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[Wildebeest]

So Duke 3D is an im-sim?

Better even, is Duke Forever the grandest o im-sims as it not only has functioning toilets - it let's you pick up feces and use them as a white board marker?

Correct. The biggest characteristic of the imm-sim in Freudian terms is "anal fixation" of the content. An increased interest in defecation and a feeling of rebellion against authority. This is seen as a sort of "acting out" of a feeling of childhood injustice of someone being shamed for performing normal body functions incorrectly.

 

[kurisu_1974]

Who started using this term anyways? it really means nothing to me. At least biome is just a douchebag way to say area or level.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Who started using this term anyways? it really means nothing to me. At least biome is just a douchebag way to say area or level.

technically, biome is a term used specifically in games with procedural generation to describe one type of ecosystem the algorithm creates.

 

[Wildebeest]

Who started using this term anyways? it really means nothing to me. At least biome is just a douchebag way to say area or level.

Warren Spector used Immersive Sim but claimed it came from Doug Church who doesn't really seem to do much in the ways of PR bullshit.

 

[kurisu_1974]

technically, biome is a term used specifically in games with procedural generation to describe one type of ecosystem the algorithm creates.

Used to be, even if there was no need for it even then.

 

[Prekk]

Who started using this term anyways?

Even the Wikipedia article doesn't have any good sources to its origin.

Does anyone know when the term "immersive sim" was used for the first time?

Does anyone know when the term "immersive sim" was used for the first time over here, in conversations ? When was it more widely adopted while talking about the types of games this term indicates ?

rpgcodex.net

Apparently some rando person came up with it about 10 years ago and it got traction.
Marketing departments eventually picked it up because "Immersive Sim" sounds much better than "Really Slow First Person Shooter".

 

[mansoor1980]

todd howard created the immersive sim genre.....................

 

[fart town usa]

Level 2 boss in NES Double Dragon is immersive sim.

 

[fart town usa]

technically, biome is a term used specifically in games with procedural generation to describe one type of ecosystem the algorithm creates.

Interesting. One of my favorite VR games, the devs refer to the 3 levels as 'biomes', the levels are all procedurally generated/randomized. Always seemed like a weird term but makes sense now. Thanks!