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Gaming's Greatest Generation
The Escapist has an article up discussing what they refer to as The Greatest Generation of Games, ala the people who fought in World War II. From the article: "The decade between the Fall of Atari and the Rise of Doom was a dark age for many gaming companies, as wave after wave perished in an onslaught of returns and red ink. Arcade gaming vanished, seemingly, overnight. Computer gaming seemed like it was going to be relegated to geeks; console gaming, to children. But just as modern society was birthed only after the fall of Rome swept away Antiquity, so, too, modern gaming was born from the ashes of the Golden Age, with products from upstart companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Electronic Arts."
I really do hope there will never be a greatest generation in regards to gaming... or in fact anything.
A greatest means that it will all be downhill from there.
Evolution of the medium is a wonderful thing and will hopefully continue as long as gaming exists .
there will be high and low points as with anything , but i hope that the next low point will be better than the high point of say 10 years ago.
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though