It’s just video is slowly replacing writing. Old people were used to reading, young people are used to watching short videos and skipping. For video games I find it easier to find “walktrough no commentary” to figure out how long the game is and scroll briefly to see the gameplay than to read subjective view of author. I simply watch gameplay and decide if game is for me or not.
I’m not even that old and I still prefer reading because you can take screenshots of directions, flip to the correct spot, easily reference stuff, and copy/paste text. You can’t do any of that with video. I will never understand why people prefer video for this stuff.
When search engines started putting lists of videos in response to every query, I fumed. Trying to find a solution to the game issue you’re having? Here, scan through this 10 minute video and hope you come across the part that discusses your specific issue! Oh, it didn’t actually talk about the thing you need? Lol well at least you watched some ads.
I think next time I have a game issue, I’ll be asking about it here on Lemmy. Yeah, the audience isn’t as big as on Reddit, but we’ll never know the depth of the knowledge fellow Lemmings have to offer if we never ask.
Yes I completely agree. The best source for game issues I’ve found is technical discord servers and asking people there. However this is not ideal either because:
Discord is entshitifying and will probably be dogshit in a few years (they recently announced they wanted to go IPO and we all know what that means.)
Discord is not searchable on search engines
Search within discord is dogshit
You have to ask people and wait for an answer which is not guaranteed.
I probably wouldn’t bank on Lemmy for tech advice. I see the same misinformation posted here as on Reddit for tech.
You mean walktroughs ? I don’t watch walktroughs to know how to beat the game. I beat the game myself. I watch walktroughs to listen to music and feel the atmosphere. You can’t feel the game without audio inside the game.
It’s just video is slowly replacing writing. Old people were used to reading, young people are used to watching short videos and skipping. For video games I find it easier to find “walktrough no commentary” to figure out how long the game is and scroll briefly to see the gameplay than to read subjective view of author. I simply watch gameplay and decide if game is for me or not.
God I hate this. I much prefer writing to videos.
Obviously we’re on writing website.
I’m not even that old and I still prefer reading because you can take screenshots of directions, flip to the correct spot, easily reference stuff, and copy/paste text. You can’t do any of that with video. I will never understand why people prefer video for this stuff.
You can also control +F text
Yes, exactly.
When search engines started putting lists of videos in response to every query, I fumed. Trying to find a solution to the game issue you’re having? Here, scan through this 10 minute video and hope you come across the part that discusses your specific issue! Oh, it didn’t actually talk about the thing you need? Lol well at least you watched some ads.
I think next time I have a game issue, I’ll be asking about it here on Lemmy. Yeah, the audience isn’t as big as on Reddit, but we’ll never know the depth of the knowledge fellow Lemmings have to offer if we never ask.
Yes I completely agree. The best source for game issues I’ve found is technical discord servers and asking people there. However this is not ideal either because:
Discord is entshitifying and will probably be dogshit in a few years (they recently announced they wanted to go IPO and we all know what that means.)
Discord is not searchable on search engines
Search within discord is dogshit
You have to ask people and wait for an answer which is not guaranteed.
I probably wouldn’t bank on Lemmy for tech advice. I see the same misinformation posted here as on Reddit for tech.
You mean walktroughs ? I don’t watch walktroughs to know how to beat the game. I beat the game myself. I watch walktroughs to listen to music and feel the atmosphere. You can’t feel the game without audio inside the game.
No i didn’t mean walkthroughs.