i think that as we get older, a lot of things just become less new. every new game was once a completely new experience. but now we're too used to how things are. browsing through steam store and movies these days make me sad because a lot of these are just sequels or formulaic mashups of things that already exist. something like 30% of top movies are remakes.
maybe the real answer is that games and movies are more properly a few-times-in-a-lifetime experience and not supposed to be a constant, every day/night/weekend activity. experiencing someone else's story or imaginary world oughtta be special.
yeah doomscrolling steam store makes me sad too :')
it's 100% some combination of getting older and entertainment getting more algorithmized, i'm just not sure which one is the bigger influence... I do think there's something to be said about the resurgence of speedrunning / playing older games like SM64 and NES Tetris, maybe there really was something magical that newer games couldn't replicate, and it wasn't just rose-tinted nostalgia glasses making everything seem cooler than it really was.
i think that as we get older, a lot of things just become less new. every new game was once a completely new experience. but now we're too used to how things are. browsing through steam store and movies these days make me sad because a lot of these are just sequels or formulaic mashups of things that already exist. something like 30% of top movies are remakes.
maybe the real answer is that games and movies are more properly a few-times-in-a-lifetime experience and not supposed to be a constant, every day/night/weekend activity. experiencing someone else's story or imaginary world oughtta be special.
yeah doomscrolling steam store makes me sad too :')
it's 100% some combination of getting older and entertainment getting more algorithmized, i'm just not sure which one is the bigger influence... I do think there's something to be said about the resurgence of speedrunning / playing older games like SM64 and NES Tetris, maybe there really was something magical that newer games couldn't replicate, and it wasn't just rose-tinted nostalgia glasses making everything seem cooler than it really was.