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"The current obsession with nostalgia and remake culture is easy to understand when you realize that it's a symptom of a culture that isn't allowed to imagine a future."

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[โ€“] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Or uh maybe old games are still good and it makes sense to provide an easy way for newer generations to play them? If a record label remasters a Beatles album do we get mad over that? Music doesn't have an expiration date so why should games?

[โ€“] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is a very good example. I am going to steal this in the future.

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