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This means that as an art form, its dead. Which seems about right.
by MrBuddyCasino 3y ago
This means that as an art form, its dead. Which seems about right.
- GuB-42 3y ago"The scene is dead" meme has been around for quite a while. So much that now, it is most often used sarcastically, like when a new group releases something cool.
- skrebbel 3y agoI joined the scene in 1997 and in 1998 I wrote my first "Is the scene dead?" diskmag article.
- Findecanor 3y agoThere are dozens of high-quality demos released every year. The state of the art has also been progressing. Some of the things coded on the C64 these days are things that I found too difficult to do on the Amiga back in the '90s when I was active.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoI‘m aware. It is also a fact that the average age of the participants is rising. The foundation of the subculture and its cultural cachet was always the warez scene where it originated, revolving around tight-knit groups of young dudes that participated in a forbidden pleasure and formed tribes that competed with each other. That energy is dead and gone. Once something hangs in a museum, its still art, but it is no longer alive, no longer evolving and becoming.
- mdp2021 3y agoExcept that we are still alive and kicking and dreaming and (when possible) producing, and the museum is outside far away and out of mind.
- wiz21c 3y agoToo bad you're downvoted. I was a pretty active member of the scene back then (Imphobia group) but nowadays, everyone's getting older. I'd say it's a fact. But don't underestimate the energy of nostalgia. It's still there and, AFAIC, the scene and I : until death us do part !