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I miss console ads being this weird (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/retrogaming
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh yeah, the culture was toxic af. Lots of folks never grew out of the toxicity. Granted it was preexisting toxicity coopted and reinforced in the gaming culture, not created by it. We're in a much better place in that regard these days.