This is such a brilliant observation about how games reflect cultural biases toward shiny over functional! I've been playing factory sims for years and never really thought about why we always mine the same old gems. Your point about the 53-year lag is defintely making me rethink what I teach my kids about valuable materials when we play Minecraft togther. Would love to see zeolites in the next survival crafting game!
This is such a brilliant observation about how games reflect cultural biases toward shiny over functional! I've been playing factory sims for years and never really thought about why we always mine the same old gems. Your point about the 53-year lag is defintely making me rethink what I teach my kids about valuable materials when we play Minecraft togther. Would love to see zeolites in the next survival crafting game!
Thank you so much for your kind comment and I’m glad you liked it! Diamomds and rubies are still valuable 😊
I was just having a conversation with an owner of a synthetic diamond manufacturing company, and the things they are doing with diamomds blew me away.
I’m also in the process of developing my own game, so these things are at the top of my mind.