{"id":8981,"date":"2023-02-16T17:37:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/pushing-buttons-online-multiplayer-will-never-match-the-magic-of-playing-with-someone-sat-next-to-you\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:37:43","slug":"pushing-buttons-online-multiplayer-will-never-match-the-magic-of-playing-with-someone-sat-next-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/pushing-buttons-online-multiplayer-will-never-match-the-magic-of-playing-with-someone-sat-next-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Online multiplayer will never match the magic of playing with someone sat next to you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: From Street Fighter parties with friends to Minecraft with my kids, there\u2019s something special about playing together that\u2019s hard to recreate online<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regular readers will know that I find video games\u2019 ability to pull people together to be one of the most interesting things about them. I have a weakness for stories about outsiders finding each other, and games make that happen with charming regularity. I once wrote about a long-distance couple who stayed connected by playing Dark Souls, wrestling with that game\u2019s opaque online matchmaking to ensure that they could always find each others\u2019 summon signs, hidden in a nook behind a wall or under a distinctive vase. And I\u2019m fascinated by how Eve Online has attracted a particular flavour of person \u2013 usually science-fiction-obsessed, very often in some position of power in real life \u2013 to create an intergalactic community that mimics the economics and power structures of our own, but with extra skullduggery.<\/p>\n<p>Online gaming has brought us so much in this regard: people have formed lifelong friendships through all kinds of video games, from World of Warcraft to No Man\u2019s Sky. Twitch is part of this continuum, too \u2013 streamers don\u2019t just play games for an audience, they create communities, where relationships can then form.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/feb\/15\/online-multiplayer-will-never-replace-split-screen-gaming-in-my-heart\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a183309f53c34eb875c1881f6062b6fc51b03c6c\/0_150_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a8de506c7f759c6f71d5bf790ff7fa1e\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: Online multiplayer will never match the magic of playing with someone sat next to you\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: From Street Fighter parties with friends to Minecraft with my kids, there\u2019s something special about playing together that\u2019s hard to recreate online<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nRegular readers will know that I find video games\u2019 ability to pull people together to be one of the most interesting things about them. I have a weakness for stories about outsiders finding each other, and games make that happen with charming regularity. I once wrote about a long-distance couple who stayed connected by playing Dark Souls, wrestling with that game\u2019s opaque online matchmaking to ensure that they could always find each others\u2019 summon signs, hidden in a nook behind a wall or under a distinctive vase. And I\u2019m fascinated by how Eve Online has attracted a particular flavour of person \u2013 usually science-fiction-obsessed, very often in some position of power in real life \u2013 to create an intergalactic community that mimics the economics and power structures of our own, but with extra skullduggery.<br \/>\nOnline gaming has brought us so much in this regard: people have formed lifelong friendships through all kinds of video games, from World of Warcraft to No Man\u2019s Sky. Twitch is part of this continuum, too \u2013 streamers don\u2019t just play games for an audience, they create communities, where relationships can then form. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: From Street Fighter parties with friends to Minecraft with my kids, there\u2019s something special about playing together that\u2019s hard to recreate online Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Regular readers will know that I find video games\u2019 ability to pull people together to be one of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/pushing-buttons-online-multiplayer-will-never-match-the-magic-of-playing-with-someone-sat-next-to-you\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing Buttons: Online multiplayer will never match the magic of playing with someone sat next to you<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8981"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}