Older Was Better - A 12 Minute Rant

Older Was Better - A 12 Minute Rant

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United Kingdom Retro Gaming Discourse
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Original / Remastered)
Game:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
Duration: 12:39
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In a departure from his more measured content, James unashamedly rants in this video essay about how it isn't gaming nostalgia at all. Older titles are better than what's coming out now. He talks about how certain industries peak and how this happened to the computer games industry as we know it over twenty years ago. He talks about how certain moments of genius have yet to be replaced by their future would-be successors in the decades since their release. He talks about why thousands of people are still playing Doom in particular to illustrate this point. That transcendent works of art can defy the ageing process and become indelibly etched into societal consciousness. How this is a thing that happens in gaming and that it should be considered as an art form. And why these moments are happening less frequently (but still are occasionally) because of the modern world and how generational theory posits that people needed to be raised in a specific time in order to create these pieces of art. Lastly he praises the efforts made by some independents and small studios in the present day to revive the design philosophy of decades past. And how we could well be on the cusp of the next work of genius appearing.

Other games and companies featured:

Stardew Valley

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered

FIFA 21

Starcraft

Battlerace

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

Sensible World of Soccer

The Ultimate Doom

World of Warcraft

Fallout

Duke Nukem 3D

UEFA Euro 96

FIFA 98: Road to World Cup

Minecraft

Day of the Tentacle

Kings Quest VI

The Secret of Monkey Island

Half-Life

Battlezone 98

Braid

FIFA International Soccer

NHL Hockey

SpeedBall 2

Stunts

Transport Tycoon

Dishonored

Star Wars: Battlefront

Call of Duty: World at War

Age of Empires 2: HD Edition

Freespace 2

Dark Souls III

Resident Evil: Village

Dune

Unavowed

Dusk

OpenTTD

The TIE Fighter Total Conversion Project

Rusted Warfare

Parkitect

War for the Overworld

Plague Inc.

Prodeus

Dune 2000

OpenRA

Chex Quest 2

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Machinarium

In the Black (beta)

Music: Lawnie (aka me) - Cosy/Saviour/Citysleep Mashup (instrumental mix)



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