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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Currently at home with a newborn and, finding videogames impractical as a hobby right now, I have decided to learn the solo mode for 'Wingspan'.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Only just now realising how formative a moment it was to watch my dad turn the TV's saturation all the way down in order to de-colourise 'Casablanca'...

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' - 2011

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

'Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier' - 2012

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

'Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter' - 2006

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Although credit where credit's due, 'Wildlands' comes the closest to recapturing the magic. It's deeply, deeply flawed, but it sort of almost understands what 'Ghost Recon' was all about. Plus, I love alpine tundra and this is hands down the best depiction in a videogame.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Okay, I promise this is the last one. Here they clearly took some textures they already had and mirrored them to create a cobra head motif. The remaster repeats its trick of using a high res version of the original source, so instead of a cobra we get a jumble of arms and torso from a carved relief.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I realise that I'm risking being a bit "Old Man Yells at Cloud" here, but this is another example. The original graphics here have such great lighting, really evocative of vibe and place, and the mix of colours and brightness helping to pull your attention around the scene. It looks great.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I have been enjoying the remaster of these games, although simply for the convenient packaging because I'm playing with OG graphics and controls. The remastered visuals seem to generally make smart choices, but there are some really rough patches that speak to a rushed job...

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Because I'm a specific kind of nerd, here's some things you should consider reading:

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Upon seeing this news I rather ungenerously thought: "I'm surprised it took this long", which is unfair of me. This really sucks for the workers, but also highlights what a hollowed out shell these stores had become thanks to digital distribution. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

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All EB Games stores in NZ to close at end of month

It is uncertain how many jobs would be lost, and the letter to NZ employees did not mention anything about the future of the Australian stores.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I've been doing my holiday thing of trying to keep off screens and the Internet as much as possible, but now I'm back and feeling inspired! So today I took on a little project of installing Windows 3.1 through DOSBox (and then naturally installing a bunch of Maxis games on it... )

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

'Deus Ex' - 2000

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

'Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity' - 1995

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This 'Mirror's Edge' posting was caused by me deciding to finally play 'Catalyst' and discovering it kinda slaps? Waaay better that its reputation.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Sucks to see 'Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock' getting delisted in a week. It's a genuinely great "we go" space strategy game, and we'll worth your time.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My pet theory is that if you're a 90s kid you either grew up on 'SimCity 2000', 'Theme Hospital', or 'Rollercoaster Tycoon', and today you can almost always tell who had what...

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

'SimEarth' - 1990

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This may have been triggered by me picking up the early access release of 'Sea Power', which I am loving so far. It's a real love letter to ships, and it hits the right balance of complexity in its simulation but with a fairly intuitive interface and good tutorials, something the genre often lacks.

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Sorry to report that I'm back on my naval wargames bullshit, so look forward to that...

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Only just now realising how formative a moment it was to watch my dad turn the TV's saturation all the way down in order to de-colourise 'Casablanca'...

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Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Well hello! I took a bit of an unplanned break from social media for a few months. Had a bunch of life happen. Travelled South East Asia for a bit. Now I'm back! What did I miss? Are we still mad at *insert just about any common game design element*?

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