Wil Wheaton on Journey and how developers are making games more approachable
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Date: 2023-12-10
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-chironOwlglass
Journey had an enormous impact on my life. I think about the twist at the end so often. There have been so many experiences in my life that paralleled that huge revelation. I think the only other moment in all of media that I can think of that compares to it is in Contact when Jodie Foster's character is finally traveling in the bubble. Engineers had been concerned about how the original design didn't include any type of chair. They insisted on putting a chair in, because without one, they claimed, it was dangerous. In the end, it was the chair, not the lack of a chair, that was dangerous. The moment where she gets out of the chair and instantly finds that she's floating, fully supported by the environment itself, is a feeling I try to hold onto as much as possible.
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Journey had an enormous impact on my life. I think about the twist at the end so often. There have been so many experiences in my life that paralleled that huge revelation. I think the only other moment in all of media that I can think of that compares to it is in Contact when Jodie Foster's character is finally traveling in the bubble. Engineers had been concerned about how the original design didn't include any type of chair. They insisted on putting a chair in, because without one, they claimed, it was dangerous. In the end, it was the chair, not the lack of a chair, that was dangerous. The moment where she gets out of the chair and instantly finds that she's floating, fully supported by the environment itself, is a feeling I try to hold onto as much as possible.
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polygon
_Journey_ is my favorite game of all time. It's the kind of game I can consistently return to, all so that I can bask in a beautiful world where such a simple story feels so fresh and rewarding every time you reach the end of it. The human interaction is what really solidifies its place in my heart, though, because it makes the world all the more immersive and real to be. The lighting and color, the natural flowing pace, and Austin Wintory's masterpiece of a score all make the game feel like a living being, a friend you can always turn to for joy, comfort, relaxation, or any combination of these elements when necessary. It's a work of art and, for me, something that is essential for my life every now and then. I will never stop loving _Journey. _
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_Journey_ is my favorite game of all time. It's the kind of game I can consistently return to, all so that I can bask in a beautiful world where such a simple story feels so fresh and rewarding every time you reach the end of it. The human interaction is what really solidifies its place in my heart, though, because it makes the world all the more immersive and real to be. The lighting and color, the natural flowing pace, and Austin Wintory's masterpiece of a score all make the game feel like a living being, a friend you can always turn to for joy, comfort, relaxation, or any combination of these elements when necessary. It's a work of art and, for me, something that is essential for my life every now and then. I will never stop loving _Journey. _
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-slovangreybear
I had the luck to play journey very recently without having been spoiled at all outside of having seen that it took place in a desert and what the main character looked like.
And - spoiler for what wil wheaton said with his hand up-
I was so overjoyed when i understood the other character i had run in, wasn't an ai. I don't know who they were but we traveled together for more than half the game i think, and that whole very under water like sequence with the huge mechanical creature i was honestly quite uneasy and we communicated a lot with the -sound- the characters can make and really waited for each other to go through all of it.
And that was awesome
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I had the luck to play journey very recently without having been spoiled at all outside of having seen that it took place in a desert and what the main character looked like.
And - spoiler for what wil wheaton said with his hand up-
I was so overjoyed when i understood the other character i had run in, wasn't an ai. I don't know who they were but we traveled together for more than half the game i think, and that whole very under water like sequence with the huge mechanical creature i was honestly quite uneasy and we communicated a lot with the -sound- the characters can make and really waited for each other to go through all of it.
And that was awesome
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-sweetteahyung6351
god i love this game so so so much; w; i literally got a job so i could save up money for a ps3 so i could get this game: 'D i haven't played it in a long time, i really want to play again now o: i used to love to help people who were on their first or second playthrough of the game so that they could find all the collectibles; w; i knew all the secret ways into the glitch areas too, it was great! asdfkjd i'm definitely going to play again now, god this game is gorgeous and so so so good, if you've never played it then please do yourself a favor and play it! you won't regret
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god i love this game so so so much; w; i literally got a job so i could save up money for a ps3 so i could get this game: 'D i haven't played it in a long time, i really want to play again now o: i used to love to help people who were on their first or second playthrough of the game so that they could find all the collectibles; w; i knew all the secret ways into the glitch areas too, it was great! asdfkjd i'm definitely going to play again now, god this game is gorgeous and so so so good, if you've never played it then please do yourself a favor and play it! you won't regret
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-biocode4478
I am not sure if dickproofing is a satisfying end game. Ideally players who are harmful to the community would be kicked out. This obviously clashes with the company's interests who don't want to alienate dicks who are happy to pour in the money. So instead they remove the ability to have free interactions. Ultimately this is an economic decision not a moral one. It saves them from having to moderate interactions, it saves them from having to deal with controversy when they inevitably end up being too light on the toxic playerbase
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I am not sure if dickproofing is a satisfying end game. Ideally players who are harmful to the community would be kicked out. This obviously clashes with the company's interests who don't want to alienate dicks who are happy to pour in the money. So instead they remove the ability to have free interactions. Ultimately this is an economic decision not a moral one. It saves them from having to moderate interactions, it saves them from having to deal with controversy when they inevitably end up being too light on the toxic playerbase
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-pinkbuizel4825
i picked up journey in the steam summer sale this year and it's a stunning game and i was delighted when someone showed up and like almost immediately i was like 'is this an ai? ' then i saw their behaviors and i was like 'wait. that doesn't seem like an ai' also i had mini heart attacks at the end lol cause it became a game of cat and mouse i only wish my wifi had been better at the time bc i feel like that hampered my experience a little
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i picked up journey in the steam summer sale this year and it's a stunning game and i was delighted when someone showed up and like almost immediately i was like 'is this an ai? ' then i saw their behaviors and i was like 'wait. that doesn't seem like an ai' also i had mini heart attacks at the end lol cause it became a game of cat and mouse i only wish my wifi had been better at the time bc i feel like that hampered my experience a little
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-irenegreen5162
There is a game that is very similar to -Journey-. This game is called -Sky: Children of light- I really enjoyed playing it. The best part is that you are not alone and there are other players in the world who you can and sometimes must interact with using all kind of emotes. I'm still not done with this game because there are many things you can discover. I also like to come back and see friends that I made in the game.
