It’s a bias you have, because there are no nostalgia driven docs about current work. If you watch Game Developer conference videos you see lots of "we had to be creative to…"moments.

most people don’t use scam money to fullfill their manly man ego trip that consists of hurting others.

Yes, what you got next?

US is very much in the friends, wtf, enemy pipeline. EU is not homogene, so your third grade gotchas does not work, kid