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okay but who's "Disney" bc it sure as hell ain't Disney hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/di…
I had a big spiel brewing about how Disney might still be able to produce a worthy archival product irrespective of the subject matter and set a new benchmark for others like Digital Eclipse to match but it turns out DE's doing the collection, figures usgamer.net/articles/disne…
this collection and, say, SNK40th are two sides of the same coin: just as a well-curated archive package can bring out the intrinsic appeal of old-ass, obscure arcade games, it can perhaps also foster appreciation for games that on their face are shamelessly commercial
...and if not, I say with all sincerity, who fuckin cares
instead of trying to figure out how to make people like things the correct* things for the correct* reasons, figuring out why people like things and diving headfirst into /their/ wheelhouse is not only valid, it's...
instead of trying to figure out how to make people like things the correct* things for the correct* reasons, figuring out why people like things and diving headfirst into /their/ wheelhouse is not only valid, it's...
...how all these curated collections should be handled, mainstream or niche
that goes to choices as basic as quibbling about what "deserves" to be curated, as if there's a hierarchy to what should or shouldn't be touched beyond pragmatic, only-so-many-hours-in-the-day concerns
that goes to choices as basic as quibbling about what "deserves" to be curated, as if there's a hierarchy to what should or shouldn't be touched beyond pragmatic, only-so-many-hours-in-the-day concerns
I will say that, for genealogy's sake, it'd be nice to see The Jungle Book included as well, it's a half-brother to Aladdin and it definitely inherits the Virgin/Shiny "our levels are x by y screens big and we will make sure you traverse every inch" style of level design
