Exactly! Pretty much what I've been trying to say in the first page. But I do have to admit, there does seem to be a bigger atmosphere of experimentation with those old games, and we could learn a thing or two from them. Especially, when it comes to an emotional response from the player, I'd like to see games try and…
My Daughter checked out a My Little Pony book at the library. Guess who had to read it to her, me and it wasn't all that bad. I also get to watch Sesame Street with her nearly every day. There will always be Generation gaps between the old and younger crowd.
yup. I don't think old games are in general better than new ones (or vice versa). I just think that both views "everything was better back then" and "everything back then sucked" are equally flawed when you look at games, or art in general (now does anyone want to discuss if games can be art? ;) )
Wow, am I the only one who hopes their kids don't know what DOS is? God, my dad used to try and get me to not bother using a calculator, and use an abacus, and after 30 years I still don't see the point of learning how to use an abacus when we have calculators. And sorry, but 99.99999% of games back then sucked. They…
You are severely limiting your scope of view towards consoles and arcade machines, you are talking as if this was the only market that existed, if you look at the pc you'll see it quite ahead of its time, games with deep stories, very long length and no intention to eat coins. The first person shooters and its birth during…
Fair enough, the important part here is knowing how to actually calculate things, meaning, using your head, which is something that youngsters often skip out on. But there are other scenarios, why should I learn how a camera works when I can just push the button, why learn where electricity comes from when it's right there…
Maybe it's only re-runs but still a fun show. As for old games. While moving from Chicago to Green Bay recently I found my original Command and Conquer DOS disks, C&C win95 versions, moto racer gp for my integraph intense 3d voodoo card, tomb raider 2, delta force, return to castle wolfenstein, rogue squadron... oh so many…
Classics and remade retro games are for our generation. I blitzed through the MegaMan collection for Gamecube, but my godbrother (10 years old at the time) thought it was the lamest thing ever. He thought Contra was repetitive as hell and stupidly hard and boring. HE WAS RIGHT. I don't like it because the AI was retarded,…
Had this conversation yesterday with a 15-year-old Halo / COD:MW / MOH:BO "pro" gamer I'm acquainted with. He's legitimately pretty good at those games, and too smart for his own good, but very much the stereotypical console kiddie FPS fanboi... so I've been trying to broaden his horizons a little and teach him a little of…
Except for maybe Charlie Chaplin, none of those examples are actually "old" They're relatively old compared to how long you've been alive but think about how long people have been writing books, making movies, making music.... we're talking about a span of 130+ years for movies, writing goes back thousands of years, music…