A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

Re:A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans by JKCalhoun on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:28AM (#20295267)

> Imagine being a lone nerd before the Internet and not only being filled with self-doubt, there was no social network to assure you that "your people" were even actually out there.

I'm not sure how much that came into play. A lot of programmers were writing games they enjoyed - for themselves, really. If others enjoyed them as well, that was gravy.

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Re:A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans by nitrogen on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:19PM (#20295864)

I think the previous commenter might be talking more about their own isolation rather than the global effect on the rate of software production. It's something many of us who come from communities that are later on the tech adoption curve can relate to.

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Re:A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans by pmarreck on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:26PM (#20295945)

Yes.

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