ClaimsTyler Cowen

“I even have people in video games telling me that the seminal games are now all a bit old, and it’s becoming more derivative.”

Tyler Cowen, host 25 December 2024 Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective (Ep. 230) (Conversations with Tyler) archived copy

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Tyler Cowen said that people in video games have told him that the seminal games are now all a bit old and that it is becoming more derivative.

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