For me it's anything prior to 360/PS3, because from then on the graphical and gameplay leaps have been incremental compared to what came before. You really don't consider N64 or PSX retro?
I often thing about this. Technology moved so fast in those days and then it sort of plateaued. Things are certainly getting more powerful of course but nothing like that old generational leap we used to feel.
I think it's also a testament to the age of the medium as well. Most gaming fans are young gen xers or millennials. The medium grew up with its fanbase and with that comes the perspective of a youth. A 7 year old looks back at their preschool years like ancient history, a teen the same of grade school. Combined with how antiquated the tech was it felt holder. Median gamer age is rising and if you ask a 35 year old about when they were 25 it would feel a lot closer.
For your viewing pleasure. The channel it's uploaded on isn't the original creator, but the original video is taken down temporarily (along with the rest of their content, unfortunately), so this is all I got. But I definitely recommend checking out their channel once they're back up, if you're not already familiar!
I never watched it as a kid, I enjoyed watching them later, with watching the second for the first time last year. Enjoyed the game and the latest sequel too.
Hey, before the internet, "memes" had to last for a long time. She's just showing off how environmentally conscious she is by not throwing that one out yet.
Some propaganda training meeting at the office and there were treats to eat. One of the guys grabbed an apple pie and had a bite, but it also had lime in it so he said
Coworker: "Yuck, I hate lime with apple"
Me: "I guess you prefer your lime in the coconut."
...
Coworker: "I've never had lime with coconut before."
Works the other way around too. If you're the only one in the room actually keeping up with pop culture, because everyone else is just too old to care.
Being a boomer is a mental state, change my mind lmao.
Yeah, but the longer you have to wait to find someone who gets it the sweeter that moment is. I'll go a good decade not working with anyone who knows a damn thing about Starship Troopers, but when I do... That's a good, knee-slapping lunch we'll have before one of us quits to never be seen again.
I watched casablanca for the first time this year in the cinema for an anniversary release. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Paving is a bit off line a lot of films from back then, specifically around the flashback section. But it didn't stop me from enjoying it as a whole.
Never give up. Never surrender.
By Grabthar's Hammer... What a savings.
Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it's stupid, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?
Come on, Galaxy Quest is only... 24 years old. God damn.
It still holds though! It doesn't look a 90's movie. Like Starship Troopers it's got a "could have been made any year" quality
You are our last hope!
That movie where the guy gets trained by the ghost of Bruce Lee to fight Van Damme?
The Wii is retro gaming. Let that sink in.
I think my mind is frozen in time, because the line for what is "retro" to me is solidly between the transition from 2D to 3D.
For me it's anything prior to 360/PS3, because from then on the graphical and gameplay leaps have been incremental compared to what came before. You really don't consider N64 or PSX retro?
Hmm, I guess N64 would be to me. Maybe because I didn't have PlayStations (went from Nintendo to Xbox), they all seem more modern to me.
Maybe it's more accurate to draw my mental line as cartridge consoles vs CDs.
We called the NES retro gaming when the N64 was out. The PS3 is retro gaming, too. So GTA5 and Skyrim are retro re-releases.
I often thing about this. Technology moved so fast in those days and then it sort of plateaued. Things are certainly getting more powerful of course but nothing like that old generational leap we used to feel.
I think it's also a testament to the age of the medium as well. Most gaming fans are young gen xers or millennials. The medium grew up with its fanbase and with that comes the perspective of a youth. A 7 year old looks back at their preschool years like ancient history, a teen the same of grade school. Combined with how antiquated the tech was it felt holder. Median gamer age is rising and if you ask a 35 year old about when they were 25 it would feel a lot closer.
Yup. The 360 came out 15 years before the Series X was released, yet the graphics improvement from 2005 - 2020 is minuscule compared to 1990 - 2005.
I thought the PS5 felt like more of a generational leap than the PS4 did.
I feel like the jump from the PS360 to the PS4/One was reliability.
I didn't spend too much time with the PS4, but it felt like there was less crashing, and better console reliability.
Is be inclined to agree with that
The day I added a GameCube to my retro setup was the day I accepted everyone gets old eventually.
I bought a Myoomini plus and that's the retrogaming I need and doesn't hurt at all.
