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Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 13, 2025

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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With digital distribution, there are countless games that are clearly asset flips made with minimal efforts, that have terrible aesthetic. And drawing the line to exclude those is difficult because sometimes the game will have one aspect the dev actually cared about and then everything else is bought assets and minimal effort.

That said... Though the reason I was made aware of it (culture war/Gamergate) likely primed me to have a negative reaction to it, Revolution 60 does have an aesthetic that cause me to cringe. Though I can certainly imagine others having the opposite reaction to it.

Another candidate, I have not actually played it for myself, but watched the excellent MandaloreGaming video on it, Anonymous Agony is pure teenage cringe with voice actors that are way too good and trying way too hard. I think there are parallels to draw with The Room in the "weirdo surrounded himself with some pretty talented people and his weirdo vision ended up on full display" sense.