How you could enjoy video games without having the entire game spoiled for you before the release date. Pre internet, you played at your leisure, didn't know w

How you could enjoy video games without having the entire game spoiled for you before the release date. Pre internet, you played at your leisure, didn't know what to expect and saw new things/character/levels/gameplay mechanics as they came. So you'd play say, Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VII and every area, boss, new attack, etc would be a surprise. Nowadays on the other hand, the internet means that a video of the final boss and ending will probably be up on Youtube in less than a week. Probably a matter of hours after the release date to be honest, there's a sort of obsession with recording the entirety of every new game as quickly as possible. I also miss the existence of rumours and hearsay about stuff in video games. Like, of getting the Triforce in Ocarina of Time, Luigi in Mario 64 or finding Mew in Pokemon Red and Blue. Pre internet and early internet, this sort of stuff spread via the school playground and other places like a weird game of Chinese Whispers or Telephone. It was nuts the kind of stuff that you'd hear, like the the story about the flying pink cow that would apparently take you to the Temple of Light or something. But thanks to the modern internet, these games now get disassembled about a week after their release, so people know exactly what's included and can confirm or rule out any interesting rumour before it can get started.