Uh huh, well it sure got you sore enough, the sulky last line is a touch. As I wrote, the games weren't dead in that you could not play them or find them if you were really that inclined. Not that it being dead in that way is all that bad anyway, mind you.
And yes, it was trendy to hate on them, which is why doing it isn't a hipster thing to do...which is what I posted a while ago.