/vr/ - Retro Games

Cool blogpost bro.

>>2518238
I understand the feeling, but I find that it comes from a larger place of vague loneliness and depression that came on in my early 30s. The older I get, the less connected I feel to modern culture. It's not that I think everything sucks, I think there's actually way too much cool stuff, I can't keep track of it all. So I primarily tend to enjoy the music, films, and games I've always liked -- which only serves to insulate me further. These days I try to find solace in human interactions, my job, wife, and dog.

>>2518251
thanks man

>tfw no older geek friends to play retro games with, talk about retro games and '80s and '90s music, then do some mutual JO while we compliment and encourage each other

Retro is just relative.

If your favorite films, music or literature is from the 80s or 90s, it's considered to be fairly recent.

>>2518276
then why did this board slap 'retro' on it to make me feel like an old fart in the wind?

Is 29 old btw?

>>2518286
25+ is old for 4chan (older than 95% of the user base).

>>2518286
>Is 29 old btw?
I wish I was 29.

37, kill me now

I really don't consider the PS1/N64 gen to be retro. SNES feels right to me as the actual cutoff.

>>2518298
do you look young brah? as long as you look young and handsome you're good to go.

>>2518301
for me atari 2600 is the cut off :(

if you guys up to group suicide be sure to give me a call

This is /v/ cancer. Get fucked.

>>2518315
Using the word cancer is cancer.

>>2518286
I'm turning 28 this month. Get over yourself, we aren't even half way to death yet. Considering how safe 21st century living is compared to 100 years ago. You've got alot more life to waste feeling vague ennui and loneliness, perhaps even on a greater scale. We aren't entitled to feel old for another 20 years approx. When actual old age is a reality. We are much too young still. So commit to having that amazing collection because in 30 years classical gaming will be valued for by this time much as the baby boomers do now WE will be finally inherit the earth.
>>2518295
then you haven't seen some of the meetup results that the past has produced. lots of sad old men there. you're thinking of /b/

>>2518329
>then you haven't seen some of the meetup results that the past has produced
pics? there was a /vr/ meetup?

>>2518329
>then you haven't seen some of the meetup results that the past has produced.
I'm pretty sure there were no actual /vr/ meetups unless you're thinking of some other retro game/4chan meetup or I just missed it

>>2518329
I'm only going to live to 60-62 anyway. Why get old? There's nothing good that comes out of that.

>>2518332
>>2518329

>>2518198
So I was right?

>>2518329
but anon, you're already dead :'(

>>2518341
>Directed by M Night Shyamalan

>>2518295
What happens to all the 25+ people? Did they just move on from 4chan? I'm 25 and I've been here since I was 16 or so, and I find it hard to believe at some magical age, people dropped off from 4chan.

Also, the year 2000 cutoff is moronic.

>>2518359
I've been here since my late 20s. 4ch has been around for a while now.

>>2518359
>tfw found 4chan when I was 22 in 2009
>tfw 29 now
I seriously should probably fucking leave. I don't want to be looking back in four years realising I've been on this shithole for a fucking decade, christ.

this has nothing to do with the thread, but I just watch zero punctuation and browse /v/ to keep track of modern games. everything is a rehash or sequel these days anyway so I feel like there's less things to keep track of than before

>>2518359
I'm not sure. I'm 25 and have been here since 07 and though I've taken breaks here and there, I always come back. I'd say a good portion of the community is in their mid to late 20's. Especially on this board.

Then again this site used to be quite a bit different when I first came here and overmoderation ruined most of the boards so I can see how people can be drawn away from here.

>tfw 33
feels neutral, man

I was actually fatter and sweatier when I was 23

>>2518369
>taking zero punctuation seriously and as a legit review
are you seriously this stupid?

>>2518382
I don't, I just like scathing reviews. I don't actually intend playing the new stuff

>>2518389
His reviews are just fucking boring. I stopped giving a fuck about him at least 5 years ago.

