Some times are better than others, and I can't tell whether we're in a lull or I just have a case of "getting older" and "kids these days". ;)
I will say that golden ages are typically identified retrospectively. Things get better until they get worse, and then you look back. Like the article, I certainly look back to the 90s as a golden age in gaming in certain ways, but at the time I didn't think that. At the time, I just thought everything was awesome and there was no reason for the party to ever end. What feels like that now?
Hmm good question! I think AI chatbots are pretty awesome right now. There's no ads, they're still dumb enough that you can steer them, they're still mostly used by smart people so they haven't been ablated to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we'll look back on this era of chatbots with nostalgia.
Some times are better than others, and I can't tell whether we're in a lull or I just have a case of "getting older" and "kids these days". ;)
I will say that golden ages are typically identified retrospectively. Things get better until they get worse, and then you look back. Like the article, I certainly look back to the 90s as a golden age in gaming in certain ways, but at the time I didn't think that. At the time, I just thought everything was awesome and there was no reason for the party to ever end. What feels like that now?