Which the author then explains and links to a TikTok video which expands on it. The article continues:
> This is correct. I also agree that modern, blocky pixel art often is a kind of misdirected, anachronistic nostalgia.
So yes, the article (and video) is arguing for the connection between pixel art and nostalgia, and that what we remember with fondness is something different that what was really there.
The very first sentence in the article is:
> There's a recurring argument (…)
Which the author then explains and links to a TikTok video which expands on it. The article continues:
> This is correct. I also agree that modern, blocky pixel art often is a kind of misdirected, anachronistic nostalgia.
So yes, the article (and video) is arguing for the connection between pixel art and nostalgia, and that what we remember with fondness is something different that what was really there.