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When was the last time you actually laughed while playing a game? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Yesterday I played the demo of the new game Dispatch and it is all beautifully written, but at some point, while presenting the team in-game, there was a casual funny line, pronounced by a voice off-screen, so without graphical support and I just burst out laughing (I was alone at home, so not pressed by social influence of any kind).

When I stopped, I realized how uncommon this has become lately. As a kid, I found LucasArts games extremely funny and I laughed more than occasionally, but this aspect of video game entertainment has been dying out.

When was the last time you actually laughed out loud while playing a game for something that was actually designed as funny (no Fortnite or CoD shenanigans stories please)?

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[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This makes me wonder what the first time was. Pong and Yar’s Revenge weren’t really comedy material. Maybe The Quest for c64, where we got annoyed at the game always saying “gorn doesn’t want to go that way”. I guess that’s not intentionally humorous though. Maybe Monkey Island?

[–] SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some text adventure probably. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was 1984, and it probably wasn't the first funny one.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Good call. We did have that for My friend’s PCJr