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by saint_fiasco 3511 days ago
The author doesn't want more games for black males, or white women, or even minority women. Though the author may not realize it, that kind of demographics are a red herring.

What she really is looking for is games for what she feels is an under-served demographic: The kind of person who lives in "a state of constant shock, of constant stimulation" like her friends do. Her friends just happen to not be white males, so she latched on to that.

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> under-served demographic: The kind of person who lives in "a state of constant shock, of constant stimulation" like her friends do

Out of interest, what would such a game look like, to compete with such a state? Farmville? Candy Crush?

I don't feel over-stimulated, so I can only guess that such people would indeed prefer games like Farmville and Neko Atsume.

But the author's friend, in addition to being overwhelmed with constant shock and stimulation, is also a bit of a snob, so she won't play those low-brow games. I don't know what high-brow relaxing games are like. Maybe Papers, Please and Dear Esther?