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One of my recent retro game moments
(lemmy.world)
A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I've grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it's not even funny.
Nice try Coca-Cola marketing, I'm on to you!
This actually gave me a pause. I guess a lot of marketing bullshit is actually about turning people into warring tribes. "This thing is trying to market X? Well damn you, I like Y! That is the best! Everyone, get Y!" ...actually explains a lot about the perennial Console Wars: the companies like it as long as someone is winning. (...Jim Steph Sterling really was right, following game business for a moment is an easy way to become a critic of capitalism)
Everyone wants to be on the winning team. Our brains will make up all kinds of things to rationalize what we believe.
Also, I played and beat a burned PS1 "Pepsiman", so I'm not sure where that puts me besides old.