I never said that CRTs or whatever didn't influence design sometimes. I just wanted to refute the central claim of the piece: > blocky pixel art often is a kin

I never said that CRTs or whatever didn't influence design sometimes. I just wanted to refute the central claim of the piece: > blocky pixel art often is a kind of misdirected, anachronistic nostalgia. And no, blocky pixel art is a faithful representation of an important percentage of games from the 8bit to 16bit generations.