mxleader on 13/7/2019 at 01:37
Yeah, the Internet has definitely gotten better in some ways and worse in others. I find myself always looking for a "Like" button or wanting to answer everything with a meme and when I visit this forum I actually have to think a bit and type stuff in a reply ... It's a bit like going from a laptop to a typewriter. It's just a bit of a reality check to go away for a long time and come back and expect everything to be the same with the same people, and I'm also probably suffering from mid-life crisis.
icemann on 13/7/2019 at 06:12
The whole thing just feels more corporation run and less run by everyday people. It used to be A LOT more shades of grey law wise all over.
Now sure there is still a fair bit of it around, but much of it is hidden away, blocked by governments requiring VPNs to access or to know where to look.
Indie game devs now need to be a lot more careful when doing a fan remake of a game, otherwise the big corporations will come a knocking like with the case of AM2R. This does depend on the company in question though. There used to be a very vibrant fan remakes community out there. Now sure there still some (eg you only need look over on the retro remakes forum or on retro gamer magazine's forum). Its just more hidden away now.
On the positive side there is now a wealth of great shows on Youtube and there is some damn fine gaming related sites like RPS and Kotaku who aren't influenced by cash for comment style stuff and expose companies that attempt it. Facebook Marketplace is a newish thing and has risen up to be a highly useful place to sell stuff (I make around 50-60% of my sales on there nowadays).