I really enjoyed the comparison with brutalism here. One of the goals of brutalism was to show off how large public spaces could be constructed for and by the masses out of basic materials. Really fits in with the intent of the lined project!
This was sorta the intent of both the compare and contrast! The big difference with the retro computer graphics revival is that computing in the 90s had a long way to go before being for & by everyone. I don’t think the modern/clean design sensibilities are tied to that though, Myspace was really the inflection point and definitely deserved the brutalist label.
I enjoy how one can read your comment for two completely opposed meanings.