Y2K Aesthetics

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It’s 2005 Again. (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by richie_golds@lemmy.ca to c/y2k@sopuli.xyz

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You were supposed to be studying for your computer class, but got distracted by The Sims on your iMac G4 instead!

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[–] richie_golds@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

That’s right, I hadn’t thought about that. For me personally, latency isn’t usually an issue, but I’m used to more powerful hardware that reduces it a lot. I don’t play those emulated titles on the Switch (but I’m still glad that they’re still available at all), but emulation is definitely not perfect. It’s hard to do at all, let alone do well. But even still, a lot of my preference for old hardware has a lot to do with tactility. I love the feel of the controller, seeing the actual hardware, and interacting with it, the way I did when I was a kid. It’s largely nostalgic and not entirely rational, since emulation has ups and downs (I do like playing PS2 games at higher resolutions than original). I picked up my Game Boy Advance SP again last night, and it reminded me of when I was a kid and how cool I thought it was then.