Honestly, I felt this so deeply, but I was never able to put my finger on exactly why gaming now tends to be so noisy. It wasn't until I went back to play on my Wii that I realized I wouldn't have to sit there for hours waiting for something to download or update. The moment I put the disc in, it just booted up. Incredible insight!
It's funny how this continues to be the modern Nintendo experience. Turn console on, choose game, play. You rarely need to download a patch, and those are always over in five minutes tops. I wish the Switch GUI was a little less barebones, but the lack of advertising and distractions is definitely a win
That is true, and actually because the storefront on the Switch/2 is so unusable and full of rubbish, there is no point ever clicking on it anyway unless you have a specific game you want
I get this. My kids were asking me the other day why it takes so long to turn the TV on. When I was playing retro games, you just switched the CRTV on and that was that. Now there are commercials, movies to suggest, apps to download. It's all rather, as you said, noisy.
I used to show a documentary to my students when I taught rhetoric in college, and the main point of the thing was that, the more flashing lights and loud sounds, the less we pay attention to them. There are streets in Osaka and Tokyo that have all these signs, and we just tune that stuff out. But it still sits with us. It still weighs down on our spirits and our minds. So we become exhausted when what we're trying to do is chill out and relax with a game.
There’s something about just switching on the console and BAM, you’re straight into the game. A lot of retro games come with no tutorial or explanation either, so you’re just parachuted straight into the action and told to get on with it. I do miss that.
A couple years ago I bought one of those Android emulators that got popular real quick. Out of the box there’s certainly a lot of noise but lately I’ve been finding myself drifting towards it over my ps5/steam deck. It sounds weird to say gaming as a way to unplug but not having all the frills and connectivity just the ability to play whatever I want is so nice after a long day of work.
Honestly, I felt this so deeply, but I was never able to put my finger on exactly why gaming now tends to be so noisy. It wasn't until I went back to play on my Wii that I realized I wouldn't have to sit there for hours waiting for something to download or update. The moment I put the disc in, it just booted up. Incredible insight!
It's strange, you don't realise it until you go back!
It's funny how this continues to be the modern Nintendo experience. Turn console on, choose game, play. You rarely need to download a patch, and those are always over in five minutes tops. I wish the Switch GUI was a little less barebones, but the lack of advertising and distractions is definitely a win
That is true, and actually because the storefront on the Switch/2 is so unusable and full of rubbish, there is no point ever clicking on it anyway unless you have a specific game you want
That's not quite true. I've found some things through the on sale tab, but honestly I do get most of my recommendations externally these days
Thanks for the existential crisis. Now my retro console network project feels evil 😅
I get this. My kids were asking me the other day why it takes so long to turn the TV on. When I was playing retro games, you just switched the CRTV on and that was that. Now there are commercials, movies to suggest, apps to download. It's all rather, as you said, noisy.
I used to show a documentary to my students when I taught rhetoric in college, and the main point of the thing was that, the more flashing lights and loud sounds, the less we pay attention to them. There are streets in Osaka and Tokyo that have all these signs, and we just tune that stuff out. But it still sits with us. It still weighs down on our spirits and our minds. So we become exhausted when what we're trying to do is chill out and relax with a game.
It is very tiring. Whenever I have to go to London for work, I never sleep better when I'm back home in the quiet
There’s something about just switching on the console and BAM, you’re straight into the game. A lot of retro games come with no tutorial or explanation either, so you’re just parachuted straight into the action and told to get on with it. I do miss that.
That's it!
A couple years ago I bought one of those Android emulators that got popular real quick. Out of the box there’s certainly a lot of noise but lately I’ve been finding myself drifting towards it over my ps5/steam deck. It sounds weird to say gaming as a way to unplug but not having all the frills and connectivity just the ability to play whatever I want is so nice after a long day of work.