You're Ruining my Immersion!

What would Sherry Turkle have to say about this?

Age of Conan is a forgotten game by most but it offered realistic horse collision detection. Yakkity Sax also makes an appearance. 

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Sometimes the only way to break political immersion is to grief, I guess?

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Dark Souls is a game about griefing. The computer griefs you, other players grief you, but really immersion rarely gets broken. Here is a moment of mind shattering doubt shared by a multitude of Japanese players that will keep you from getting too immersed.

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A Playstation Home moment where…all at once humanity’s immersion breaks, revealing our true selves.

Immersion and griefing week begins with a moment of silence for this Minecraft server. 

Sometimes game makers leave something in game that they can’t predict its overwhelming abuse. This leads to legendary griefing. 

I keep trying to grind and this water is getting in the way… From Brendon Keogh.

All i want to do is skate and i have to worry about falling through the world’s edge? From Brendon Keogh.

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Sometimes a game offers a very small window for failure and understanding. This is a tale of one such time. Your immersion breaks but is replaced with an even deadlier game.