• iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    well but also just born in time to live the golden age of computer games as a teenager. oh man those gorgeous manuals of 1990-2000 era games

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      As I read your comment, I could smell the manual, hear the gentle crack as I broke the hymen of a new manual, it’s semiglossy pages revealing the secrets of button layouts to me.

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      The golden age of computer/video game manuals, sure…

      But if you think video games have gotten worse overall, then you are playing the wrong games. For one, “indie” games didn’t even exist.

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          Lol yeah ok, you want to compare the shareware scene in the 80s and 90s to indie games today? It’s not even the same ballpark.

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        indie games didn’t even exist indie games did not have to exist. indie game level of passion for the game you are creating was generally the norm back then. once the process is turned into an industrial pipeline you sacrifice aesthetics for output volume.

        Have video games gotten worse overall? On average yes. What percentage of the games being produced now can you say is on par with what you would call a creative and good game “back then”. We are basically swimming in a sea of garbage and indie games are a reaction to that. That can not, not be a problem but it also does not mean good games still don’t exist.

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          If video games have gotten worse overall on average, it’s simply because there are orders of magnitude more games. If you honestly think games are worse, it’s nostalgia speaking 100%. Tons of shovelware will of course bring the average down, but most of us just ignore that shit. You’re playing the wrong games.

          Not to mention that I can still play all of those old games anyway, so…

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      If you’re on board with puzzle games and a bit of Souls-adjacent combat, you should check out Tunic. It is very relevant to the thing about manuals, even as a digital-only game

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      Same. People need to stop buying from giant corporations. Everything they sell is cheap shit sold at a ridiculous price now because investors expect a 30% profit margin.

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        For real. Who the fuck eats at subway these days, the food quality is absolute shit, they treat their staff like shit, and they charge you more for the pleasure

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          If my time working in one is any indication, taxi drivers and drunk people. I don’t think those demographics overlapped often, or at least I hope they didn’t

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      They couldn’t even offer the $6 Burger for $6 longer than a month or so. They were almost immediately $7 or more. They were also supposed to be comparable to a sit-down restaurant burger. Somehow they cost more and are lower quality. It’s cheaper to get a burger at Denny’s than it is to get a burger at any fast food place these days, and it’s a better and bigger burger.

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        At least where I was, when it came out it was $5 for the ‘six-dollar burger’, almost immediately after they threw in a bunch of other ‘big’ burgers. Odd that they tried to makr a 1/3 pound burger seem huge when McDonald’s (at least in America) had been offering double quarter pounders for longer than I can remember.

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    You can still be a middle-aged Tiktok star complaining about the high prices compared to the good old days.

    That option remains. Seize it. Dominate the airwaves. Organize a rebellion.

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      I remember getting those big matrices of Arby’s coupons like once a week, and they were actually decent.

      Used to love me a Big Montana. Back before 99% of fast food turned to shit and went up in price by 10x

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    I was amazed a McRib combo is only 8 dollars… ONLY 8 dollars…

    And that’s still too rich for my blood, fuck you McDonalds, I curse you and mourn that I took the Dollar Menu for granted