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11 Jun 2025 Conversations with Tyler Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games
“” Space Invaders is a little bit more, you can find your optimal path through it, but it’s not quite as clear in every moment what the optimal choice necessarily is. I don’t know if that’s exactly what you’re getting at.”
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…I liked Space Invaders much more than Pac-Man. Something about Pac-Man bothered me. It felt too mechanical and not strange enough. That’s definitely true. Pac-Man — it feels very easy to go, “Optimize. I’ve optimized it. ” Space Invaders is a little bit more, you can find your optimal path through it, but it’s not quite as clear in every moment what the optimal choice necessarily is. I don’t know if that’s exactly what you’re getting at. Yes.…
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