Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and older millennials reliving their heyday: younger millennials and gen Z are getting in on the nostalgia too
In a world of relentless technological advances and increasing AI anxiety, Rivera wonders whether gen Z’s affinity for retro gaming is connected to its stability. “It provides a constant – it’s not going to morph into something else tomorrow,” she says.
Oh look, the consequence of predatory modern AAA gaming coming back to haunt the medium.
Frustratingly, the article does not go into this aspect at all. It’s all just “look at the widdle babies retreating into warm cosy nostalgia from the scary adult world”
Oh look, the consequence of predatory modern AAA gaming coming back to haunt the medium.
Frustratingly, the article does not go into this aspect at all. It’s all just “look at the widdle babies retreating into warm cosy nostalgia from the scary adult world”