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<blockquote data-quote="Xaelvaen" data-source="post: 7633934" data-attributes="member: 6681906"><p>Just devil's advocate here - Nostalgia's definition does involve personal experience, but there's a great deal of work in the psychology field on this very topic, and there's no definitive answer - too many contradictory inputs. Wistfulness and Yearning are often related - and there's a Portuguese word (Saudade) which is basically pseudo-nostalgia, and C.S. Lewis used sehnsucht of course. So, many people feel 'nostalgia' for things that aren't their personal memories, and in English, for lack of a better word, it just has to fit.</p><p></p><p>There's one study relating it to music, in fact - pretty interesting stuff.</p><p></p><p>Myself, I use nostalgia for that feeling as well, though I know full well the classic definition isn't accurate for the sensation, but the emotions behind feeling real nostalgia, and this pseudo-nostalgia, are either identical, or so close that I cannot separate them. I'm assuming this is a huge phenomenon to have so many studies going on about it.</p><p></p><p>I'm rather nostalgic for 2E - never played the older editions, in that I started in 89. I find the systems similar enough, if you remove the splat books and options, that I've never been bothered to try anything older. Would it be recommended to give it a try despite this? All your bullet points resonate with me the same way 2E did, so I'm curious -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xaelvaen, post: 7633934, member: 6681906"] Just devil's advocate here - Nostalgia's definition does involve personal experience, but there's a great deal of work in the psychology field on this very topic, and there's no definitive answer - too many contradictory inputs. Wistfulness and Yearning are often related - and there's a Portuguese word (Saudade) which is basically pseudo-nostalgia, and C.S. Lewis used sehnsucht of course. So, many people feel 'nostalgia' for things that aren't their personal memories, and in English, for lack of a better word, it just has to fit. There's one study relating it to music, in fact - pretty interesting stuff. Myself, I use nostalgia for that feeling as well, though I know full well the classic definition isn't accurate for the sensation, but the emotions behind feeling real nostalgia, and this pseudo-nostalgia, are either identical, or so close that I cannot separate them. I'm assuming this is a huge phenomenon to have so many studies going on about it. I'm rather nostalgic for 2E - never played the older editions, in that I started in 89. I find the systems similar enough, if you remove the splat books and options, that I've never been bothered to try anything older. Would it be recommended to give it a try despite this? All your bullet points resonate with me the same way 2E did, so I'm curious - [/QUOTE]
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