How do I break the stranglehold nostalgia has on the games I remember fondly and really separate the wheat from the chaff?
>>12801547By playing completely random stuff for longer than 2 minutes. You'll build a frame of reference. All that really matters is that you enjoy yourself though, so it doesn't matter unless you want to act the pseud.
>>12801552>All that really matters is that you enjoy yourself thoughDoes it? DOES IT?
>>12801552This bro. Also i like way different games than when I was a kid. I still like all the classics but some its like damn I cant beleive I talked my parents into buying this shit pile
>>12801547who cares? If you want to have fun just play whats fun. If you want to be taken seriously as a well read journalist then if you are asking this question then noone is going to take you seriously anyway.
>>12801547If you have some free time, the best way to do this would be trying to make a game yourself.Nothing gives you more perspective on why games are made a certain way than actually developing one and realizing and dealing with all the issues that every other game creator has struggled with over the years.It doesn't have to necessarily be a big game; even a short little project in Twine or Renpy or RPG Maker will teach you a whole lot. You'll start to appreciate all kinds of things you never noticed before, and gain a firmer foundation to be critical of games when they're flawed.
>>12802421Kind of like how studying a foreign language can open your eyes about your own language's nuances and quirks in the process.
