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This nostalgia is the most pervasive kind, not being just about “wasn’t that fun?”
But one that is so self-absorbed and alienating that it fully misrepresents a fucking industry, to a deluded, consumer-driven fantasy
Fuck nostalgia, and fuck that.
But one that is so self-absorbed and alienating that it fully misrepresents a fucking industry, to a deluded, consumer-driven fantasy
Fuck nostalgia, and fuck that.
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This nostalgia is the most pervasive kind, not being just about “wasn’t that fun?”
But one that is so self-absorbed and alienating that it fully misrepresents a fucking industry, to a deluded, consumer-driven fantasy
Fuck nostalgia, and fuck that.
But one that is so self-absorbed and alienating that it fully misrepresents a fucking industry, to a deluded, consumer-driven fantasy
Fuck nostalgia, and fuck that.
Does that take away the quality or the passion involved? Of course not!
But to say “gaming was sacred” is beyond childish, it’s fetishistic and alienating.
Also… what about those devs? Their histories, *their* passion, isn’t that more important than yours as just a consumer?
But to say “gaming was sacred” is beyond childish, it’s fetishistic and alienating.
Also… what about those devs? Their histories, *their* passion, isn’t that more important than yours as just a consumer?
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Does that take away the quality or the passion involved? Of course not!
But to say “gaming was sacred” is beyond childish, it’s fetishistic and alienating.
Also… what about those devs? Their histories, *their* passion, isn’t that more important than yours as just a consumer?
But to say “gaming was sacred” is beyond childish, it’s fetishistic and alienating.
Also… what about those devs? Their histories, *their* passion, isn’t that more important than yours as just a consumer?
Like, yeah, the exploitative conditions as we see them today are different and worse. But the “we didn’t have guides or the internet, we could just game” this “making sacred” is fantasy.
This was AN INDUSTRY some tendencies, along with the scale changed, but not its purpose: make money.
This was AN INDUSTRY some tendencies, along with the scale changed, but not its purpose: make money.
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Like, yeah, the exploitative conditions as we see them today are different and worse. But the “we didn’t have guides or the internet, we could just game” this “making sacred” is fantasy.
This was AN INDUSTRY some tendencies, along with the scale changed, but not its purpose: make money.
This was AN INDUSTRY some tendencies, along with the scale changed, but not its purpose: make money.