Why Old Games Feel Better

Why do some games stay with us long after we put the controller down? 🎮

This video is a quiet reflection on retro games, modern design, and the feeling many of us keep trying to chase — the one we first experienced when games felt slower, heavier, and somehow more complete.

It’s not about saying new games are bad. There are incredible modern titles made with real care.

It’s about noticing how different it feels to play in a world that doesn’t rush you… doesn’t monetize your attention… and doesn’t ask you to be anywhere else.

Lately I’ve been spending time with older games through Nintendo Switch Online, revisiting worlds like Resident Evil and Ocarina of Time, and remembering what it was like to play one game at a time — not to optimize, not to grind, but simply to be there 🌙

Maybe retro games don’t feel better because they’re old.

Maybe they feel better because they were allowed to be enough.

And maybe… we still are too. ✨

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