Skeuomorphism

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  Remember when Mortal Kombat came out with "sprites" that were "photorealistic" for the time? That was huge because people finally felt they were controlling video and not just crude digital representations of characters. I remember being blown away. Does that count as skeumorphism?

  

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  • I wouldn't say so. This was a misplaced ambition to PUMP 16 bit graphics before we knew what the 'uncanny valley' is...detritus
  • I hear ya. I guess the connection is that high-resolution led to more realistic texturesmonospaced

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