I really don't agree with a third "golden age" because I think there are not many games we'll still play/talk/remember as a legendary experience in 20 years.
I'm assuming that's (perhaps indirectly) with reference to my comment as I seem to be the one who brought up the subject of a "Third Gaming Phase", as I put it, which is entirely personal to me. I mean most "golden ages" are, if we want to view it in those terms. In my case, the first one was a few years post-Pong when the 8-bit games were incredibly popular thanks to the Atari 2600 being well-established and the UK's home computer scene taking off with the likes of the VIC-20 and Spectrum at its vanguard; second phase was the 3D games of the early-mid '90s like Wolfenstein, Doom and a billion other 3D first-person games; third was the early 21st century with HL2, TES and so on.
Equally personally were my gaming low points: late '80s due to being broke, going to college and discovering the internet, which almost got me expelled (ahem); late '90s due to being Serious Homeowner and career girl and the then 3D games triggered my migraines; and I'm worried that the third is upon us as there seems to be a dearth of things I'm interested in thanks to the online fixation and move away from interesting, absorbing SP games. Which is where BG3 (hopefully) comes in.
