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  1. I was watching the Nindies video, and noticed how much Nintendo is pushing the point of multiplayer when it's incorporated. It seems like a smart move, push the concept of playing with friends on your own system, to sell more systems. But this got me to thinking back to my own childhood, and playing games with my brother. We often had to make rules on when to swap who is playing, passed down from our NES days and playing games like The Adventures of Lolo. The most applied rule was you die, you hand over the controller. But with things like Earthbound it was a bit different, more of a game of watching the other in their play through. These are fond memories, I enjoyed spending time and beating games together. Switch isn't exactly the same, however. It borrows strongly from the handheld side of things, where gaming was a bit different for us. We each had our own handheld, sometimes our own carts for things like Pokemon, which let us trade and battle on occasion, but most of that time playing was spent alone. I think about a game like Earthbound and find myself wondering how many times would one of us have undocked the system to play? Or any game for that matter. Would our experiences have been vastly different? Would we have spent as much time taking turns and playing together, or would we have had time limits for how long one of us gets to play and missed all that time spent together? Back then there's no way we could have afforded two full home consoles. We got handhelds when they were cheap, back when Wal-Mart had more freedom to mark things down and get rid of stock. However, today's circumstances seem a bit different for most families, where buying high tech gear for all members of the family is more commonplace. This too leaves me wondering how things will change, especially when considering the advancements made in multiplayer and gaming itself. Will it instead improve the amount of time spent together? I can see a younger me loving to spend time with my brother on Stardew Valley and Mario Kart. Each playing on our own screen, with no need to fight over who gets to play and when. Still, you can be certain not every family will buy more than one console. So it leaves me wondering how many people might miss out on creating as many memories of playing games with loved ones as they would have with a standard console... and how many might create even more than they would have. It makes me appreciate what Nintendo is doing with their new console that much more. They're really... switching things up, and I think it's mostly a very welcome advancement. ........... Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
  2. This is a very important question, you never know who can get hurt if one is not used in session. Are you team condom or no condom? If you like you can share your reason for your vote, there's no shame in explaining yourself.
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