Hahaha. I mostly ask because of my experience playing Fallout 3. The game was well crafted and there was a lot of rich content to explore, but the world was designed to feel incredibly hostile and there just wasn’t enough to motivate me as a character to actually explore it. After I found a safe [...]

What is the player character’s motivation to explore BH, since it is so hazardous, rather than simply moving on?

Evocative. I’m left with lots of questions about the Bits. What about games where characters act according to clear and ptedictable algorithms? Are the Bits judged on their performance of the role, rather than inherent characteristics that it implies? Is this world restricted to a particular era of games? Do modern games work the same [...]