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Podcast 79 - Video Game Nostalgia

Psychology of Video Games Podcast

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The Power of Nostalgia

Odysseus had a 10 year bout of nostalgia after the fall of Troy. Swiss physicians coined the term nostalgia in reference to this kind of homesickness, minus killing everybody when you finally got back home. These updates are often gritty and sort of tweaked for current sensibilities, but they're sufficiently like the old thing that appeal to adults who are actually spending money or controlling access to media.

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