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This is a fantastic article, and as someone who works for a Chinese studio, something I've noticed for ages. There are massive, massive games that have tremendous popularity that just don't really get any attention in the Western market, or get hand waved off. It's bizarre.

Felipe Pepe@felipepepe.bsky.social

Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities: felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi... AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.

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I thought the same since I started getting into Genshin Impact (etc) and thought: "why doesn't this soundtrack have at least a nomination?". Also constantly on my mind as I work in the industry as an Italian citizen, and I can feel this "distance" vs the huge potential to create things together 🙌