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I feel like there should be academic interest in classic video games just like there is in classic literature and classic films

maybe there is! i don't know. but i'd like to see it.

@Felthry also agree tbh. The narratives in some old games are really interesting to investigate. Or just the technology/art.

For example, I feel the way that pkmn gold/silver use two colour tones and black to create its sprites, yet communicates lighting and even makes you see more colours than are present using dithering is v interesting!

Like how they got around what was clearly a game space or graphical limitation yet kept the sprites looking really nice.

@Felthry there's a lot of great games crit (and even more mediocre mediocre games crit) on YouTube. I can recommend some channels if you'd like.

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