• kakes@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Sorry to go on a well-trodden tangent, but it really is unfortunate how diluted the term “roguelike” has become.

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      3 months ago

      Let’s just give up on “roguelike” and start calling traditional roguelikes “rogues”.

      Sunless Sea is a roguelike, Nethack is a rogue.

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        3 months ago

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