Also, it ends with something of a cliffhanger, which I’m sure will be continued in the essay’s fifth and final part. I like that.
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Replying to @HarVeeGee @carolynmichelle
new part is up: http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/#interlude2 … ehhhhhhh...pic.twitter.com/JLNoEfg8kW
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
no worries, interested to see your thoughts on this part. i've agreed strongly with some parts but i can't go with him on this Fortnite stuff
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Oh, I'm 100% with him on that. Fortnite is amazing in ways people almost never even talk about--the ever-shifting specificity and aliveness of its world is what I particularly adore--and certainly quite overlooked by the mainstream gaming press, IMO.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
interesting. i come at it thinking there's already *too much* Fortnite coverage, and (I'm stealing this from a much smarter friend): he takes Obra Dinn to task for "orientalism", but no mention of the real, material exploitation of Fortnite's monetisation treadmill? really?
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Replying to @HarVeeGee
I don't know, there's a whole section of the essay still to come. But this kind of writing isn't a checklist where every problematic element must needs be mentioned. He can also just focus on how an experience feels and why it moves him, if he so chooses.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
yeah absolutely, it just stuck out to me. sure, the case can be made that Obra Dinn is problematic, but Fortnite BR's terrifyingly efficient addiction/monetisation model is more than "problematic". it's pernicious. arguably evil. i can't agree that game critics "failed" it
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Intellectually I absolutely recognize that, and it absolutely needs to be addressed and condemned (as Dan Olson does in his great video), but as I play Fortnite daily and basically never spend money on it myself, it's not something that impacts my experience much, and I see
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little if any discussion/appreciation of the aspects of Fortnite that I think do make it remarkable, though I acknowledge the likely reality that those aspects just don't have the impact on most that they do on me, and don't cry out to them to be appreciated.
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