[HN Gopher] The Boxes of Hock Wah Yeo
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       The Boxes of Hock Wah Yeo
        
       Author : salgernon
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2021-03-02 19:17 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | philistine wrote:
       | I particularly appreciate the description of the switch of the
       | video games market to the _entertainment model_ around 1995,
       | where games are hyped like movies before they 're released.
       | 
       | It's something that confirmed what I felt but couldn't quite put
       | my finger on. That something changed between the early 90s and
       | the late 90s in the way video games were discussed.
        
       | trilinearnz wrote:
       | Interesting article. While some of those designs are undeniably
       | cool (Prince of Persia), back the day I would be put off games
       | which came in weird packages. My reasoning being something like:
       | if a game required that level of superficial novelty to sell
       | itself, it can't be that good.
       | 
       | I owned the Havoc box for a while after an eBay bulk purchase.
       | Yep, it's bad! :)
        
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