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There is a game that is very similar to -Journey-. This game is called -Sky: Children of light- I really enjoyed playing it. The best part is that you are not alone and there are other players in the world who you can and sometimes must interact with using all kind of emotes. I'm still not done with this game because there are many things you can discover. I also like to come back and see friends that I made in the game.
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-IAmPattycakes
I wish I could play journey, but it's not available on PC where I can buy it. I'm still waiting on it. They're going into a little too much detail for me in this video it seems tho, so I'm going to have to pass on it. It's really a shame, I was able to talk to one of the head people behind it, but I haven't been able to play it for so so many years because of platforms.
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I wish I could play journey, but it's not available on PC where I can buy it. I'm still waiting on it. They're going into a little too much detail for me in this video it seems tho, so I'm going to have to pass on it. It's really a shame, I was able to talk to one of the head people behind it, but I haven't been able to play it for so so many years because of platforms.
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polygon
Is anyone going to talk about about 6 minutes in when she's talking about how she hates voice chats and you can feel that's she's struggling with like not saying it's because it's full of mysogistic trash bag but Wil just. Says it, like he too hates it and knows? Idk its late I've had a day and it was give like a little dash of warm fuzzies to me
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Is anyone going to talk about about 6 minutes in when she's talking about how she hates voice chats and you can feel that's she's struggling with like not saying it's because it's full of mysogistic trash bag but Wil just. Says it, like he too hates it and knows? Idk its late I've had a day and it was give like a little dash of warm fuzzies to me
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-Electroporcupine
Pat and Jenna are juuuust good enough to get me to watch something with Wheaton in it. Fun Fact: before he quit Twitter in a big hissy fit because people kept calling him Wesley, he blocked me and pretty much everyone else in Australia without any prompting or explanation. Weird dude.
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Pat and Jenna are juuuust good enough to get me to watch something with Wheaton in it. Fun Fact: before he quit Twitter in a big hissy fit because people kept calling him Wesley, he blocked me and pretty much everyone else in Australia without any prompting or explanation. Weird dude.
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-SkyboundStars
I played this game once, never finished it though, cos there was a really scary thing I don't quite remember. But it was scary. It's like that similar triangle game where you swim around underwater, that was even scarier, or like last guardian, that's also scary, or minecraft tbh.
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I played this game once, never finished it though, cos there was a really scary thing I don't quite remember. But it was scary. It's like that similar triangle game where you swim around underwater, that was even scarier, or like last guardian, that's also scary, or minecraft tbh.
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-myriadpath
Pretty abrupt ending there, kinda like when news networks cut off an interview and it's obvious that someone was in the middle of a -paragraph- of speech. They cut off at the end of a sentence but it's clear there was more left unsaid -. That said, I love polygon
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Pretty abrupt ending there, kinda like when news networks cut off an interview and it's obvious that someone was in the middle of a -paragraph- of speech. They cut off at the end of a sentence but it's clear there was more left unsaid -. That said, I love polygon
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-PenguinLord10
There's people still playing Journey? Holy crap that's awesome. I've been thinking about replaying it and coming to the conclusion that it wouldn't be the same because I assumed absolutely nobody would be playing now. Time to dust off the PS3 I guess!
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There's people still playing Journey? Holy crap that's awesome. I've been thinking about replaying it and coming to the conclusion that it wouldn't be the same because I assumed absolutely nobody would be playing now. Time to dust off the PS3 I guess!
