Morning.
Even as a teenager I atruggled to fully understand the point of 'gaming'.
I don't believe that print will die, as there is more to books than simply reading. An author I know, whose books are published by Bloomsbury, always has notes in his book on the choice of typeface. Aesthetics will not die.
It is the same with music formats - the CD was supposed to 'do for' vinyl, but since the advent of downloading music, vinyl has enjoyed a massive resurgence and now it is the CD which is slowly dying out.

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( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 8:50, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

only because there is a nostalgia and collective value about vinyl and books,
that was never going to translate to CD's as they are soul less. Vinyl looked good, you had to treat it right, same with books. I get angry ifsomeone puts a finger on my vinyl, or bends the spine on one of my books, i could give a shit if someone threw one of my CD's across the room in to a fire.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 24 Sep 2012, 8:52, Reply)

The only downside is that as vinyl is recognised as having a value that may also increase, new releases are quite expensive.
Often given unnecessarily lavish packages in order to justify the extra expense, when it would sometimes be better just to issue a simple affordable LP.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 9:00, Reply)

^ this

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 9:01, Reply)

yep,
i can agree with tangles on this.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 24 Sep 2012, 9:15, Reply)

That's a ridiculous argument as people who just want an affordable copy of the music
will either download or buy it on CD. Only pretentious people who mistakenly think that vinyl is somehow "warmer" actually buy LPs, as evidence I present you and MOnty.

The defence rests.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 9:48, Reply)

Not entirely so.
My vinyl only policy acts as one of the few restrictions on my, frankly out of control, need to buy more and more music.
If it doesn't have a vinyl release, I don't buy it. (Unless I really, really need it.)
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 9:58, Reply)

The fact that I have over 3000 vinyl records already is my principle reason for sticking with it.
Plus I like the sleeve art, and the pops and crackles add a charm for me too. Also in the case of really old records, I like having a genuine artifact from that time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 24 Sep 2012, 10:28, Reply)