The only refuges left are in niche communities where the old spirit of the old internet can be found. Like Vtuber comment streams https://twitter.com/batshaped/status/1254266938097758209

Kind of not joking. I know it's hipster to be all "it's popular so it sucks now" but it's kind of true? PC games definitely lost some of their old charm once everyone from the portfolio manager dad to a 14 year old bullies started playing basic ass games like COD and MW.

We have a lot of great games now that publishing has gotten cheaper/easier. But my measure is joysticks and realistic sims. Look at how many of those are out there. It's like having a sacred relic being in possession of a good PC joystick no matter how old.

Ah wait, COD is MW or something, I guess SOCOM is the other one I'm thinking of. They're all the same.

Anyway, reintroduce having to navigate DOS prompts to start your game so we can have a barrier of entry to the riffraf again I dunno