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-tabpanter5750
Hey Pat, I hope you enjoyed playing Journey. I recommend you play Abzu too, which was made by the same studio and I believe also has a soundtrack composed by Austin Wintory? You get to swim around and meet lots of sea animals it-s just wonderful
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Hey Pat, I hope you enjoyed playing Journey. I recommend you play Abzu too, which was made by the same studio and I believe also has a soundtrack composed by Austin Wintory? You get to swim around and meet lots of sea animals it-s just wonderful
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-NorthernStar27
I haven't played Journey, I don't really play videogames, also I don't have the means to play it at the moment, but I enjoy the personality of Pat and the rest of the polygon staff (I will learn each name, eventually)-
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I haven't played Journey, I don't really play videogames, also I don't have the means to play it at the moment, but I enjoy the personality of Pat and the rest of the polygon staff (I will learn each name, eventually)-
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-Eric_Smith2662
It just so happens that I've been playing Sky: Children of The Light and it's been pretty incredible. It feels like a console game experience on a phone
Sky: COTL and this game are made by the same people btw
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It just so happens that I've been playing Sky: Children of The Light and it's been pretty incredible. It feels like a console game experience on a phone
Sky: COTL and this game are made by the same people btw
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-Prnnce
Reminder that Will willingly shared a blocklist he advertised as -anti gamergate- that had a significant number of trans creators who he disliked who lost revenue and connections because of it. Never trust checkmarks.
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Reminder that Will willingly shared a blocklist he advertised as -anti gamergate- that had a significant number of trans creators who he disliked who lost revenue and connections because of it. Never trust checkmarks.
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-unamericano
Oh yeah just like Will the first time I finished the game i was in tears. I could not have had a more amazing experience and I will forever chase the perfection that was that singular irreplaceable experience.
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Oh yeah just like Will the first time I finished the game i was in tears. I could not have had a more amazing experience and I will forever chase the perfection that was that singular irreplaceable experience.
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-kabelmarder2760
The visuals of Journey remind me so much of Sky. I believe they've been made by the same people. Its such an amazing game with so many different -worlds- and it also has such an emotional ending
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The visuals of Journey remind me so much of Sky. I believe they've been made by the same people. Its such an amazing game with so many different -worlds- and it also has such an emotional ending
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-benr4205
i'm really glad i stopped watching this video before Wil talked about the twist. i had never played Journey before and just had my first playthrough the other day and it was WILD. love love love
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i'm really glad i stopped watching this video before Wil talked about the twist. i had never played Journey before and just had my first playthrough the other day and it was WILD. love love love
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-AuntBibby
imagining a fred flintstone-style caveman MMORPG that puts a low-pass filter, then a hi-pass filter, then a downward pitchbend on voicechat so everybody sounds like the adults in charlie brown
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imagining a fred flintstone-style caveman MMORPG that puts a low-pass filter, then a hi-pass filter, then a downward pitchbend on voicechat so everybody sounds like the adults in charlie brown
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-jollyoldman13
Found out about this game through this video and picked it up from steam during its sale. I have since played through it 3 times. Beautiful game, thank you for bringing this into my life.
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Found out about this game through this video and picked it up from steam during its sale. I have since played through it 3 times. Beautiful game, thank you for bringing this into my life.
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-DrinkGameRepeat
On the topic of ways to communicate in games without vc, it's also so good for disabled gamers as well. Someone who physically or because of mental reasons can't speak. I love it.
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On the topic of ways to communicate in games without vc, it's also so good for disabled gamers as well. Someone who physically or because of mental reasons can't speak. I love it.
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-NiGHTSChao689
I'm so thrilled that this came to PC. I can't wait to experience it again. I borrowed someone's PS3 and bought Journey just to play that one game. Thank god it's on PC now.
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I'm so thrilled that this came to PC. I can't wait to experience it again. I borrowed someone's PS3 and bought Journey just to play that one game. Thank god it's on PC now.
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-krea8402
-the best part of journey is making friends-
Wait till they find out about Sky: Children of the Light - also from this developer and FREAKING ADORABLE AND FULL OF FRIENDSHIP
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-the best part of journey is making friends-
Wait till they find out about Sky: Children of the Light - also from this developer and FREAKING ADORABLE AND FULL OF FRIENDSHIP
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-senseisleepyhead
This might be a really dumb problem on my end, but is anyone else unable to view this fullscreen? Will (try to) delete this as soon as I get this weird problem solved.
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This might be a really dumb problem on my end, but is anyone else unable to view this fullscreen? Will (try to) delete this as soon as I get this weird problem solved.
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-breadlast
I played through the whole game and didn't meet a single person, I don't know how, but I kinda feel like I missed out on a major part of the game because of that.
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I played through the whole game and didn't meet a single person, I don't know how, but I kinda feel like I missed out on a major part of the game because of that.
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-Khandrake
The phrase is shit show. Voip is a shit show.
Apex perfected that ping system, but I really think it was portal 2 and warframe that put in that ground work
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The phrase is shit show. Voip is a shit show.
Apex perfected that ping system, but I really think it was portal 2 and warframe that put in that ground work
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-sharkofjoy
I also cried the first time I played Journey. I was deeply moved. The moment of pure surprise and joy I felt when I understood the game remains unparalleled.
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I also cried the first time I played Journey. I was deeply moved. The moment of pure surprise and joy I felt when I understood the game remains unparalleled.
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-DaveTpletsch
Hmm. Didn't know becoming a bride was how you got mad parkour skills. I guess I need a wedding dress, a veil, a train, and a man who wants to marry me.
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Hmm. Didn't know becoming a bride was how you got mad parkour skills. I guess I need a wedding dress, a veil, a train, and a man who wants to marry me.
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