Same. I was a Digg refuge when I joined Reddit as well. That redesign was totally ass!

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Never forget Aaron Swartz.

I hope those are 2 major pieces of the soul of this new digg.

A Link to the Past was the first thing to come to mind. Of course many games since have done storms much better, but that one had the biggest impact on me personally. The jump from 8 to 16 bits was a hell of a thing!