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LinkPizza posted...

What if you play on the toilet with a mini fridge?

You're still going to have to break the immersion to a certain extent to reach into the fridge for food (and to a lesser extent just feeling the fact that you're pooping). Broadly, immersion is a state of not being consciously aware of anything but the game. By their simple nature of being outside of the game, basic physical needs are going to break that immersion regardless of how well the game tries to maintain it.

This is why I scoff at the people who suggest that adding a pause option to Dark Souls would interfere with how immersive the game is. Yes, pausing the game breaks immersion, but if you're deciding to pause, your immersion is already broken because you're making a conscious decision to focus on something else (whether it's a phone call, somebody else talking, your inevitable need to poop, or just feeling like taking a break for a couple minutes). Hamstringing the game's functionality in the name of maintaining immersion that's already been broken is therefore foolish.

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