Stop trying to make "fetch" happen!
We’re not worthy!
"He's old, get him!"
Send him to Carousel.
Did this once with a Soylent Green reference. I wasn't even the oldest person there and nobody knew what I was talking about.
"What's with lgmjon64 hating soy or something?"
No, (s)he said something about people, I think @[email protected] just hates everyone...
You know what the problem was? It's people.
Roads!? Where we're going we don't need roads...
You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!
No truth-handler, you! Bah, I deride your truth-handling abilities!
I can hear this sentence. I always loved the cadence Grammer gave to the reading.
For your viewing pleasure. The channel it's uploaded on isn't the original creator, but the original video is taken down temporarily (along with the rest of their content, unfortunately), so this is all I got. But I definitely recommend checking out their channel once they're back up, if you're not already familiar!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
For your viewing pleasure.
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Haha I love There I Ruined It, thanks for sharing!
I work with people who haven't even seen fucking Ghostbusters.
It's a painful existence to feel this old, but I console myself with the knowledge that most of them will be renting until they're about 60.
I knew my time was up when most of my coworkers hadn't seen Shawshank Redemption. Watching that was just the cost of being bored in the late 90s.
Jesus, I know we're getting to be bitter curmudgeons, but that's just sadistic.
I never watched it as a kid, I enjoyed watching them later, with watching the second for the first time last year. Enjoyed the game and the latest sequel too.
Found Walter Peck's Lemmy account.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
They said you was hung.
And they was right.
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
Tell them I said "ow," got it!
More beans, Mr Taggart?
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
You're the man now, dawg ahahahhh owww
I'll have what she's having
We had a teacher make a "Bueller? Bueller?" reference once. You could see her die inside when we didn't laugh.
It's not like we didn't get it, it just wasn't funny. I don't know if that would have made it worse for her.
Hey, before the internet, "memes" had to last for a long time. She's just showing off how environmentally conscious she is by not throwing that one out yet.
Not a movie but a song reference tale of woe:
Some propaganda training meeting at the office and there were treats to eat. One of the guys grabbed an apple pie and had a bite, but it also had lime in it so he said
Coworker: "Yuck, I hate lime with apple"
Me: "I guess you prefer your lime in the coconut."
...
Coworker: "I've never had lime with coconut before."
Me: sigh
Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?
Because it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more.
The painted man! He haunts my dreams.
Allah loves wondrous variety!
Me pointing out that one character from world war z that uses a crowbar as weapon looks like Gordon Freeman, the whole class not understanding at all.
He hasn't been in a game for 16 years, so it makes sense.
I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Your winnings, sir
He got better...
A WITCH!
BURN HER!
Works the other way around too. If you're the only one in the room actually keeping up with pop culture, because everyone else is just too old to care.
Being a boomer is a mental state, change my mind lmao.
I'm not even old but I like watching older stuff. In my college, whenever I try to reference Seinfeld or IT Crowd nobody gets it.
Yeah, but the longer you have to wait to find someone who gets it the sweeter that moment is. I'll go a good decade not working with anyone who knows a damn thing about Starship Troopers, but when I do... That's a good, knee-slapping lunch we'll have before one of us quits to never be seen again.
I'm doing my part!
Do you want to know more?
Don't say IT Crowd is old, ugh 💀
Older compared to the shit the new generation nowadays watches. These guys have never heard of shows like 3rd Rock From the Sun or Frasier
Both of those hold up so well too. Just good comedy.
IT Crowd is niche. Casablanca is not niche.
"show me the money Jerry!"
Me ITT: Ok, I got about 3, I'm still young! :D
Meanwhile my film fan brain: Why so few though :.(
You should at least get the Casablanca ones if you're a film fan!
Extremely cold take, but it's a fantastic film.
Shit, it's definitely time for a rewatch 🙈
I watched casablanca for the first time this year in the cinema for an anniversary release. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Paving is a bit off line a lot of films from back then, specifically around the flashback section. But it didn't stop me from enjoying it as a whole.
Leverage
Sorry, that's a bridge too far.
"I am Sancho!"
that's the stuff that dreams are made of
Here's looking at you, baby boo.