Gaming vs Game Development
Commenters debate whether the discussed topic is about actual video games or gaming versus game development or tech tools, often dismissing it as not 'real gaming' and questioning its fit on Hacker News.
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if it's not a game then what is it?
Too bad it's not targeted towards gamers :)
Maybe, but distinct from real "gaming".
Evidently not if you want to play games. ;-)
While enjoying the game... what does it have to do on HN?
Yeah it's not really "gaming" anything.
this is gaming we’re talking about: yes, of course.
Some would consider not being able to play that game a feature!
You're not a gamer, are you ?
I'm not a gamer but now kind of interested. Is that the intented effect?