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Any Austin: belief

11 Jun 2025 Conversations with Tyler Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games

“If I’m naming a game that I think would qualify, I understand that there’s a difference between me going, “Well, there was this little indie game that I just thought was so great.”

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Any Austin
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belief
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11 Jun 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Sure, but that’s a long time ago now. That qualifies as a long time ago. If I’m naming a game that I think would qualify, I understand that there’s a difference between me going, “Well, there was this little indie game that I just thought was so great. ” We’re talking about impact, shifting of things. If we were to talk about a game like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that came out in 2017 — also did the same thing, completely revolutionized it. That’s now eight years, et cetera, right? Also, a long time ago. I’m reporting this secondhand, but people tell me that if you graphed the distribution, it would not be a flat line. It would show decline.…

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