For me it's always, "this is hacky as shit, but it works, and nobody will ever see it but me."
It wasn't amazing, but 1 star is just circlejerking in the opposite direction.
And they're full of spiders.
To be fair, game devs did the hackiest shit to deal with the constraints of the time. They did things that no programmer would do today because they're bad practices when you're not worried about tiny amounts of RAM or storage.
Always write largest to smallest. That way it can be sorted easily starting with the year, then month, then day.
Nothing will ever match the feelings when you were young and things were new. It's easier to accept that than face the constant disappointment trying to recapture it.
If you thought Reddit or Lemmy mods were bad, wait until you deal with a forum admin on a power trip.
Adblock plus has sucked for at least half a decade at this point.
I'm not really a fan of real A-list actors' faces in games. Inspired by real faces? Sure. I know the term "immersion" is mocked a lot, but few things force me back to reality than seeing Hollywood megastar multimillionaires in my fantasy world.
Somewhat related, but not really: I hear that Gen Z (in general) are worse at tech support issues than the past couple generations. The theory is that Gen Z grew up with tech that, for the most part, "just works". Troubleshooting issues isn't as common, and isn't as necessary of a skill.
Here we're taught to go with the flow of traffic. It's safer to go the same speed as everyone else than to be the one car everyone has to go around.