Post B2y0gdDktnzuxBduEa by mogwai_poet@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2y0gWjl0QR8qPYrdw by mogwai_poet@mastodon.social
       2026-02-03T18:43:00Z
       
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       Looking at the state of video games today, I would never argue that the old ways were better because the old way was the arcade. The arcade was basically a casino for children. What saved the arcade from being as harmful as casinos is the stakes were lower -- the quarters in your pocket. What saved arcade games from being as harmful as modern games is the science of user addiction wasn't as advanced. (And you couldn't carry around the arcade in your pocket, dinging for your attention non-stop.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2y0gdDktnzuxBduEa by mogwai_poet@mastodon.social
       2026-02-03T18:50:18Z
       
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       In Gauntlet your health would drain non-stop regardless of how well you played, but you could put in another quarter for more health. In 1985 that was the gosh darn darkest pattern they could come up with. Isn't that just adorable?