Yeah, I really hope people start to notice the trends that led people down this way.
If I may dip into pop culture, people warned what would happen when horse armor was added as DLC for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion if people didn't collectively stop it (now everything is hyper monetized, that was one of the first micro transactions).
Another example is instant gratification; people noticed starting with Call of Duty 4, and worsening with each, there were more and more flashy things on screen, point pop ups for kills, kill streaks, objectives, assists, etc.
I remember older gamers at the time warning me (not directly) that we would see this raise a generation of people addicted to instant gratification and it turned out to be dead on.
It is why people should value what their elders warn. Even if you don't agree, even if you don't see it at the time you should still value it enough to carry with you for years until you can look back and understand their perspective.
Great examples. I generally don't watch any films made after the 90s and you don't have to be a film historian to see and understand the inculcating intent of just the standard film-making 'style' in general since then, let alone the explosion of ever-increasingly degenerate content. Funnily enough I was just reading a negative review of Saint Oppenheimer of the Oscars, and someone pointed out that early on in it, Cillian Murphy puts his hat on and there's a pause as if the audience is supposed to burst into applause.
Yeah, I really hope people start to notice the trends that led people down this way.
If I may dip into pop culture, people warned what would happen when horse armor was added as DLC for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion if people didn't collectively stop it (now everything is hyper monetized, that was one of the first micro transactions).
Another example is instant gratification; people noticed starting with Call of Duty 4, and worsening with each, there were more and more flashy things on screen, point pop ups for kills, kill streaks, objectives, assists, etc.
I remember older gamers at the time warning me (not directly) that we would see this raise a generation of people addicted to instant gratification and it turned out to be dead on.
It is why people should value what their elders warn. Even if you don't agree, even if you don't see it at the time you should still value it enough to carry with you for years until you can look back and understand their perspective.
Great examples. I generally don't watch any films made after the 90s and you don't have to be a film historian to see and understand the inculcating intent of just the standard film-making 'style' in general since then, let alone the explosion of ever-increasingly degenerate content. Funnily enough I was just reading a negative review of Saint Oppenheimer of the Oscars, and someone pointed out that early on in it, Cillian Murphy puts his hat on and there's a pause as if the audience is supposed to burst into applause.