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Offline spirantho

Re: High street game shops coming to an end?
« on: March 14, 2012, 07:56:00 PM »
There's no substitute for getting a nicely packaged thingy when you buy whatever it is. Downloads just don't cut it for me.

But then, what can I say - I've not bought a CD for years. Bought tons of vinyl records, but no CDs. I think that says something about me (and many others here, it seems) - the packaging and the medium are part of the experience; they give a good album soul somehow, in a way a file downloaded onto your hard disk can't - just like a downloaded game is never as satisfying as, say, a shelf full of those lovely black psygnosis boxes you got in the 90's. Was I the only one who just couldn't get enough of Psygnosis packaging? Equally playing an ADF will never be as satisying as popping a disk in the disk drive.

Maybe I'm just old. :)
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