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The Power of Nostalgia

Added: 08.07.2014 20:01 | 19 views | 0 comments

Nostalgia is a powerful tool in games. Half the reasons I play the games I do is because of the memories they evoke. When I play Pokemon X, I love remembering Pokemon Emerald coming with me on nearly every childhood holiday I went on. Similarly, when I play Call of Duty: Ghosts, Im reminded of all the winter months spent slaying zombies in World at War or playing Search Destroy in Modern Warfare, which I still do every summer. Its interesting that the examples that sprung to mind when writing this the ones I gave above are in some way related to the time of year or the weather. Wikipedias entry on nostalgia notes that weather is a particularly strong trigger of nostalgia, along with music. Music is something I always pay attention to in games, even if its not prominent. The only game Ive played in the last five years that gives me a sense of nostalgia when I think back to it is also the game with, in my opinion, the best soundtrack of the last five years, The Last of U...