Posted April 13, 2018
misteryo: I don't. I think gaming is in a better state right now than it ever has been.
How do I measure that, you ask? Well, I'll tell you...
1. There are more quality games that I want to play than there ever have been before.
2. Games are WAY cheaper than they were in my youth. Not at release, true. But with the abundance of games, it is easy for me to wait until there is a discount to buy.
3. The equipment available to play games on is better than ever. My PC is unspeakably better quality and more fun to play on than an Atari 2600 on an 1975 TV.
I admit there is more shovelware and more publisher practices that I don't like, but none of that impacts my enjoyment of all the gains.
Q: Back in the 1970s and 1980s, did you spend time and money in video arcades? How much time? How much money? Did you enjoy it? Are you nostalgiac for those times?
I'm not quite old enough to have experienced the 70s and 80s arcades but I did play some arcade machines in the late 90s. There was a laundry mat my mom used to go to that had street fighter 2 turbo and some kind of pinball. Those are are earliest arcade memories along with playing the Simpsons arcade game with friends at Chuckie Cheese. How do I measure that, you ask? Well, I'll tell you...
1. There are more quality games that I want to play than there ever have been before.
2. Games are WAY cheaper than they were in my youth. Not at release, true. But with the abundance of games, it is easy for me to wait until there is a discount to buy.
3. The equipment available to play games on is better than ever. My PC is unspeakably better quality and more fun to play on than an Atari 2600 on an 1975 TV.
I admit there is more shovelware and more publisher practices that I don't like, but none of that impacts my enjoyment of all the gains.
Q: Back in the 1970s and 1980s, did you spend time and money in video arcades? How much time? How much money? Did you enjoy it? Are you nostalgiac for those times?
I only went a few times during birthdays and things at Chuckie Cheese.as I was to young to drive and only had what little my mom could affford. That laundry mat does't exist anymore but man those were good times.
Q: What is your earliest video game memories?
Post edited April 14, 2018 by RedWolf9000