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minus-squarepressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·2 days agoThat whole era of RPGs helped develop reading comprehension.
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 days agoVery little voice acting. You had to read everything to understand. There are even those who learned a second language just to play a game. Also people who write the massive guides on gamefaqs for free. Good times.
minus-squarenixon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoI wrote a free guide for GameFaqs while living in Japan learning Japanese, the FAQ is still up there 25 years later. I feel seen.
minus-squarepressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoWith the best ASCII art.
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoI dunno, I think that may go to the demoscene release groups, though I guess it could be argued that a lot of that was ANSI and not ASCII. Gamefaqs stuff was okay though.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoNintendo games have helped my kids with their reading because they still won’t put voice acting.
That whole era of RPGs helped develop reading comprehension.
Very little voice acting. You had to read everything to understand. There are even those who learned a second language just to play a game.
Also people who write the massive guides on gamefaqs for free.
Good times.
I wrote a free guide for GameFaqs while living in Japan learning Japanese, the FAQ is still up there 25 years later.
I feel seen.
With the best ASCII art.
I dunno, I think that may go to the demoscene release groups, though I guess it could be argued that a lot of that was ANSI and not ASCII. Gamefaqs stuff was okay though.
Nintendo games have helped my kids with their reading because they still won’t put voice acting.