. What if millions of people are having a similar reaction to soy and don't even know it? Some people eat it and drink it every day.
I started taking AyaLife (99% Pure CBD oil) as needed in April of 2020. So far it's the only thing that helps my mood when I've mistakenly eaten something that contains soy. AyaLife is THC-free (non-psychoactive) and is made in the USA. I also put a couple dropper fulls under my tongue before leaving the house or if I just need to calm down.
It's supposedly common knowledge that constantly angry Antifa-types basically live on soy products. What would happen if they stopped eating and drinking soy sludge and also took a B complex every day? Would a significant number of them become less angry? Would AyaLife CBD oil also help?
If you are overweight, have type II diabetes, or are worried about the condition of your heart, check out the videos by Ken D Berry, William Davis, and Ivor Cummins. It seems that most people should avoid wheat, not just those who have a wheat allergy or celiac disease. Check out these books: Undoctored (#ad), Wheat Belly (#ad), and Eat Rich, Live Long (#ad).
Negative ions are good for us. You might want to avoid positive ion generators and ozone generators. A plain old air cleaner is better than nothing, but one that produces negative ions makes the air in a room fresher and easier for me to breathe. It also helps to brighten my mood.
Never litter. Toss it in the trash or take it home. Do not throw it on the ground. Also remember that good people clean up after themselves at home, out in public, at a campsite and so on. Leave it better than you found it.
Climate Change Cash Grab = Bad
Seems like more people than ever finally care about water, land, and air pollution, but the climate change cash grab scam is designed to put more of your money into the bank accounts of greedy politicians. Those power-hungry schemers try to trick us with bad data and lies about overpopulation while pretending to be caring do-gooders. Trying to eliminate pollution is a good thing, but the carbon footprint of the average law-abiding human right now is actually making the planet greener instead of killing it.
Eliminating farms and ranches, eating bugs, getting locked down in 15-minute cities, owning nothing, using digital currency (with expiration dates) that is tied to your social credit score, and paying higher taxes will not make things better and “save the Earth.” All that stuff is part of an agenda that has nothing to do with making the world a better place for the average person. It's all about control, depopulation, and making things better for the ultra-rich. They just want enough peasants left alive to keep things running smoothly.
Watch these two videos for more information:
Charlie Robinson had some good advice about waking up normies (see the link to the video below). He said instead of verbally unloading or being nasty or acting like a bully, ask the person a question. Being nice and asking a question will help the person actually think about the subject.
Interesting videos:
Charlie Robinson Talks About the Best Way to Wake Up Normies
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