>>2518382
I also rather watch redlettermedia instead of actually seeing the movies. I'm the plebest of plebs.

>>2518359
I started browsing 4chan when I was halfway into high school, now I'm 23 and I don't really care for other boards aside from the interest boards. You could say that's "moving on" since I don't care about the website or culture more or less I care about retro games and /vr/ happens to be a place where you talk about them and I fucking hate every other format of discussion (reddit, forums, what have you)

this is the only place where I can say something in like 10 seconds and then go do something else while people react

I'm 30 and I have two theories over why people ever feel negatively about getting older.
1) The idea that you're in some kind of competition and running out of time, different sorts of illusions that don't really make sense because at the end of the day we're all animals trying to do the best we can in the world.
2) Depressed anyway and your depression needs something to focus on.
I know 2) may sound like bs at first, but anxious or depressed people often tend to focus on something as being the root of their problem when it's not.

>>2518238
It would be nice if pre-PS1 games were more accepted by modern gamers, but they're not and there's nothing that will ever change that so I just learn to live with it.

>>2518301
>I really don't consider the PS1/N64 gen to be retro.

It's not, and it really is where modern gaming begins. PS2 was just an extension of that era.

The way I see it, there's basically four "meta-eras" that encompass a couple generations each. Pre-NES = Arcade Era, 8/16-bit gens = 2D Console Era, PS1/2 gens = 3D Console/Cinematic Gaming Era, Wii/current gens = Online Gaming Era. The naming conventions are questionable, but there seems to be a definite trend of every couple generations or so having a clear cut difference that separates them from what came before.

>>2518329
You'll feel different in about 5 years. Trust me on this.

>>2518359
>the year 2000 cutoff is moronic

Agreed.

>>2518441
whats gonna happen? will my dick fall off?

>>2518456
you're collection won't become any more valuable than it is now

>>2518295
You're thinking of /b/. Anyone older than 25 doesn't go there anymore.

>>2518789
You mean nobody over 18.

>>2518436
Uh...yeah. Atari era was one phase and the 3rd-4th gens belong to another phase (the age of 2D side scrollers).

>>2518789

wtf? i have to stop going there next year?

>>2518329
>Considering how safe 21st century living is compared to 100 years ago.

Only partly true. That depends on a lot of factors. While some places are indeed safer today, there are other places that are more dangerous compared to a century ago. Some places hardly changed. Modern times being better is mostly a myth.

>>2518238

>>2518272
If you offer up some imitation crab meat, maybe you'll have better luck finding someone in your area.

>>2518810
>this is what he actually believes
>until he catches the tuberculosis

>>2518809
No, man, you should go back there right now.

>>2518359
I started going to 4chan for porn in some capacity during 2004 if I am not mistaken (I'll be 27 this month) and eventually went to /b. My interest in /b dropped off around the end of 2006. I bounced around various boards after that and eventually lost mostly all interest in 4chan itself until I discovered /vr.

In answer to your question, people just lose interest, I guess. The site changes, too, as I observed with /b. It might transform into something that earlier users might no longer enjoy.To think that 4chan is now a semi-mainstream site blows my mind.

>>2518359
I'm 28 and don't hang around 4chan as much as I used to. Just got other things to do, I guess.

>>2518445
The cutoff is arbitrary because people don't want Halo, GTA3 or Gamecube discussed here, even though they were released almost fifteen years ago. Point is, /v/ isn't going to discuss Pikmin 1 or anything from that generation, so to prevent them from being allowed on here is some weird paranoia.

>>2518238
I have the opposite problem
>grow up with older stuff thanks to hand-me-downs
>it wasn't really part of "my generation" so I feel weird talking about it to people

>>2518340

>multithread shitposting

What's the point?

>>2518874
It took you two years to get bored of /b/? Shit son, took me, like, 9 months and I think even that's way too long. Maybe it was better in '06 though.

