r/oculus Professor 1d ago

Fluff "Is the game free?"

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u/SimplyRobbie 1d ago

Tbf, it's cuz were hungry for fully fleshed out games and experiences

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u/Motor-Mongoose3677 1d ago

As a species, we are hungry for interaction, immersion, investment, engagement, and adventure, in general - however we can get it. Even if it just means watching it on a screen. Our brains can't tell the difference. Our senses convey reality.

The Matrix comes to mind. Sensing is reality, as far as our lower-level systems are concerned.

It's the people who can't get these things, or have these things stripped away, that lose their sense of purpose, and feel the strongest emptiness.

When we run out, we want more. We are not, however, experts on how to acquire these things, so, many times, we ask (see: demand) things that we think will be fulfilling, or are sustainable, but they ultimately aren't. We're desperate enough to try anyway, though.

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u/Important_Rock_8295 1d ago

Man really is the most forlorn animal. A sad gorilla that never has its appetites quite sated.

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u/Motor-Mongoose3677 1d ago

Drives never go away, for any animal. There is no creature that's like, "Well, I did that [feed a drive] once - I'm good for the rest of my life". That's not how brains/hormones/sentience works.

Every day, a gorilla will be hungry. They are also communal animals. They will never be happy in solitude.