I have a lot of fond memories of going to the local video game shop with my friends to look at boxes, or a mid-night opening to pick up Diablo 2 before a weekend-long LAN party. I miss the meaty manuals, that I still have for games like Baldurs Gate or X-com because they are just such awesome pieces of art and arguably part of the game story.

Things move forward of course, chains like GameStop killed that local video game shop I mentioned. I’m sure my children will have fond memories with digital downloads, after all it was the friends/LAN party that was the important part. So I’m probably just an old nostalgic git, but digital distribution will just never be my cup of tea.