I agree with all your points.

I think so, lol. Dalek security guards are scary indeed.

I think that is one reason why Valve has remained dominant in this space for over 20 years.

Damn Elizabeth & Abraham (U7 reference).

You right though and it ruined Ultima 30+ years ago now.

Yup! Still like 20 servers going at a time. I took a few years off but I’m back playing.

I’m old school, I regularly play these games:

• Doom 1/2
• Half-Life 1 (via Svencoop)
• Wreckfest
• Mother 3 (first time playing it, so good)
• Starcraft 2 (3pl coop campaigns)
• Amazing Frog? (With my youngest)
• Angband (I used to play Moria, Larn, NetHack back in the day)

I watched more of that video than I thought I would! I don’t remember these at all (80s kid here). I think we got into the habit of just turning off our power hungry monitors all the time.

I used to get these crappy “James Pond” games over and over. For the Sega Genesis.

Watch out for the sleep deprivation spell, that one sucks.