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[–] bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't know if I'd say simpler, some of the games for the NES are downright punishing in their difficulty.

[–] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Though they are often synonyms, simple != easy.

Simple is uncomplicated.

Easy is unchallenging.

Super Mario Bros. is a simple game, but not necessarily an easy one.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

I'm reminded of a time I wanted to play SMB, but had to wait hours downloading an update. It may have used all my bandwidth for the month, and made the game crash all the time, but now I can spawn a powerup whenever I need one by just authorizing a micropayment! /s