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Passenger | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2a70c54d 

Do you remember when you would buy the game at a shop in town, and then excitedly read the booklet on the train on the way home?

Or am I just getting old?
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Adam F. Lawton | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fe642545 we're both getting old but those were good times. Good times.
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Passenger | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2a70c54d 

I played a game (Shadow Empire) a few years back which had a proper old-style manual, except instead of being print it was a pdf. It had a dozen or so pages of backstory, it had extensive reference sections explaining every mechanic and every UI element, it had it all. It absolutely took me back. The game itself is intentionally retro so the manual plays nicely into that. It made me suddenly realise how much I missed them.

Being PDF kinda took the fun out of it, but realistically it's probably the best we can do for games too niche for bricks-and-mortar distribution, and saves a few trees in the process.