The author of this article is an absolute wanker.

Don't like the show? Change the channel.

"people aren't playing games the way that I think they should be playing them"

Annoyed that I read as much of this garbage as I did. People like different things, get over it.

I love self playing games. Im not sure if this counts, Factorio and cities skyline are nice to be able to play when I want to play and watch when I want to watch.

I thought this was gonna be more about bullshit "games" where the player literally has zero interaction with the "game" and it truly just plays itself. Like Progress Quest (which is satirical and not intended to actually be a fun game to play). Not power fantasies where you can just win really easily like Vampire Survivors or MegaBonk. 🫩

Idler roguelites are very popular. I like them as I can put on a nice audiobook in the background.

I don't know what annoys me more: The stupid premise of the article, or the sudden paywall that comes way too late.

Vampire survivors is still a game that you play. You pick the synergies you want, you move around to dodge...

I mean, room temperature IQ is one of the requirements to be a game journalist.

paywall

I played a game "Adventure Land" on Steam. Whole purpose was to automate everything, but with code (Javascript). It had everything, trade, pvp, rare loot & bosses. That was fun! In the era before AI atleast. Not sure how i'd feel nowadays losing to some vibecoded accounts.

Anyhow, the feeling that your characters were leveling and making money while I touch grass, work etc and to come back to full bags of loot was great.

I think these games have their place. Dont like it dont play it.

Like. I get everyone has different tastes, but if we're gonna kill any one current genre can we start with Live-Service? Games that expect you to do nothing but play them?

„Let’s automate doom“ Isn’t that just a on-rails shooter?