• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I remember having a thought one day as a young kid while interacting with a DVD main menu (the kind that had clips from the movie playing in the background, and would play a specific clip depending on what menu you went in to).

    “This is basically how video games work, there’s a bunch of options you can choose from and depending on what you do it shows you something. Videogames are just DVD menus with way more options.”

    I grew up to not be a programmer.

    • Kevin@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      The game Myst actually worked kind of like a DVD menu with more options.