• tauren@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it’s cringe and a huge distraction from the fact that the rich fucks in charge are looting us for all we’re worth

    Bro, take a deep breath, that is just a meme. People can be nostalgic sometimes, there is nothing wrong with that.

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      2 days ago

      except its not just nostalgia, is it? over 50% of this meme is dedicated to dumb culture war shit.

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        1 day ago

        No it’s comparing the acceleration in graphics between the two time periods. If anything the bottom quote is more showing pity to the younger generation for missing out on the rapid advancement, not somehow calling them stupid for missing it.

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          1 day ago

          it’s not, at all. if it was comparing graphics between two periods why are all three of the bottom screenshots fortnite? why not compare red dead redemption 2, the last of us, and mario kart wii, or something?

          or why not show world of warcraft for the top 3?

          clearly it’s implying that zoomers only play fortnite or that games haven’t improved in 10 years, and that’s all a bunch of bullshit. baldur’s gate 3 was the first game ever to win all of the major awards.

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            I think it’s fair to say games have improved at a similar rate. there have always been masterpieces. I think there are more per year now, just because the industry is bigger.

            but technical graphics have largely stagnated. partially because nobody can afford a new graphics card, partially because it gives diminishing returns. I also think we are largely past the point where technical limitations in graphics keep people from making any piece of art they want to, and actually using a lot of the capacity for stuff requires a ridiculous amount of work from an increasingly varied array of artists, for, again, massively diminishing returns.