Yeah, I suppose, in a closed system that might he true.

But this isnt a closed system.

Bandcamp, for example is rife with wonderful small scale artists. There are local music scenes. There are loads of ways of choosing to stream music.

The thing is that people choose to listen to Spotify despite this. And that is a choice.

We have to be careful when talking about things when we start suggesting that people are not smart enough, or motivated enough to know what they want.

Demand is not generated here, but fulfilled. People just want background music. The properties of that music, and its artistic integrity, isnt a factor in that decision, so it is a demand based upon other properties… Brand recognition, user experience and ubiquity.

Again, I’m not defending this, and it isnt something that appeals to me, but it is easier to understand how these revelations will probably not make much of an impact of spotifys business model.

Sure, but can you explain what you mean by that in this context?

Devils advocate moment… If people keep listening (or sort of listening) and they are OK with music that seems to lack any soul, is it not just giving the audience what they want and deserve?

Devils concierge moment… What a bunch of shitbags.

I can’t even imagine how powerful I would be if I could be ignored in every language.

If it is behind a paywall, it isnt news, it is an asset.

Son is 18.

Ask for more rent.

I do find it interesting that folk think Renaissance art is realistic.

I’m being a little glib, but the truth is that we are still looking at hyper-idealised bodies.

The main difference,I suspect, is the use of perspective rather than drawing on a flat plane. In a way it took a leap of imagination to make things look more “realistic” whilst sculpture was merely (again, said with a certain smirk) just mimicking what the artist could see and feel in the real world.

That is to say that sculpture is reproduction whilst drawing is representation, and with representation you need to be able to take some pretty big leaps for both the artist and the viewer to work these things out.

Is the Tarot Deck above or below the Holodeck?

It replaces workers with robots so it would probably save money too.

And now the workers cannot afford bread.

Next move?

The second it becomes the standard is the second google looks for ways of nerfing it.

Dead drops and one time pads.

Set up a numbers station if you can afford it.

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Is this showerthoughts or oldbumperstickers?

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That makes a lot of sense.

As far as I’m aware, if your TV did start to provide feedback as you played you were in for a bad time.

I guess I’m thinking more holistically. Gaming is often seen still as a visual medium, but you’ll know that the physical set up was part of the fun/not fun.

I suspect you might remember man parties and lugging gear around just to play with friends. In theory it wasn’t exactly easy, but somehow still enjoyable for it.

And I forgot the smell and the heat too. That warm ozone thing a lot of them had going on.

Yeah, when you turned them on they frequently had push buttons with satisfying resistance and a click.

As an object they had their own tactility, often solid and heavy (as opposed to the sort of articulated physicality of most modern monitors). You could often feel the static electricity across the glass.

They even had their own sounds. The hum of warming up, the whine and clunk of being turned off.

When we talk about nostalgia it’s often the sensations adjacent to the activity that we are talking about.

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People will knock nostalgia … They see it as a sort of softness, a yearning for the past…

But what they miss is the way that it can create intergenerational connections.

That’s a really lovely thing to hear about your relationship with your dad and Ms Pac-Man.

Wait, that sounds libellous.

I think people who played those games on CRTs originally remember the feel of the visuals. It is a rather nostalgic thing.

The filters aren’t the same, but they’re not a bad approximation. Mist of those games were not meant to be played on modern hardware and look worse for it too.

Then there will be a ton of folk who just do it because they see other people do it. That’s fine too, especially if they are enjoying themselves.

That’s the point. If the filter makes you feel happier, go for it. It’s an aesthetic choice.