So the three games that try and simulate real world scenarios, in realistic ways.
All three share the intrinsic motivation of you being the fun. The purpose and passion comes from the player.
All three games endorse mistakes and failures as part of the experience.
The fun isn’t simply watching a line exponentially increase. They are games about choice, actions, and god forbid disasters.
The fun comes from the stories, the true and lived experiences of moment to moment decisions that you must make for survival.
Genuinely as close to the real human experience as possible. The world sucks, everyone hates you, despite that the potential for world shattering awesomeness is around every corner.
He unironically chose games that represent the human spirit and claims it’s like being a slave holy soy.