>>2518332
>>2518335
Not /vr/, but the /k/ ones are pretty bad, especially the one where they all ate cum brownies
>>2518340
No I'm fit, to being an ectomorph. Keep trying rookie shitposter.
>>2518341
No one's going to make it out alive anon. Might as well enjoy the time we fritter away.
>>2518441
I don't plan on having parasites so probably not. Either myself, my girlfriend or the two us together are working with broken equipment
>>2518810
>Some places have hardly changed
dude there are more people with cellphones in 3rd world countries than running water and toilets lets not kid ourselves. When impoverished countries can turn down dog food for pride I think things are better. Between modern medicine and the fact that we have a great deal of amenities that are available as givens in 1st world countries; unless you live in a real 3rd world hell hole like n. korea that can't even receive foreign aide things are indeed better.

>>2519380
>parasites
please just shut up

>>2519380
>especially the one where they all ate cum brownies
literally what

I need pictures of this meet

btw I remember threads on /vr/ where OP tried to arrange a meet. Nothing came of it because /vr/ is too autistic for that. It was the britfag battalion of /vr/ however, and we all know britfags are the worst.

>tfw /vr/ rarely talks about the games you grew up with because they are too old even by /vr/ standards

>>2518382
What about it? Most of the time it's strikingly accurate.

>>2518419
3) Closer to death.

>>2519390
Later in the thread, the guy said it was just condensed milk. Still wouldn't eat any food from a meetup though, someone's bound to actually do it.

>>2518359
>What happens to all the 25+ people?

Alienated by the new userbase. Once you get older, you just want to relax and talk about your hobbies. Life is too exhausting and stressful to come home and spend hours competitively shitposting and reading the latest maymays.

Typically, older posters move on to different forums or migrate to smaller hobby boards.

>>2519385
Dude children crush your dreams and feast on what remains. They are priority 1, nothing else comes first when you have them. Better already have what you want to have done before having some because after its probably going to take years if at all.

>>2519431
This is exactly what happened to me on new /v/. I hardly go there anymore. I'm still not above shitposting occasionally and calling people retards for liking COD and Halo though. inb4 prolapse. It's truly amazing how much the board changed just within the last two years especially. Even in '12 the board was still shitting on COD and you never saw COD or Halo in 3x3 threads. Now they're all over the place. Fuck that board.

>>2519428
jesus christ

thanks for this anon

i'm never going to meet any of you irl

>>2519428
I checked out the thread. Doesn't appear to be legit, thankfully. Great troll though.

https://archive.moe/k/thread/22901392/#22905177

>>2519452
well that's obvious, I never disputed that

Being 30 is weird, because you're not old yet, but not young either.

Somedays, I can fool myself and pretend to enjoy my life: look at my games collection, fuck my wife, watch some new movie and pretend to like it even though I think it's bullshit (the new mad max, for instance).
But there's moments when I'm alone and I do some instrospection, and yeah, it all sucks, I'm scared of death, I think I've commited countless errors in my life, and the rest of the people too. I think everything is a huge mistake, that nothing was right.

Then I just smoke some pot and forget about it all, and start the process again: look at game collection, fuck wife, watch shit entertainment, life is good.

I take pleasure in showing cool stuff to the next generation. As far as I can tell, kids still think old game machines are cool.

>>2519742
your hobbies are shit, start drawing or do something that requires skill and is actually a bit satisfying. video games are a waste of time

>>2519752

I don't even play videogames anymore, just collect them.
All my skill is used at my job (lawyer). I suck at drawing, always have.

>>2519390
Anyone remember that meetup description from (board I forget) where it was guys meeting at a London pub, and all it turned into was a bunch of scared guys standing outside checking their phones?

I think there does need to be more sociable activity in gaming though. A big problem behind games people and being anti-social is that people start out introverted and are never introduced to the idea of being social as a good thing, and so instead of just being introverted they become anti-social. There is such a thing as an introvert who isn't anti-social, they may not be the most skillful at it but they can talk to people. It just takes effort, and the later you start the harder it is (should ideally be worked on in school).

