{"id":16,"date":"2024-12-13T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/?p=16"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:05:06","slug":"why-is-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/2024\/12\/13\/why-is-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Retro Video Gaming So Popular? It\u2019s Much More Than Nostalgia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why are vintage video games hugely popular?\u00a0<strong>Many rush to say it\u2019s nostalgia, but that\u2019s a superficial take on something much richer. Among many reasons, solid game design transcends technology - good games don\u2019t need modern tech to be lots of fun. Learn about what keeps everyone going back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Before we get started, I want to say that my intent is not to say you should play retro games instead of contemporary console games. I will contrast different types of experiences - those associated with vintage gaming, and those associated with a one of the most popular genres of modern console gaming.\u00a0<strong>This isn\u2019t about an ultimate new vs old, but a question about what kinds of experiences we want to have.<\/strong>\u00a0I hope to broaden our understanding of just why the old school stuff has come back so powerfully, and what it might tell us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also worth noting:\u00a0as a part of this discussion, I do call out some unfortunate trends in contemporary game design that are concerning, and worth thinking about seriously.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to lay out some foundational ideas, then unpack a set of 5 attractive retro gaming features, and then finally broaden out into an overarching theory that speaks to the bigger issues.<\/p>\n<p>retrogamesstart.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/retrogamestart.com\/answers\/why-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia\">https:\/\/retrogamestart.com\/answers\/why-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are vintage video games hugely popular?\u00a0Many rush to say it\u2019s nostalgia, but that\u2019s a superficial take on something much richer. Among many reasons, solid game design transcends technology &#8211; good games don\u2019t need modern tech to be lots of fun. Learn about what keeps everyone going back. &nbsp; Before we get started, I want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/2024\/12\/13\/why-is-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Is Retro Video Gaming So Popular? It\u2019s Much More Than Nostalgia.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794685,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/794685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/a855072\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}