Scratches on discs can feel like the end of a video game or movie. With the wear and tear of time, physical means of owning media feel as if they are going to disappear with time as technology breaks ...
I've been wondering for some time about the effect of scratches and fingerprints on my game discs, and I've just bought a large HDD so want to rip my older games (e.g. Daggerfall, Strife, Jedi Knight) ...