I feel a similar conflict between nostalgia and pragmatism when I think about my experience with computer games. The constrast between the 1980s and the 2010s i

I feel a similar conflict between nostalgia and pragmatism when I think about my experience with computer games. The constrast between the 1980s and the 2010s is pretty stark. I remember lusting over old infocom game "feelies", like the ones that came with Deadlock and Infadel, which one could argue that due to the limitations of the textual medium were required, but they really did help me set the mood and made that world seem more alive. Fast forward a decade, consider buying a Sierra game and pulling out a stack of 3.5 floppy disks for Kings Quest 5, or the QfG 1, remake had a very visceral excitement and feeling of heft. I also remember studying a brick of a manual that came with falcon 3.0 like it was a school textbook or a great American novel. I can't really imagine playing some of those games again, without some of those physical aspects, even in emulation they don't feel "right". And I wonder about the steam generation of gamers, that while convenient, doesn't really represent the same experience. But now that I'm 40 and time is precious, im not saying I want to go back. But it's not quite the same.