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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're not allowed to have fun without paying for the privilege.

[–] Lantern@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

More like you're not allowed to have fun, even if you pay for it.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Nah they want Mandatory Fun™©®

It's a very specific kind of fun. It needs to be deep enough to hold your attention, but not so deep that you don't drop it even the New Thing releases. It needs to be formulaic so they don't have to spend much money making it. That's the ideal for these corpos.