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What are we in a golden age of?
I don't normally give my own examples for my own questions, but for this one I think it'll help with clarity for what I'm trying to get at:
I mentioned recently that we're in a golden age of N64 decompilations/recompilations with several high-profile games getting releases that make them run on modern machines with huge quality of life upgrades, and many more in the works (one for Extreme-G just came out two days ago).
I know that, with everything going on seemingly everywhere in the world right now, it can be difficult to think of things in terms of abundance and prosperity, but I also think there's a lot of it around if we look for it, especially in niche corners.
Me!
My life has never been better, and there is no end to how good it will continue to become.
There are struggles, personal as well as societal but overall me and my life just keep getting better and better.
This is fantastic!!! I love hearing this and I hope more of us are celebrating golden ages of ourselves
I would say we're currently in the golden age of Warhammer 40,000 video games.
If you like video games and you like 40k, you are eating pretty good in the last few years and will be for at least a few more. While other IPs are limited to a single studio (e.g. Elder Scrolls) or have IP owners hesitant to license very many games (e.g. Star Wars until very recently), Games Workshop is handing over their IP to anyone with a pulse. This has burned them in the past with some stinkers but nowadays they seem to have a bit of a groove going on and the hits outnumber the misses.
Here's some of the standouts from the last 5 years:
And here's what's still in the pipeline:
I am particularly excited for Total War: Warhammer 40,000 as the previous entry, Total War: Warhammer, was a 10 year behemoth of a game/trilogy-that-combined-into-a-super-game that I sunk quite a few hours into.
I would say music. I know lots of people have their preferred genre which may have had its own specific golden age, but I think in general the way that information technology has broadened peoples access to diverse ranges of music and has lowered the bar of entry for musicians to get their works out into the world.
I dont particularly follow or care for contemporary pop artists, but there are a huge range of more niche sub genres that can exist now because the music scene extends beyond the establishment record labels and the live music venues.
No matter if you are into rock, hip hop, classical, experimental, theres probably someone out in the world making some cool works that you would love. The biggest problem now is just finding a way to sort through the huge volume of options in a reasonable timeframe.