The Book penned by Kevin Jakubowski titled “8-Bit Christmas”, and the 2021 Film Adaptation starring Neil Patrick Harris and Steve Zahn are both false representations of the 1980’s.
The Film Adaptation of the Book titled “8-Bit Christmas” is also a modern, profane take on the 1980’s; not unlike many other movies produced during the 21st Century (to date).
Then, and now; I, and fictitious people in my own Books would not only be aversive towards Video Game aficionados such as modern NASCAR Drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Matt Kenseth and his son Ross, and Brian Vickers; modern Formula 1 Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button, to name a few; in addition to many other Xennial, Generation Y, and Generation Z people over Video Games. Including Xennial, Generation Y, and Generation Z people who are a part of these so-called “Organized Video Game Leagues”.
I, and fictitious people in my own Books would push all of these aforementioned people to be into Amateur/Ham Radio instead of Video Games, physical, true to life Sports; and Fitness.
The real 1980’s, and the real early 1990’s was about people and society as a whole being more so morally decent, people being more sensical than at any time during the late 1990’s and the entirety (to date) of the 21st Century; possessing a Desktop Computer, or a Laptop Computer was more of a novelty than a widespread necessity; unless a business had their own, internal Computer Network; Businesses had to get by, by the way of filling Documents and Paperwork placed in Folders away in Filing Cabinets; researching, and retrieving information was done by the way of having access to Books that are sources of particular information, whether you borrowed them from a Library, or were able to own your own copies of these Books; interest was cultivated in Amateur/Ham Radio, listening to, and working for local AM/Mediumwave and FM Radio Stations, watching, and working for local Television Stations; and later, watching, and working for Cable Television Channels and local and regional Cable Television Providers; and traffic traffic in Shopping Malls, Stores such as Sears, Montgomery-Ward, J.C Penney; and also, Five & Dime Stores was also cultivated.
Matthew Parij 