>>2518789
>anyone older than 25
I'm only 20 and I love coming here. Been on vr since it first started.

I don't understand this existential crisis that a lot of people have around the time they turn 30. I'm 31 and despite my life not being perfect, I'm still pretty content with the direction it's going. I mean, gaming may be a lifelong hobby for me, but I don't feel it's a waste of my time. Sure, there are probably more productive things to take an interest in, but does it really matter? Regardless of how rich or poor we are, how nobly or ignobly any of us lives our lives, we're all going to end up as worm food. What difference does it make *how* we get there? Does living and dying in a certain style change the outcome in any way? No. So why not just focus on the things that bring you a sense of contentment. Of course, you should also take care of your personal responsibilities in the process. You don't want to leave behind messes that future generations will have to clean up. Not like the baby boomers did to us.

As for marrying, settling down, having a family, etc., that never appealed to me. I imagine it never appealed to a lot of guys for that matter, but they were careless, knocked someone up and were thrust into that lifestyle regardless. I guess one of the advantages to being gay is that those kinds of responsibilities will never suddenly show up at my doorstep. I'm perfectly entitled to live a perpetual bachelor lifestyle, and honestly, it's fucking fantastic. I just wish most of my friends didn't end up getting pussy whipped, because now it's difficult to socialize with anyone, except maybe younger generations. They have little to no interest in retro culture.

>>2519781
You sound like degenerate leftist propaganda.

>>2519760
Sounds like an /int/ meetup I once read about. It was a trainwreck apparently.

>>2519752
Drawing can be pretty depressing though. I don't recommend to learn it that way. You'll need YEARS until you're just decent, and before that you feel horrible because your art is not better than avarage deviantArt bullshit.
Drawing isn't a joyful hobby.

>>2519820
>that way
I meant to write "that late".

>>2519790

fucking lol

>>2519760
>There is such a thing as an introvert who isn't anti-social,
That's pretty much how it was in the old days. I mean before cellphones and constant Internet and all that stuff. You were kinda forced to interact with people, to some extent, if you wanted to do anything other than just read books and play your limited collection of computer or console games.

I'm part of that era (70's baby) and naturally ended up spending lots of time outdoors goofing off with friends from the neighbourhood or from school. Didn't even have my own computer until age 13 or so (and no game console). Ended up gravitating towards tabletop RPGs, which of course you play with other people, not all alone. And you have to "make things work out" in order to have fun, so it does teach you some level of social skills. You could even try LARP'ing. Social stuff doesn't have to be the typical (IMO boring) stuff like bars and night clubs. The only problem is that this stuff gets harder the older you get. Once people start to have families and move away for jobs, or just have less free time due to work, it's harder to organize games and events. Do it while you still can!

I've only been browsing this site for a couple years. Don't usually stay in one place too long, because I get bored. This will probably be no different.

Anyway, just enjoy the games and systems you like and don't fret so much the constant, inevitable change. Nobody is forcing you to accept the new games, and younger generations aren't forced to care about those of our times. Just play the stuff you enjoy, maybe make game mods, or start coding your own projects on your favorite platform...

Sucks to be you
Im also old and give no fucks because I have no regrets

>>2520281

>I have no regrets

How do you do it?
You simply don't give a fuck and accept life as it is, or actually never fucked up even once in all your life? Because the later is kind of hard to believe.

>>2520283
Obviously the former, there is just no point worrying about it, dont be jealous of young people because they will also die and maybe painfully, take care of yourself and dont be a fat piece of crap and life is pretty great even if you are alone like me, then again Ive always been a loner, no midlife crisis here.

>>2519380
>I don't plan on having parasites so probably not. Either myself, my girlfriend or the two us together are working with broken equipment

You can't make babies by having sex with another dude's ass.

