this is a topic that's been swirling around in my head for awhile, and i know a couple people who feel similarly to me but i really haven't asked very many others. when games begin to act irregularly it really freaks me out (mostly old games, i'd say; though that might just be because it's more likely that i've played them before and that leads me to my next point), and i think it has to do with knowing what to expect and having those expectations broken.
this is something we are not mentally prepared for. it's as if, when reading a book for the fifth time, one of the pages is different. when a game you're experienced with glitches out graphically or auditorily, it's almost a supernatural experience. it's like hearing a loud noise in your house at night when you're the only one in it, only more bizarre because it's much easier to pin a noise in your house on external forces.
i distinctly remember playing pokemon as a young child and quite honestly being too uncomfortable to even hold my gameboy once i started taking the missingno stuff to the next level (garbled cries and things like that).
this is something we are not mentally prepared for. it's as if, when reading a book for the fifth time, one of the pages is different. when a game you're experienced with glitches out graphically or auditorily, it's almost a supernatural experience. it's like hearing a loud noise in your house at night when you're the only one in it, only more bizarre because it's much easier to pin a noise in your house on external forces.
i distinctly remember playing pokemon as a young child and quite honestly being too uncomfortable to even hold my gameboy once i started taking the missingno stuff to the next level (garbled cries and things like that).