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Lumifer comments on In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war continued by other means - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 22 October 2014 03:43:39PM 4 points [-]

But they're still very firmly within the realm of interpersonal interactions, generally.

I disagree. Certainly, things like Fallout or Final Fantasies were made by developers with the goal of offering me a certain set of experiences, but that by itself doesn't make playing such a game an interpersonal interaction. Not more than drinking alone -- for the winemaker has crafted that bottle of wine to provide a set of experiences for me, too...