Post #1319208
2026-04-06 18:45 UTC
@f0rrest thank you for sharing that article with us, it's as you expected hitting the nail on the head.
I guess I'm not that extreme yet but due to the way our mind reconstructs memories, retracing steps by replaying an old game the way you played it then (I went to great lengths to get a particular beige nineties AOpen PC case) is always a bit of a disappointment.
With the play sessions on @dosgameclub I sometimes feel frustrated (e.g. evaluating Jazz now: it sucks vs. then: it was cool?)
Replies (1)
-
@jefklak@dosgame.club 2026-04-06 18:48
@f0rrest this somehow kills my fond memories of those old games that, as an educated adult who has played way too many good games, knows how to dissect them, also ruins the memory of my younger self liking it? I do play a lot new games. But most of them are rooted in nostalgia/"oldness". But it goes further than playing games and admiring old hardware back when "things were simple". I think I now more often yearn for those days as a young dad struggling and having lots of shitty moments.