There's not much this weekend to discuss except this one long video to show you exactly how much video games as an artform have regressed over the last two decades. This one uses the Left 4 Dead series and what built it, contrasted with a newer attempt at the same concept from a modern AAA studio which completely misses the art behind the original classics. This is a long one, but it's a fascinating video.
This just goes to show you what happens when you overlook the soul and over focus on aesthetics, tropes, and the chrome-plating, over what truly makes something what it is. This is essentially what handing the keys over to poseurs gets you.
Such as it is in every other industry, check out the video to understand how far one can lose their way when they abandon their roots. We cannot improve until we shake this anti-art and anti-audience mentality. Things will just remain like this.
So let us be sure to learn properly from the past, and build on it. We cannot afford to keep throwing the baby out with the bathwater forever.
That's all for this week! It's been quite a bizarre one. Have a good rest, and be sure to beat that crazy heat.
Autumn isn't too far away!
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