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If those devs didn't have the extra time to be creative, we might not have gotten this classic. (lemmy.world)

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What a fantastic read.

Dozens of people collaborated spontaneously, motivated by loyalty, friendship, or the love of craftsmanship. We were hackers, creating something for the sheer joy of making it work.

I'm moved by this. I feel that this is what HN used to be maybe 10 years ago. Now its just VC crap and making money as quickly as possible with lock-in market-corning crapware.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I worked in video games in the 2000, same feeling, good memories and shenanigans (in Ghost Force, we hid a level with pigs and exploding penguins for example), and I call most of the coworkers my friends still.

Now it's just crap it seems.

Maybe it was the raw new stuff getting thrown at you all the time. Today it's just "a PC", slightly faster. Same engine.

Or I'm getting old :-D

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that fucking rocked.