>>2519345
/b started to change in late 2006/into
2007. Better or worse is subjective, but it certainly became something that wasn't the thing I enjoyed before that time.

>>2519760
I've never done a board meetup, but as much fun as it might be to meet people from here to play games, I am sure there'd be at least one ebin weener who'd find out and try to shit it up or make an epic YouTube video about mocking some old losers playing old games (and/or the possible arrival of people who don't understand that bringing the full 4chanitude into real life is kinda irritating and sad).

>>2520283
>How do you do it?
Alcoholism :(

>>2520304
>I've never done a board meetup, but as much fun as it might be to meet people from here to play games,

>wanting to meet 4chan users IRL

>>2520298
>Imma hit this guy with zinger 8hrs later
>man calling him a fag isn't enough I need to spell it out
Nice job.

>>2518238
I'm going to be 26 in like 2 months.

I actually find myself drawn towards newer games because I feel like I've played all the good old retro games (outside of Genesis and Saturn but I don't really have any interest in Sega). Games like Demon's Souls, Devil May Cry, and Ninja Gaiden Black were games I always wanted as a kid and now we're getting them in spades.

>>2520298
I'm not gay, dipwad. I just think kids are annoying little pieces of shit and I don't want 'em.

>>2520329
People like you are the reason the white race is dying.

>>2520329
>dipwad
I don't think you have to worry about being old enough to even get married for at least another 5 years.

>>2520304
>/b started to change in late 2006/into
>2007. Better or worse is subjective, but it certainly became something that wasn't the thing I enjoyed before that time.
how did it change?

>>2520342
Not him but /b/ forever changed after the Scientology raids.

The dirt we stand on is older than everyone alive. Just enjoy life, even if it's just old games, because everything will become old to someone and then global warming will kill us all.

>>2518359
I'm 31 and spending less and less time on 4chan. Mostly just /vr/ now (and I don't even play old games much). I'm shocked by how stupid most people are on boards like /v/, /a/ and /tv/ (but also Reddit, 8_chan and many other sites). The quality of communication on the web just keeps declining. It's not even just stupid people you have to deal with anymore, but also shills, astroturfers, wannabe trolls and--perhaps worst of all--the social media generation.

I'm also shocked that 4chan's admins are STILL so scared shitless of 8_chan that I have to alter its name to make this post.

>>2520432
I made a thread in /fit/ yesterday about fitness software, you know just some simple tracking sofware, expecting there to be all kinds of options... and it was like, "what's computer software, just look in the mirror faggot". I tried to talk in the "coolest" way possible about simple statistics software possibilities and jesus christ you should have seen the abuse I received... "turbonerd" I was called. I wasn't expecting you know university level discussions of physiology there but man.

>>2520470
You probably have legit jocks on there these days. I wonder what /fit was like in the before time, back when 4chan was lesser known and mostly catered to porn addicts, wapanese, and other similar folks. I honestly don't even remember for sure if /fit was around back then.

>>2518436

Most people don't even talk about the PS1/N64 games anymore aside of the usual mainstream shit like OoT or Resident Evil, let alone Sega Saturn. PS2 games were far more polished not only in technology, but also in control scheme (fps on consoles, for example). For me, "retro" is a combination of age and current popularity.

>>2518238
stop being a bitch about it op

>>2520432
>I'm also shocked that 4chan's admins are STILL so scared shitless of 8_chan that I have to alter its name to make this post.

Uh, it's not like that. They had to filter it because it was getting spammed across every board and disrupting the site.

I agree with your other points though. I took a hiatus from 4chan sometime after 2006, and when I came back, it was just completely overrun by Stormshits, most prominently /v/.

>>2520516
/pol/ is more powerful than you could imagine. So powerful that they even drove Moot off his own website.

>>2520507
Dude, /fit/ hasn't been around that long.

>>2520530
As I said, I couldn't remember. Back then I pretty much exclusively went to /h and /b.

