I don't see much of a difference between now and say ten or fifteen years ago. Glossing over the fact I've been playing this far too long, I just don't see it. Along with a lot of other things. I could be wrong, but you know when someone talks about 'the good old days' and they're having a bit of a bad time of it currently, and you were there and remember it differently? I'd suggest it's possible that could be the case here, while obviously reserving the right to be wrong. The original and this post are, after all, just ideas opinions etc.

Now, that said...

Saw this comic, laughed till tears, didn't read the rest of the thread. It actually caught my eye before I finished reading what you wrote. So what do I know.

Well played.

Also that waiter serving from the right in the hardcore games? Bad enough, the rest was just insult to injury. I'm Triggered.