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Why does every game suck now

This is a two-panel comparison meme that conveys the widespread gamer sentiment that older video games were higher quality than modern releases. The left panel, labeled 'Video games when I was younger', features a strong, muscular Wojak character lifting a dumbbell to represent that past games felt substantial, well-crafted, and satisfying to play. The right panel, labeled 'Video games now', features a frail, lifeless skeleton to represent that modern video games are perceived as lacking substance, being poorly made, and generally disappointing, which aligns with the core question of the meme's title asking why games seem to be worse now.
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Video games when I was younger
Video games now

Overview

This is a two-panel comparison meme that conveys the widespread gamer sentiment that older video games were higher quality than modern releases. The left panel, labeled 'Video games when I was younger', features a strong, muscular Wojak character lifting a dumbbell to represent that past games felt substantial, well-crafted, and satisfying to play. The right panel, labeled 'Video games now', features a frail, lifeless skeleton to represent that modern video games are perceived as lacking substance, being poorly made, and generally disappointing, which aligns with the core question of the meme's title asking why games seem to be worse now.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, posted with the original title 'Why does every game suck now'. It uses a very common, widely circulated 'strong vs weak Wojak' comparison meme template that is frequently used online to express nostalgia for older versions of products or media and criticism of their contemporary equivalents.

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