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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

I post this because the subject matter is relevant and just about no one else with reach and availability regularly talks about it, though I am aware of the allegations of Sterling's mistreatment of employees as well. debord-tired

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[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

It's bad.

We're going to lose so, so much. : (

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I do not miss the arguments I used to have on the west coast with freeze-gamer coworkers that insisted that "you only like old games because of nostalgia" with the implication that old games being erased was a good thing because the new shiny hypermonetized treats must be objectively better anyway. smuglord

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Oh. That would make me very honk-enraged upset honk-enraged to encounter. That's a terrible attitude for people to have. : *( I can't imagine just being contemptuous and incurious about the past, and dismissing great art because the graphics are lower resolution.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

It's somehow worse when it comes from a person living and breathing right in front of you, too. It isn't just some asshole on the internet; it's an asshole you have to see regularly. disgost

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Man, that would blow my mind. I tend to have a pretty personable wall up, but that would probably get me to drop it easily. Something like 80% of atari games ever produced are lost to time, and sure, many of them were most likely bad, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be preserved in some way.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

Similarly, the early years of motion pictures are almost entirely lost to time because of active and deliberate effort by owners of a film to destroy such films after a feature stopped attracting audiences. desolate

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I didn't see the debord-tired emoji a single time while you were gone. I think you may literally be the only hexbear user to use it.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

That's too bad. Even the expression and body language resonate with me. debord-tired

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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