>>2520507
With the way things are going these days it seems like there's nowhere good to discuss anything anyore.

>>2520516
The other /v/ is a wholly owned subsidiary of /pol/ where it seems like every thread is derailed into supposed redpilling about the Holocaust. And this is approved by the board staff too, so you can't even report it.

I don't visit either /v/ anymore.

>>2518972
Plenty of people have that, though. Older siblings aren't really uncommon.

>>2518238
>I hate that my favourite games are all retro
As well you should. There are plenty of modern games that can be enjoyed by old people. If you can't do this there is something wrong with you. Probably not the sort of patronizing feel good comment you were hoping elicit with your blog. But maybe one that will make you take a look at yourself, see what's wrong, and find a way to enjoy the modern world.

>>2520432
cripchan is a fucking shithole

moot > cripkike

>>2520346
that's more 'why', i'm wondering 'how'. What is the difference between old /b/ and what /b/ is like now?

>>2520750
I love how personal you're getting about video games. You really sound like you need to get laid.

>>2520759
Epic feminist meme, please have my upboat.

>>2519760
>Anyone remember that meetup description from (board I forget) where it was guys meeting at a London pub, and all it turned into was a bunch of scared guys standing outside checking their phones?
It was a brit /int/ meetup and it was fucking hilarious

Also in any case, I don't think a retro game meetup would go horribly wrong since the basic idea is to just get together and play old games and maybe trade. This kind of thing happens all the time even in countries like Germany where everyone is a giant sperg
I still wouldn't go to one, however.

>>2520432
>I'm also shocked that 4chan's admins are STILL so scared shitless of 8_chan that I have to alter its name to make this post.
Don't get ahead of yourself there, almost every imageboard is wordfiltered here like /\/\asterchan

>>2520779
>It was a brit /int/ meetup and it was fucking hilarious
more info?

>>2520779
>Don't get ahead of yourself there, almost every imageboard is wordfiltered here like /\/\asterchan
That just makes them even more afraid.

>>2520794
>more info?
https://i.warosu.org/data/vr/img/0021/62/1420506933611.png

behold the glory of Britain

>>2520342
>>2520756
Old /b/ had a heavier emphasis on anime/japanese culture, it was slower, the community was more tight-knit, the userbase was older and more competent, creativity was valued/OC was more common (though it was still rare to find), people were able to make jokes and recognize when someone was making a joke, and the people were less hostile (contrary to popular belief)
/b/ is now just a big porn dump with /soc/ shit mixed in and that's all it's been for probably 3+ years. I stopped caring awhile ago because every community changes over time and it's NEVER going to be the same again so it should just be left alone.

>>2520750
Nigga, the only thing wrong here is you. Nobody IRL cares at the end of the day what kind of games you play, books you read, or movies you watch. All they care is if you pay them the money you owe them on time. Your hobbies are yours and yours alone, and someone who judges another based on those is a mental midget who is caught up in what other people think of him, instead of simply following his passions and interests.

Now run along little troll...

>>2520805
Rule Britannia

>>2521090
>the userbase was older
but moot made 4chan when he was literally 15 and took all his buddies from somethingawful along with him. 4chan's userbase age has probably stayed the same; it's you that has gotten older

oldfag here, old /b/ was shit you were just young

>>2521090
>>2520432
I feel like some sort of shift happened in late 2011\2012 and some of the boards are very different places nowadays

>>2520759
>projection: the post

>>2521550
I hope you view the world differently when you grow up.

>>2521627
Nah, everyone thinks this after they've been here for longer than a couple years. It's always been shit, it will continue to be shit, you are remembering a different flavor of shit.

In 2008 everything was epic ftw, shoop da woop, firing mah laser, battletoads, longcat, desu desu, etc. There was still racism, trolling, and shitposting. Only thing that's changed is the speed of the boards.

