tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post4524495605476794717..comments2024-01-08T13:20:56.857-05:00Comments on Culture kills... wait, I mean cutlery: Retro Gaming NostalgiaMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-75599294589476626272011-05-11T20:20:03.719-04:002011-05-11T20:20:03.719-04:00I know there are younguns who actively seek out ol...I know there are younguns who actively seek out old games and play them, so I am not ripping on them... it is just the ones appropriating retro gaming for the geek chic of it.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-79723133885966488162011-05-07T01:29:46.562-04:002011-05-07T01:29:46.562-04:00I get irritated when 20 something's claim Leis...I get irritated when 20 something's claim Leisure Suit Larry and King's Quest. I remember when their immediate sequels were actually released so please don't ask if I've heard of them or claim some special connection to them when you weren't even born yet!?!?<br /><br />Now where's my slippers, pipe and why are those goddamn kids on my lawn!?!?<br /><br />It's the t-shirt mentality that actually irritates me, retro prints for kids who have no idea what they represent. So I get 100% what you're saying but as Arjan illustrates by his very existence there are exceptions.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164204470792951041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-49892177227933806922011-05-05T22:09:24.295-04:002011-05-05T22:09:24.295-04:00Arjan: Mario Kart is certainly iconic in its own r...Arjan: Mario Kart is certainly iconic in its own right. <br /><br />Madgestic: It is a pleasure to meet you and I am glad to know I am not alone on this. Granted when I was a teen in the early 1990's, there was a huge 60's boom, so I guess this 1980's thing is an extension of that these days. (and it seems sort of funny that BTTF 2 figured that out in theory).MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-23559175037139766002011-05-05T12:56:12.069-04:002011-05-05T12:56:12.069-04:00I've been thinking about it too, and I don'...I've been thinking about it too, and I don't think it's one upmanship (not that you were suggesting such a thing). I wonder if, at a certain age, people feel that the past that's just out of reach is more 'real'. I work in an office surrounded by 20 year olds who honestly think the eighties were the golden age of cinema.<br /><br />It works the other way though. As a terribly old lady, rather than bemoan the Goonies-loving ways of my otherwise awesome co-workers, I instead get SUPER-EXCITED if I wisely say "I got to the end of Nodes of Yesod" and they know what I'm talking about... :)Madgestichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557494950844112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-5761735509807785922011-05-05T06:27:36.391-04:002011-05-05T06:27:36.391-04:00I think you're on point for the Mario thing (d...I think you're on point for the Mario thing (don't know the other stuff) though. I only played Mario on the super nintendo at a friend's place and the same goes for some Mario Kart variants and I watched various tv-series but I never played it on the gameboy or had a console at home where I spent many an hour getting through the levels.<br /><br />I'm sure I'm not alone. Most people probably only played mario karts (similar to me) or started with the new series on the Wii.Arjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889112872843077825noreply@blogger.com