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dcIKeeL on 31 May 2009
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Onyxmeth said:
dcIKeeL said:
Bobbuffalo said:
And btw a Golden era is the one that is normally at the beginning and starts shaping the industry as we know it.

The Golden era of animation was on the 30s-40s

The Golder era of Hollywood was on the 40s-50s

The Golden era of Videogames was on the 70s-early 80s before the crash

And that label normally applies after some years later.

So STOP labeling each era you love a golden era because it doesn't make any sense.


Golden Era from my understanding is usually when said industry is at the cusp or top of it's game. Top being subjective to the person defining it. Usually 'Top' is defined by either popularity or quality or both. I don't know much about the golden era of animation but when considering the golden era of hollywood, the 40's and 50's were 30 something to 40 something years after hollywood was established, I would hardly call that era around the beginning.

Secondly, the golden era of hollywood was golden because it's popularity was immense and at it's peak, and the same was true of the quality. Although the quality less so, because I believe the best movies now aren't better than the ones then, but they are closer than in the god awful 80's and most of the 70's. It's just that nowadays there are so many bad generic movies made the good movies get completely drowned out. But there very well is a good flow of quality movies nowadays.

The most important part of what Mr. Buffalo said is that the label of golden, either meaning era or age cannot be applied as it's happening. It's something that is judged long after it's over and can be reflected upon. So whether this generation can be a golden era or not is irrelevent. We are not in the right mindset to judge this era yet because we are in it. This question is the equivalent of asking us what modern day games will be remembered most nostalgically or what modern day games will be cult classics. These are impossible questions to ask. When the time is right, they'll be answerable questions but they can't be determined as they are happening.


I completely completely agree with your point Onyxmeth. However, he did proclaim a golden era for gaming which was the point I was mostly disputing. Having said that, If you allow me to be bold enough to proclaim this era the golden era. I say this because I believe, that in the simplest terms, an industries Golden Age is the age when it reaches it's peak. The video game industry is almost on par with the film industry in terms of popularity and surpasses in terms of quality. More Importantly, game quality and popularity has never been higher in our history. There's no saying that the industry won't become even more popular and of even higher quality but I believe it won't. Why? Simply because popularity is the end of everything. Popularity means money, bankable etc. Money eventually errodes everything. This is most true when speaking about creativity and passion. I predict that by the late 8th Generation, gaming will commence it's downward spiral.