>>2521591
Then I guess teenagers weren't as shitty 10 years ago.

You shouldn't feel shitty about your age. When it comes to entertainment, we truly did experience the golden age of just about everything (except music).

I'm only 26, but I'll gladly be considered 'old' because I know that my generation was the last to produce legitimate entertainment. Everything else these days is completely mindless, tasteless, or just a plain cash grab.

The only thing that matters now is if it's popular or not. That's about it. Yeah I'm being nostalgic, butthurt, and possibly shitposting -- but that's how I honestly feel.

>>2523179
>I know that my generation was the last to produce legitimate entertainment
Cute. Literally everyone goes through this phase where they think everything new is shallow, mindless garbage. There is always great new art and culture being produced just as there has always been shitty art and culture, even in periods we now consider classical history. Hindsight allows us to filter things so eventually we only have (for example) Black Sabbath instead of the hundreds of other British heavy blues rock bands. Hindsight is dangerous because it makes the past seem more worthwhile and authentic, which isn't true at all. Enjoy whatever you like, but don't fool yourself.

>The only thing that matters now is if it's popular or not
This is pretty much true for all of modern time, the 1920s were not different from the 1960s in that regard.

>>2518238
i made fun of some idiot on some forum repeating his dumb sentence but instead of the game he mentioned, i used some other games, first that came to mind.

he replied "okay we get it, you play old games"

... i said megaman and FF7

I'm 30 and I can only stand retro games, especially those I played as a kid. It feels like I'm stuck in a time warp. I know I can never play a new game because I'll get bored after a few minutes.

Problem is, I can barely even play the games I loved as a kid anymore. All I do at this point is watch speedruns of games I loved as a kid...

>>2518238
Well to be fair I grew up making games and the 2D format is all I know how to do. Look at it as you enjoy the interesting genres 2D has to offer and I'm sure it's less depressing

>>2518272
Do you have a power crystal? I can bring a crystal and butter for crab meat if you've got some.

>>2523206

I'll admit what I said was a hyperbole, but I stick by the core message. I am in no way fooling myself. Are there good games being released? Of course.

But it's become absurdly stagnant. And the popularity thing is true. Look at blockbuster bethesda games and how they are notoriously buggy to the point of not even working on some systems. Still the best game ever, apparently. Music is even worse.

Older entertainment carved a name for itself whereas the newer generations are so muddled by advertising that even the most bland, uninspired games produce countless millions of dollars.

I'm not going to pretend that these games are timeless classics when a good chunk of them can't even run properly. People will shit themselves over an ocarina of time remake or even a Final Fantasy 7 remake, but ten or twenty years down the road you won't get the same effect with the 'classics' of today because they just don't exist. The market is more of a month-to-month experience now.

>>2523174
This is true.Teenagers have been getting shittier for thousands of years.

>>2523206
I'd say there are natural cycles to the amount of quality art/culture being produced but over a few decades is averages out fairly constant. The amount of utter shit being produced on top of that has been growing at an increasing rate.

>>2523329
>The amount of utter shit being produced on top of that has been growing at an increasing rate.
Not true; the difference is accessibility compared to >20 years ago.

>Grows up in the golden age of vidya, where companies actually took risks on things they thought would be cool or fun instead of playing the adam sandler card
>Has some of the best vidya ever made and can remember a much longer period of how good gaming was than I can since I came in on the tail end of it all
Shut the fuck up, I'm only 22 and only have about a decade and a half of memories reminding me what it was like.
Be glad you have what you got man

>>2518309
>do you look young brah? as long as you look young and handsome you're good to go.
WTF, that's not even wrong! If you look freakishly young, you can't look handsome, you can only look "pretty". Besides, who wants to look faggy anyway, except those with juvenile/vapid and faggy minds?

>>2523336
That could be. Obviously any fool being able to put their shit online means it's more accessible. But I think it also encourages more people to produce shit.

