Games are games, retirees play all kinds of shit including shooters. Its silly to assume they need to be marketed specifically to a certain group
I liked factory town; the trains need to stop and stations to unload and refuel, and they only go one direction. Its somewhat simplified but satisfying.
I get the impression the author is either being deliberately obtuse to prove their point, or has a difficult time engaging critically with media. Creating a strawman fake game about dancing (which only exists in the author’s mind) to criticize for only being about dancing is not substantive critique.
Celeste’s gameplay absolutely has narrative meaning as well. You are climbing the mountain of depression. Not the most subtle or complicated metaphor, but it’s there and it is effective.
Awesome devs have the free version waiting for you, and other less puritanical storefronts to pay them some money if you liked it.
Short form videos are especially flooded with slop and AI voice summaries of movie plots and DIY hacks. Its depressing, but also I’d like to cut back on my mindless content watching and maybe this is the motivation I need.
Still more expensive and weaker than a ps5