JoshWoodzy wrote:

I actually think an extreme attachment to nostalgia is unhealthy to be honest, I feel it can hold people back a great deal from growing as a person. You can disagree, but it's still probably true. Maybe I'll have a nice nostalgia resurgence once my kid is all grown up and moved away and I'm older with less to do. Maybe I won't. I do miss the 80's like most people here, but if that's all you think about, you have to check into a mental health facility.

I think the way society is set up these days that its almost guaranteed a nostalgia fest happens every 10-15 years so its not like these things will be forgotten forever while we are busy doing other things now in our 30's that pay bigger dividends in the grand scale of life. The release of stuff like the NES classic edition proves to me these companies know what they are doing and they know when to tug on the public's interest at the right time. its like they intentionally have a system set up so this will always be the case. We do live in a capitalistic society afterall and when the need is there someone will be sure to fill it.

All this is so blantantly obvious compared to my early 20's it is almost kind of funny in a way. It seems this is truly how the world is now when it comes to nostalgia presented in the digital age. We don't need to hold onto things in fear of them being forgotten or not treasured anymore as some dude on Youtube will ensure we won't PERMANTELY and is making like 40 grand a year doing it. Syd was one of the last nostalgia based reviewers that relied on their writing technique to entertain the audience. Now all you need now is some clever video editing that appeals to our lowest brain functions. I can see now why he sort of lost interest as why try to keep up with the enthusiasm of a 25 year old who isn't burned out or hasn't been to top of the mountain and back on this sort of stuff. The younger generation is much different in attention spans even compared to us. Especially the ones born after 2000.

Basically,some faceless company will ALWAYS guarantee in some way that we have access to this stuff when we get an itch as long as we have cash to spend. Some futuristic smartphone in 10 years will be made to look like an iPhone 4 and people on reddit will go nuts. People who were like 10 in 2005 will want to obsess about the XBox or PS2 very soon like we did the NES/SNES,etc.
As my grandmother would say "its just the same song,second dance". We aren't missing out on anything by taking an extended break from it. Of course I will be interested in news releated items on stuff like the Nintendo Switch as its the lineage to a culture I was once very passionate about, yet its not like it has to be a big priority anymore at the expense of growth in other areas of life.