{"id":1401861,"date":"2025-11-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good"},"modified":"2025-11-23T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:00:00","slug":"im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m tired of pretending that Perfect Dark Zero isn&#8217;t at least 50% really, really good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Time can be cruel. I&#8217;m not talking about the ravages of age when I say that &#8211; although, <em>christ<\/em>, the closer I creep to forty the creakier I become &#8211; but I&#8217;m thinking, I suppose, about legacy. The very nature of history, especially when it&#8217;s oral in its delivery, is that it becomes truncated. Short-form takes over. For instance &#8211; think of a Prime Minister or President (back when we had normal ones of those, anyway), or the manager of a sports team, their tenure often ends up defined very broadly, no matter how much nuance there was at the time. Oftentimes, it&#8217;s good or bad, with little in between. Which is a shame &#8211; because sometimes the nuance is where the most interesting thinking resides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/im-tired-of-pretending-that-perfect-dark-zero-isnt-at-least-50-really-really-good\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time can be cruel. I&#8217;m not talking about the ravages of age when I say that &#8211; although, christ, the closer I creep to forty the creakier I become &#8211; but I&#8217;m thinking, I suppose, about legacy. The very nature of history, especially when it&#8217;s oral in its delivery, is that it becomes truncated. Short-form takes over. For instance &#8211; think of a Prime Minister or President (back when we had normal ones of those, anyway), or the manager of a sports team, their tenure often ends up defined very broadly, no matter how much nuance there was at the time. Oftentimes, it&#8217;s good or bad, with little in between. 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