| outlawauron said: That entirely depends on the person. Sometimes just having fun with something when you were a child is good enough. I'm not saying people are wrong to be nostalgia, just that it's not based in reason. The bar and goalposts move each year, so it's to be expected that what was once good isn't good enough anymore. |
Things you're nostalgic for absolutely have the benefit of piggy-backing off of the fondness for the time and place in your life that you experienced them, but I think people are more inclined to be nostalgic over things that have genuine quality over things that do not.
I also think it's a mistake to assume that modern advances and conveniences always set the standard for what is or isn't good.
People still watch the Twilight Zone even though a large majority of people were born after the air date of the final episode. I myself was born almost 30 years after the show aired. The show is dated in many ways. Some of the themes are less relavent today than they were back then. The show is in black and white. Many episodes don't show confidence in the intellect of the viewer and thus explain many concepts over and over again to make sure that we "get it".
I can still watch it though and clearly see the high quality of something that I can't possibly be nostalgic for.
It's the same with video games IMO. If a lot of people are nostalgic for something there is a pretty good chance there's a good reason for it.
