[Ensorceled]

> Is it wildly uneducated to not know any of the games you mentioned? I didn’t realize education covered less known video games?

Yes. It is "wildly uneducated" to have, and express, strong opinions about ANY field of endeavour where you are unfamiliar with large parts of that field.

[Almondsetat]

Large? That's your opinion

[mikkupikku]

If you haven't heard of the modern roguelike genre you've probably been living under a rock, it seems like every other game these days at least calls itself such. Usually the resemblance to Rogue is so remote that it strains the meaning of the term, but procedural generation of levels is almost universal in this loosely defined genre.

Elite is a bit more obscure, but really anybody who aims to be familiar with the history of games should recognize the name at least. Metroidvania isn't a game, but is a combination of the names of Metroid and Castlevania and you absolutely should know about both of those.

Powermonger is new to me.

And while the comment in question didn't mention it, others have: Minecraft. If you're not familiar with Minecraft you must be Rip Van Winkle. This should be the foremost game that comes to mind when anybody talks about procedural generation.

[Ensorceled]

Of course it is.

[Almondsetat]

Then it is "wildly uneducated" to have, and express, strong opinions about ANY field of endeavour where you cannot substantiate your claims.

[Ensorceled]

Honest question: are you enjoying this? I looked at your comment history and you don't seem like a troll. What is going on right now?

[antonvs]

The person you’re replying to has only posted two short comments in this thread.

The reason a few different people are arguing this point is because it is in fact wrong, or at least poorly expressed, to refer to someone’s unfamiliarity with some aspect of a field like the gaming market as “wildly uneducated.”

Ironically, the person using that phrase is demonstrating a lack of understanding of its common meaning, suggesting that they may be a better fit for the word “uneducated”. See e.g: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneducated

> What is going on right now?

As Wittgenstein put it, we’re playing language games.

[Ensorceled]

> The person you’re replying to has only posted two short comments in this thread.

FYI: You can click on the user name and from there see their full comment history on hacker news.

Wild that you even mentioned this, considering the context.

> As Wittgenstein put it, we’re playing language games.

Yes.