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It's all the lead dumplingsDon't worry about lonesage right now, he's just grumpy from all the MSG this last 7 days
It's all the lead dumplingsDon't worry about lonesage right now, he's just grumpy from all the MSG this last 7 days
I'm always shocked when people talk about being ashamed of being into games growing up. If you had friends that shit on you for that then they weren't worth being friends with.
All of my friends were into gaming to at least some degree growing up. Even in high school when people seem to be the most self conscious and eager to pretend to be adults and separate themselves what they perceived to be childish or dorky. We spent tons of time playing all sorts of consoles and going to the arcade on a fairly regular basis. We also skateboarded, did graffiti, went to tons of parties, chased girls did a bunch of drugs and general fucking around.
Nobody I hung out with ever felt judged for being into games. It was just a natural part of what we all did and we never thought twice about it. When I hear people talk about being ashamed and judged for it it just seems so weird to me.
now you've got a massive collection of games but no real life skills because you spent all your free time working and then buying games from grown men on the internet.
I feel good nowadays. I even play my emubox Switch during lunch break in the office with people coming and going. Whatever hangups I had in childhood about gaming remained there.Just kidding... but I hope you don't feel like that nowadays.
A good friend of mine was a massive gamer in the 90s like I was. But I went down the arcade path, and he the PC path. He got deep into Doom and Quake mods and such, and had never heard of the Neo Geo, Street Fighter 3, shooters, etc, until I showed them to him. We both have consoles in common though.Gaming evolved and went into various directions.
This. It's a double edged sword when you do find an adult that "knows" something about classic games - it's usually an insufferable interaction.I gave up a long time ago the idea of finding someone who was into all this old japanese shit. But the funny thing is when I did happen to come across a few people I hated every minute of it. They were too deep in man, too far gone. The kind of people that go to Japan and spend a week or two going between their hotel room and arcades and nothing else.
When two nerds who are accustomed to being the alpha clash, it wont't end well.I gave up a long time ago the idea of finding someone who was into all this old japanese shit. But the funny thing is when I did happen to come across a few people I hated every minute of it. They were too deep in man, too far gone. The kind of people that go to Japan and spend a week or two going between their hotel room and arcades and nothing else.
I gave up a long time ago the idea of finding someone who was into all this old japanese shit. But the funny thing is when I did happen to come across a few people I hated every minute of it. They were too deep in man, too far gone. The kind of people that go to Japan and spend a week or two going between their hotel room and arcades and nothing else.