YouTuber The Hive Leader stirred up a lot of discussion this past weekend with a new video essay called “Nostalgia and Indie MMOs.” In it, he observes the current trend of indie projects to lean heavily upon nostalgia and past design in their construction and theorizes why this is happening.
“Nostalgia has ruled over the past few years of TV and movies, and now it appears to be hitting the MMO genre,” he says, “What is it about indie MMOs and being ‘old school?’ Are these new games trying to prove something? Or is it all just a nostalgia-fueled cash grab?”
Give it a full watch below and give us your take on this phenomenon in the comments!
Thanks Kinya!
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