I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.

Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.

  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    There's a bunch of sequels that I'd be happy to play and just don't I don't think it's by virtue of being lefty, I think it's by virtue of becoming a boomer. Though I had a moment while I was fiddling with my friend's switch. I thought he had bought the new Mario kart courses, but then I learned the game had updated to show you the courses even if you don't have them and then ask you to buy them. I thought it was incredibly unsightly and a poor design choice for a Nintendo product.

    I feel like replaying Ocarina of Time is like rereading an old book and that you could get the same sensation of consuming artwork from it. Especially for me who likes watching speedruns and video essays about different bits of beta content and design stories. I think of three expansion packs I like and they're all blizzard games (TFT, TBC, and WotLK). I can't imagine a child being able to look back so fondly on a game that was incomplete and asking them to spend money. As an adult consumer, I get that they have a team of interns that work very hard on the courses and they're a luxury to be purchased. Fine. Whatever. But to sell to children like that seems like it loses some of that magic that I associate with Nintendo instead of maximizing it.