What game are you playing thread

[Commonmind]

Times have changed indeed. By the time we're all 80 years old quite a few, if not the majority of, elderly folks will likely be carrying their consoles along with their dentures to their respective retirement retreats. Just as music and television were the staples of previous generations, video games are our chosen form of entertainment and I don't think age will affect that in the least.

My mom once asked me when I was going to grow up and stop playing video games, I asked her when she was going to grow up and stop reading books or going to the movies...

[Sephiroth]

Touché, indeed.




And who knows, our consoles might be in our dentures by then, with screens on the backs of our eyelids.

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

That's a great idea!!



I'm so disparaging of the kids who don't know their history. And comments like 'yeah, but the graphics are crap'.

Every time I hear some young buck make that remark at my local gaming store I want to put them over my knee. I heard one kid tell the clerk that Okami sucked because it had "wobbly edges and was all blurry!" Out of control...

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Touché, indeed.




And who knows, our consoles might be in our dentures by then, with screens on the backs of our eyelids.

lol, best laugh I've had all day, congrats. And on that note, it's time to cook dinner for the fam

[Lenny]

And I bet you got a right royal slap for that, young man! Cheeky beggar.

Gah... slooooow.

[Overread]

meh stick them infront of tetrus or space invaders - they will soon understand attiction

or BG!

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by Lenny

And I bet you got a right royal slap for that, young man! Cheeky beggar.

She just laughed it off.

(Edit: me too, apparently)

[Sephiroth]

Glad to be of service, CM.



I'll be off soon too. Enjoy the cooking (well, it can be enjoyable sometimes, right?)

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Overread

plus older games had heart in them - modern stuff is mostly formula written

Rose tinted glasses, me thinks.

You couldn't pay me to go back and play my Atari 2600, Colecovision, and NES.

shutters

[Overread]

not that old DD - think Starcraft - homeworld - Baldurs gate!

[Sephiroth]

Hey, the NES had some great games on it!!





Like the first three Final Fantasies, for instance. I'd play those now, for sure.

Would get a kick out of seeing some of the old Master System games again, too. Bet there's stuff there I've forgotten even existed.

[Lady of Winterfell]

I am assuming that NES is the original Nintendo?

[Sephiroth]

Yup. Nintendo Entertainment System. I believe it was called other things in other places.

[Lady of Winterfell]

Yes, those were the good old days. Loved Nintendo. Had a Game boy too at one point.

Mario is a classic, but my favorite game on it was Bubble Bobble.

[Sephiroth]

See?! I had forgotten Bubble Bobble!!






I was a Sega kid, but I used to swap consoles with my friends who had Nintendos for a few weeks at a time.

Never owned a Game Boy myself, though.