Tildes Gaming Club, January 2024: Tinkering

kfwyre
2024-01-06T01:22:41Z

Meta: This is a new post series I'm trying out. I've planned a trial run for three months to see if it catches on. If it does, I'll continue it. If not, I'll phase it out.

Tildes Gaming Club is a space to play and discuss games that fit a loosely defined theme. I see it like a Book Club, or similar to our current Album of the Week and Movie of the Week series. Instead of everyone focusing everyone on the same game, however, we're all focused on the same core theme, and we independently choose a game (or games) that fit the theme. I'll also be posting the topics monthly instead of weekly, especially because many games take much longer to appreciate than a movie or an album.

To participate, play at least one game that fits the monthly theme, and talk about it here. You can make one post summarizing your game(s), or you can make multiple posts as you make your way through the game(s).

This month's theme is: Tinkering

In the future, I plan to simply give the theme with no additional clarification, because I like the idea of people interpreting it as they wish, but I feel like giving some examples for the first go-around might help people better understand what I'm trying to get at:

You might choose to play:

a game in which one of the characters is a mechanic

a game that lets you build things and take them apart

a game in which you have to fiddle with the graphics settings to get it to run

a game that you've modded

a DOOM WAD you have to set up yourself

a Windows game on Linux that doesn't "just run" through Proton/Wine

a game that has "tinker" somewhere in the title

a game you pirated back on your Dreamcast that you had to burn six different times with different settings before it would actually boot

and so on...

"Tinkering" is an open-ended theme, not a closed task. Anything that you can personally fit underneath it counts, even if it's an absurd interpretation! Part of the fun is figuring out how the theme can work best for you.

My goals for this are the following:

1. I'm hoping this can be a fun way of choosing something to play.

2. I'm hoping this can bring a group/community aspect to people independently enjoying their hobby.

3. I'm hoping this can yield some interesting discussions about different themes.

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