dtgreene: Suppose you have a game that can either play in 640x480 resolution with 16 colors, or in 320x200 resolution with 256 colors. Between those modes, which video mode would you choose? (Historically, there was a time when these were the top-of-the-line video resolutions; hence why one would have had to make this choice in the past.)

Leroux: Question: Did you ever play a game based on licensed material (a book, a movie, comics etc.) that you thought better than the original? If so, which one(s)?

teceem: Question: Have you stopped buying new AAA games, for other reasons than DRM. When and why?

HeathGCF: Q: What are your hopes for the future of the gaming industry?

dtgreene: The way I see it, in the present, not really.

Historically, however, there were some good reasons to use consoles.

* In ancient times, computer games tended to be distributed on floppy disks; this meant long load times and having to switch disks (because the capacity of a floppy disk is very limited). Consoles, however, stored their games on cartridges, which had very fast load times, and, unlike floppies, would increase in capacity over time.

* Then came hard drives, which took away some of the advantages that consoles had. However, a PC game would still need to be installed to take advantage of them, and hard drives, while much faster for loading, were still slower than cartridges.

* Then came CD-ROMs, giving PC games access to much more storage space, and in theory, fewer disc changes. Consoles still had the advantage of faster load times.

* Then, some consoles threw away their load time advantage by switching to CD-ROMs. At this point, the only real advantage that consoles had was that you didn't have to worry about installing or configuring games before you could play them. Some console games even started to require disc changes.

* Then came internet connections. PCs got them first, and then they came to consoles. With internet, combined with console hard drives, consoles lost their zero configuration advantage, and therefore no longer have a real advantage over PCs for gaming, except for things like exclusives.

Edit: Since the thread seems to be in need of a new question, here's one:

Suppose you have a game that can either play in 640x480 resolution with 16 colors, or in 320x200 resolution with 256 colors. Between those modes, which video mode would you choose? (Historically, there was a time when these were the top-of-the-line video resolutions; hence why one would have had to make this choice in the past.)

misteryo: Mostly I hope that the experience of successful indy devs helps many more indy devs succeed. There are lots of folks with good ideas, there are lots of talented artists... But to be successful in the gaming world, there are also business lessons to be learned. Iron Tower has written well about their experience. So has Alexis Whatsisname who did Sunless Seas, so have others. There are some really elegant and surprising and delightful games out there because of all the money flying around gaming these days. That money won't always be there, and I'd really like to see more of the quality indipendent devs survive and thrive and keep on creating.

Answer:
Great question Heath and great reply misteryo. Unfortunately this is one of those things about life. The masses of morons think whatever the other masses of morons like is cool. Not to be too harsh this is alot kids remember and parents aren't really paying attention they just know the kid wants it so happy birthday and merry christmas.

Compaines go where the money is so your going to keep seeing overpriced dlc,loot box,DRM, forced multiplayer whatever the F*** bullcrap. Most people are on there phones like zombies barely awake let alone concious consumers. So these studios are going to keep turning out customers like 3rd world hookers. There are some good indy devs but I think that has a hard limit becuse most of those games are being bought buy more older hardcore gamers.

Also some of those indy games in my opinion suck D***. Some stuff is really good like cuphead but takes so long and is limited because its more of a niche think without a big studio behind it. Some of it though... Its cool to be creative and do new things but some of its trying to hard to be artys fartsy or something. Like I really don't care about some trees and rocks with some birds chirping and some corny narrator taliking about feelings. Id rather just play centipede.

My hope is too see more remasters,remakes, and revamps along with some good big budget games with some good dlc for the money like the The Witcher 3 and a few Indy games with some solid gameplay. How about a VR frogger were your the frog in a realistic duplicate of a big city like New York where you have to get through busey traffic.

Q: What game do you really like to play but you just suck at it? All these years trying and you still just really suck at it. May or may not kill your enjoyment of the game.

RedWolf9000: Question: What is your favorite game series and why?

krugos2: QUESTION: If you're old enough to remember the transition from CGA or EGA to VGA monitors, was there ever a game (or more than one) that you had only played in 4 or 16 colors and then were able to see it in its full color glory? How was that experience for you?

LongitudinalThrust: Q: How good were you with labelling your floppies? How many were you hunting through before you found that Sierra or Lucas Arts boot disc?

Andrey82: Question: Did you played Origin avia series: Strike Commander, Pacific Strike and Wings of Glory? If yes, which one is your favorite game?

mqstout: Question When, if ever, is it acceptable for a game not to be able to be paused/left running without repercussions. (Already ruling out multiplayer, by adding "assuming all players agree". Many early MP games had pause.)

dtgreene: Have you ever loaded a computer program (such as a game) that was stored on a cassette tape? (Remember those? Remember that time before floppies became common place, when cassette tapes were the only writable storage medium available?)

Leroux: Not by myself, but at a friend's house, yes. He had an Armstrad CPC with cassette drive and the games took ages to load. We'd rewind the tape, press start and then go do something else for what felt like 20-30 minutes (might have been less though) until the game was ready.

Question: Did you ever do anything creative related to videogaming (like trying to make your own game, creating mods or custom content, drawing or writing something connected to games etc.)? If so, what?

Leroux: Not by myself, but at a friend's house, yes. He had an Armstrad CPC with cassette drive and the games took ages to load. We'd rewind the tape, press start and then go do something else for what felt like 20-30 minutes (might have been less though) until the game was ready.

Question: Did you ever do anything creative related to videogaming (like trying to make your own game, creating mods or custom content, drawing or writing something connected to games etc.)? If so, what?