It's because capitalist and programmed obsolescence have ruined everything ! Back in my days I could visit ancient tombs nobody visited in centuries, and the torches were still lit !

@Andrew Vrba
From the trailer I was expecting the plot from Sonic to be more detailed.

If you watched Super Mario Brother's expecting some deep plot, you probably shouldn't be allowed anything with sharp edges or the phrase "child resistant" printed on it.

There is sadly a little bit of truth to this. Light bulbs from over a hundred years ago actually were designed to last longer than they do today, but longer lasting light bulbs don't make as much money so now they're actually intentionally designed to burn out more quickly than they used to.

Wasn't there already a similar comic? I remember that the second picture was an abandonned car while the first one was a old stony machine still working

Something, something; Dont make 'em like they used to

Batteries running dry ruining your day? Try our new Stamina Batteries! These batteries work by linking themselves to your bodies natural reserves of stamina! As long as you can keep going, so can your flash light. When the batteries run out, you just need to take a short break!

So stupid.

Main thing I can think of when it comes to old tech that still works is in the Elder Scroll games. Which did have torches that go out after what feels like 30 second, but was really something like five minutes.