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Article #71335Re: What's wrong with the industry?
From: Dave Glue
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 00:00
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Mark Asher wrote in message <35c4d151....@gatekeeper.impacttech.com>... >Part of it is just getting older and becoming jaded I think. I'm not a >big fan of pop music anymore, but I really don't think the pop music >of my day was any better than the stuff I hear today. I've just >outgrown it. Music isn't as important to me now. > >If you think about it, the good old days of gaming are really just the >memories of selected classic titles. There were lots of bad games >released also, but we don't factor in our appraisal of the past, >simply because we forget about them. I agree with you, but I also agree with the post that started this thread. There are generally far less cerebral-oriented games these days, and far more clones. However, I'm also more cynical because I'm well, more cynical. I've been there/done that, and as I get older it simply takes more to draw my attention to a game. The "good old days" are always better in your memory.
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