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  1. Pre-2000s video games didn't need long tutorials. They had printed manuals, for one. And because each player owned only a few games, the player had to spend more time exploring each game. Ease of switching games since then ruined the incentive to persist.
    youtube.com/watch?v=EwcKWsRCY-k

    #GameDesign #RetroGaming #tutorial #fobo #ChoiceParalysis #manual

  2. 2k+ games between GOG, EGS, Steam, PS5, etc.

    "I don't know what to play"

    FFS brain, get a grip.

    #Gaming #Videogames #ChoiceParalysis

  3. Video games don't feel like they used to when you were a kid because once you outgrow child labor laws, you have more than two games to play in a year. Choice paralysis makes you less invested in learning 100% of any particular game. Pretzel explains
    youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZatLGXjo

    #ChoiceParalysis #nostalgia #RetroGames #VideoGames

  4. Scrolling through my phone for the right album to listen to.

    I can't find any that quite fit what I'm looking for. Scrolling, scrolling, up & down, scrolling. 20 mins.

    Maybe I need more albums, I think. I check how many are on my phone.

    1035 albums, 11,689 tracks.

    #ADHD #ChoiceParalysis

  5. Today in #ChoiceParalysis, I've been waffling over a new #monitor to buy for home. I broadly know what I want (32”, 4K, flat, not-ultra-wide), but am unsure how to evaluate monitors with built-in #KVM switches* and the ports that they provide.

    (Why-y-y-y hasn't everything moved to use USB-C/Thunderbolt for everything already? What is this DisplayPort/HDMI nonsense?)

    This is mainly for #HomeOffice work; I do very little gaming, and basically zero gaming of the sort where the monitor makes a big difference.

    I want to be able to switch between a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini, using a wired keyboard and a wireless mouse. (Having a separate mouse for each computer is fine; a separate keyboard is not.)

    The leading contenders after all the reading I've done are:

    - #BenQ PD3220U benq.com/en-us/monitor/profess

    - #Dell U3223QE dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultra

    Currently leaning towards the BenQ.

    I have a feeling that either of these will be more than enough for my needs.

  6. Dear , please help me make yet another completely insignificant choice.

  7. We might have to replace a knackered kitchen appliance.

    A 'White Good'

    It also has to fit a specific-non standard space

    ARRRRRRRRGGGGHGHGH!

    :: runs around screaming ::

    #Autistic #Poor #AutisticAndPoor
    #ChoiceParalysis
    #Dyscalculia

  8. Dear friends, please help me make another completely insignificant choice.

    My corded drill died so I'm finally allowed to buy a new cordless one. 🥳 Problem is that I found 3 identical drills:

    1. Bosch: gamma.nl/assortiment/bosch-18v
    2. Makita: gamma.nl/assortiment/makita-18
    3: Black&Decker: gamma.nl/assortiment/black-dec

    Please help or I'll just sit in front of my screen and not get anything done today 💀

  9. As a gamer, how do you deal with #ChoiceParalysis? How do you pick what to play next with so much to choose from?

    I have a #Steamdeck packed with 15 years of Humble Bundles and giveaways. A #MiSTerFPGA, a #RetroPie, a #MiyooMini, each with tens of thousands of games. I have shelves bending under the weight of cartridges and disc games...

    But I spend more time browsing long lists, anxious about picking the "wrong" game, than playing.

    #Gaming #RetroGaming #FirstWorldProblems

  10. @mattsheffield This. Provide a way to automate the choice of server, maybe a round robin method like the old Linux distro mirrors used to work.

    #ChoiceParalysis turns people off when presented with ten-page restaurant menus or thirty eight kinds of shampoo at the supermarket, and it's probably turning people off of the #Fediverse.

    Give people an onramp.

  11. I'm working to add #Tootpick
    github.com/Juerd/tootpick
    to my website, which is statically built. I need some way to add a Tootpick link to each permalink, and I want to do it client-side via JavaScript (Tootpick needs JS anyway). So I need to add this JS to all the webpages, and I'm having #choiceParalysis on how to do it. Modify the base page template, or add a builder setup option?

    (TBF, this is partially the fault of my builder, #ikiwiki, which isn't really friendly on this side of things).