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  • samus12345@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoner(ul)etro
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    4 hours ago

    Retro-as-a-style used to be the ONLY meaning of “retro.” It was something new that was made to look old. When it comes to games it usually just means “old” now. I personally consider the 360 and PS3 to be not retro because the general conventions of how they control and the way they were online and capable of getting updates is pretty much identical to today. They’re old, all right, but other than having less polygons and post-processing effects they’re not different enough from the games of today, as you said. The Wii is something of an anomaly and different enough that I’d consider it retro.


  • Receiving money in exchange for your labor is entirely different. You are being paid for providing a service, and no, the employer has no right to tell you what to do with money you have earned. When you beg for money, you are asking for someone else’s resources to be given to you for nothing in return. That person is therefore directly using their resources to enable…something. They have a right to know what and decide if it’s something they want to pay for. If the person giving doesn’t care, fine, but it’s the height of arrogance to think you have the right to take their money, no questions asked.