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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8239825" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>Er... I don't think its "nostalgia", tbh.</p><p></p><p>The old mags, from day one on, had multiple things going for it; </p><p></p><p>(1) Physical, Tangible Item. It's made of dead tree and ink. You can read it, sure, but you also FEEL it, you SMELL it and you HEAR it. Digital? You see it...and it's not even the same kind of seeing (re: digital is 'transmissive' light, not 'reflected' light). These are HUGE advantages to have over a digital version. We humans like our senses and we use them all the time. It's how we learn. It's why many of us can read a physical magazine article once and remember it...but need to read a digital article multiple times and still get things wrong (ok, from my experience and those of my older friends; our brains aren't "wired for digital"...so maybe it different with the youngsters now...).</p><p></p><p>(2) I can pass it to a Player at the table to read or take home. Another big advantage.</p><p></p><p>(3) I OWN it...meaning I can do what I want with it. I can keep it. Write in it. Give it away. Sell it. Or whatever else. <em>I</em> am the one in control of my purchased product...not a massive company.</p><p></p><p>(4) I can take it with me to places where there is no electricity or active internet. That means camping, road trips, ocean Caribbean cruise, or just in the car as I drive my parents around town to do their shopping and whatnot while I wait in the car.</p><p></p><p>Those features are not "nostalgia". They are VERY desirable things from a consumer standpoint. I'd take a physical, b/w paper book over a fancy full-colour-with-animation-and-sound digital 'book' every single time! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 8239825, member: 45197"] Hiya! Er... I don't think its "nostalgia", tbh. The old mags, from day one on, had multiple things going for it; (1) Physical, Tangible Item. It's made of dead tree and ink. You can read it, sure, but you also FEEL it, you SMELL it and you HEAR it. Digital? You see it...and it's not even the same kind of seeing (re: digital is 'transmissive' light, not 'reflected' light). These are HUGE advantages to have over a digital version. We humans like our senses and we use them all the time. It's how we learn. It's why many of us can read a physical magazine article once and remember it...but need to read a digital article multiple times and still get things wrong (ok, from my experience and those of my older friends; our brains aren't "wired for digital"...so maybe it different with the youngsters now...). (2) I can pass it to a Player at the table to read or take home. Another big advantage. (3) I OWN it...meaning I can do what I want with it. I can keep it. Write in it. Give it away. Sell it. Or whatever else. [I]I[/I] am the one in control of my purchased product...not a massive company. (4) I can take it with me to places where there is no electricity or active internet. That means camping, road trips, ocean Caribbean cruise, or just in the car as I drive my parents around town to do their shopping and whatnot while I wait in the car. Those features are not "nostalgia". They are VERY desirable things from a consumer standpoint. I'd take a physical, b/w paper book over a fancy full-colour-with-animation-and-sound digital 'book' every single time! :) ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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