>>2523227
I also find modern stuff boring, especially the infatuation with 3D, HD, and all the other baggage that goes with AAA titles and franchises.

There's a lot more interesting things going on in indie scene, homebrew scene, and of course retro-coding scene. Those guys don't have millions of dollar budgets, but they're not afraid to try different things instead of relying on advanced graphics. They make a game, if it works out then great, if not they ok just try something else. There's no huge investment of time and money, no need to play it safe and conservative to make sure enough people buy the game.

Anyway, you probably haven't played ALL the retro games yet. Instead of watching movies, you can try other old games and platforms.

This "dream-like game" in pic is Alpha Waves (aka Continuum), because only the oldest retro 3D games are interesting to me anymore. The ones that run on 8 or 16 bit machines and require a lot of creativity and careful coding and hacks to pull off. Those are a lot more interesting than just another modern game that offloads its work to latest nvidia GPU.

>>2518238
Yeah, and when I browse this I feel like people would think I am stuck in childhood and am a pedo.

I don't know... I search teens in pron ventures. Is that bad?

>>2523439
I'm 29 and still look early 20's according to everyone. Most people say 24, some say 21. Feels so damn fucking good. I'm attractive, too, and still get attention from 18 year old hotties. Pretty much winning. I just hope I keep my hair (so far so good) and hope it all suddenly doesn't go to shit one day. Some people suddenly hit a brick wall or some shite, don't want that to happen to me. I wanna be young forever. I hate the idea of aging.

>>2524859
*Used to have that pretty boy twink look btw. When I was 18 I looked much younger, always looked a bit young for my age. I don't have quite that rugged handsome look now but I think I'm aging well. Most pretty boys end up getting fucked in the looks department when they get a bit older but my transition seemed alright.

>>2518953

/v/ has pikmin threads from time to time. They're about as slow as /vr/ threads and they're pretty civil so it works out anyway. You just have to wade through columns of shitposts to find anything good .

>>2524859
>>2524862
Cool video game blog, bro.

>>2518238
Could be worse. You could be conversing with a bunch of autistic spazoids, contemplating the existence of the big names in the industry, and convinced that if you buy more of the content online for the game already in your hands, it suddenly makes it worthwhile and a sudden 8/10 or 9.5/10 game. In other words, /v/.

>>2524894
I'm 69 and still look early 50's according to everyone. Most people say 54, some say 51. Feels so damn fucking good. I'm attractive, too, and still get attention from 8 year old lolis. Pretty much winning. I just hope I keep my hair (what's left of it anyway) and hope it all suddenly doesn't go to shit one day. Some people suddenly hit a brick wall or some shite, don't want that to happen to me. I wanna be young forever. I hate the idea of aging.

>>2524936
>You could be conversing with a bunch of autistic spazoids
but he's already posting on /vr/

>>2518238
we are growing older, bro. nothing to be ashamed of.

i remember my 10-year-old self happily playing sega with nothing to worry about: loving parents, a house and a lot of people around who really cared about me.

now when i look into the mirror, i see some stranger, depressed, 'pc master race', unsatisfied in life, false friend, unsuccesful economics graduate...no sega.

time passes by too quickly. i wish i could turn back time, even if it was for just one day.

>>2523206
He's right though, games are shit now. I can still find games from the PS2 era and earlier that I've never played before and enjoy them, but nothing new interests me. There hasn't been one game to come out this year that I've felt I must play. The industry is stagnant and it's not that I'm old because I still enjoy video games, it's that what is being pushed now is pretty much shit.

>>2524967
I'm 16 and still look preteen according to everyone. Most people say 12, some say 11. Feels so damn fucking good. I'm attractive, too, and still get attention from 80 year olds. Pretty much winning. I just hope I don't grow hair and hope it all suddenly doesn't go to shit one day. Some people suddenly hit a brick wall or some shite, don't want that to happen to me. I wanna be a loli forever. I hate the idea of aging.

We should hook up.