• kionay@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The title of this post was, “What’s a recent game you’ve tried playing that isn’t worth the hype?”

      14 years is hardly ‘recent’

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        2 days ago

        I started gaming in the 80’s my first game was doom on a 286. Skyrim release date was recent for me and I only recently played skyrim for the first time.

        The question is “What’s a recent game you’ve tried playing…?”

        Not ‘What’s a recently released game you’ve tried playing…?’

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        2 days ago

        Depends entirely on how you interpret the question. It could be read as “What’s a recent game you’ve tried…” (as in, a recently released game that you tried), as you’ve done, or “What’s a recent game you’ve tried…” (as in, a game you’ve tried recently) as the person you’re responding to did.

        I think either interpretation is fine since the title doesn’t actually clarify either way.

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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          1 day ago

          can it correctly be interpreted both ways grammatically though? I think only the former is actually correct.

          idk. not my area. but I think they have a point, recent can only refer to the game itself, not when you played it