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Message: [QUOTE="Mituna, post: 229919, member: 673527"] This also ties into the cultural phenomenon of the DS Lite's definitive qualities (crusty low-poly 3D, metaformalist game mechanics, bright colors, cartoon art, character focus, etc.) being glommed onto by Haunted PS1-tier indie devs in my age bracket that don't actually have an emotional connection to the console and just kind of worship it because it was what was popular in their halcyon period, and who think light self-awareness of that circumstance is enough to justify them. Usually possess some kind of activist grudge as well that belies their alleged enthusiasm for video games specifically. I cast a lot of similar suspicion on second-generation Newgrounds washout video game entertainer types like Jontron and Caddicarus back when they were first becoming extremely popular, and it turns out that a lot of those guys' love of video games was a bit secondary to their grudge against the less conformist, hornier internet they were bricklaying. Haedox went from being one of the most stereotypically outspoken le video jame nerds to a moraldregging Catholic with a cratered YouTube channel in the span of, what, three years? It unfortunately seems like anything that's classically good and that brings happiness to nerdkind is bound to attract flies. [/QUOTE]

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