And Japanese. Probably a whole lot of other languages too that I can't remember/don't know about.similar.squirrel said:
The majority of people read left to right. Even the Chinese government has mandated that their writing system be left to right.
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The majority of people read left to right. Even the Chinese government has mandated that their writing system be left to right.
Well, um back in my day I um... Cloud Strife?
No, seriosly, that was the first game I ever played.
No, seriosly, that was the first game I ever played.
you.... you poor thing.Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
*cradles fallen-angel* there there, it's okay. no, no, it's okay, you don't have be afraid. It was a long time ago. Now just close your eyes, and it'll all be over soon. *pulls out knife quietly*
You might as well say "Hey, remember that time when you had to take the chance that games might be a buggy mess of shit, and if it was you had to suck it up and play it anyway?" And then when we got such excellent translations like "all your base are belong to us" and "a winnar is you!" they turned into memes instead of being caught and fixed in a patch? And if your game freezes and dies it wasn't like you could just reset the system from your couch, you had to get up and go bang on the damn thing until the picture returned.RowdyRodimus said:
You damn kids and your need for motion controls and physical interaction - in my day the only way you got physically involved in your game is by pulling the trigger of a big orange gun, and even then you only did it because you were trying to kill the invincible dog. FUCK YOU YOU LOUSY LAUGHING BASTARD!!! RAAAGGGEEEEEE!!!!
You know this is WHAT THE FUCK!gamer_parent said:
LIMIT BREAK! *Uses tomboy powers*
It's funny 'cus I was one at the time.
Sega Genesis? Sega Genesis? Ooh, you young 'uns don't know how lucky you were! In MY day we had to wake up half an hour before we went to bed, eat a handful of hot gravel for our breakfast, work twenty-six hours down t'mill and we still had to wait fifteen minutes for Operation Wolf to load up off of cassette on the village's only ZX Spectrum!gamer_parent said:
I mostly hate how mainstream FPS games have become. They purposefully made them slower, easier, campier- dumbed down- under the guise of "strategy." They throw around buzz words like "realism," "tactical" and "teamwork." But really, it's still just a bunch of kids in a disorganized death match.
Only now, it's boring as hell because everyone is just sitting around, in hiding- because there's snipers, and choppers, and air strikes- oh my.
Run n' Gun arena shooters were and still are King. Just most kids don't understand or realize it because for the past decade, CamperField style crap is what they've grown up on. They wouldn't know a traditional style shooter, like the first FEAR's MP, if it spanked their ass.
I'm pretty sure if you drop me and 7 young kids who've grown up on games like BF and CoD (because these games have the same shooting/moving mechanics and ARE similar even if the maps and features are different) into a Quake 3 arena- I could have them all crying inside of ten minutes; with 100 kills and maybe 2-5 deaths.
Can't do it in games like BF, BFBC2, CoD, MW2- because they don't allow it.
They instill mechanics that purposefully level the playing field so that everyone can find the game enjoyable- no learning curve- just any mouth-breathing downie being able to pick up an xbawks controller (because even on PC games are consolized now) and get some kills and be having "fun."
And why? Why have they reduced FPS gaming to this? To sell more copies.
If they could figure out how to get farmville numbers to play CoD, by dumbing down the FPS aspect even more, without introducing crops to water or a 2D, top-down perspective- they would.
They want to dumb em down so that seniors can play, house wives, the beer-gutted, middle-aged football assholes... if it sold them more copies. Then they want to reskin it 6 months later and call it medal of honor.
I blame Tom Clancy, DICE and the recession.
Only now, it's boring as hell because everyone is just sitting around, in hiding- because there's snipers, and choppers, and air strikes- oh my.
Run n' Gun arena shooters were and still are King. Just most kids don't understand or realize it because for the past decade, CamperField style crap is what they've grown up on. They wouldn't know a traditional style shooter, like the first FEAR's MP, if it spanked their ass.
I'm pretty sure if you drop me and 7 young kids who've grown up on games like BF and CoD (because these games have the same shooting/moving mechanics and ARE similar even if the maps and features are different) into a Quake 3 arena- I could have them all crying inside of ten minutes; with 100 kills and maybe 2-5 deaths.
Can't do it in games like BF, BFBC2, CoD, MW2- because they don't allow it.
They instill mechanics that purposefully level the playing field so that everyone can find the game enjoyable- no learning curve- just any mouth-breathing downie being able to pick up an xbawks controller (because even on PC games are consolized now) and get some kills and be having "fun."
And why? Why have they reduced FPS gaming to this? To sell more copies.
If they could figure out how to get farmville numbers to play CoD, by dumbing down the FPS aspect even more, without introducing crops to water or a 2D, top-down perspective- they would.
They want to dumb em down so that seniors can play, house wives, the beer-gutted, middle-aged football assholes... if it sold them more copies. Then they want to reskin it 6 months later and call it medal of honor.
I blame Tom Clancy, DICE and the recession.
This never would've happened when I was a boy! You kids today and your Xboxes and your video games and your Dolby surround and your motion controls and your save games and your multi player and your 3D and your Sony Playstations and your regenerating health and your voice actors and your story lines...
...your Blu-Ray Discs and your level up and your MMO's and your BFG 9000 and your support characters and your DVD's and your vexels and your phoenix downs and your Gears of War and your Super mario and your rumble feature and your wireless and your Hard disks and your - hey, why did it fade to black? Am I dead?
"No, Gramps, it's just the end of the movie."
Oh, fiddlesticks!
...your Blu-Ray Discs and your level up and your MMO's and your BFG 9000 and your support characters and your DVD's and your vexels and your phoenix downs and your Gears of War and your Super mario and your rumble feature and your wireless and your Hard disks and your - hey, why did it fade to black? Am I dead?
"No, Gramps, it's just the end of the movie."
Oh, fiddlesticks!
Color TV?
That's for rich folks.
$150 for an Atari 2600? Forget it.
Mattel Intellivision and the Magnavox Odyssey 2 are better anyway.
Can't have any of those either.
Buy your own.
So I did...
Your grounded, no games for a month!!!
Swell.
Thanks.
That's for rich folks.
$150 for an Atari 2600? Forget it.
Mattel Intellivision and the Magnavox Odyssey 2 are better anyway.
Can't have any of those either.
Buy your own.
So I did...
Your grounded, no games for a month!!!
Swell.
Thanks.
Here's a genuine one though:
I seriously do dislike how much of a learning curve is built into every game we play now a days. Granted, because I'm familiar enough with the conventions it's not a big deal. But often times, picking up a new game takes a lot longer than it used due to just the amount of stuff you have to manage.
This is pretty much the reason why I'm sometimes still amazed that the fighting game genre is still alive. I once read somewhere that to pick up a new fighting game and be competent in it, it can take anywhere between 3-6 months of study time.
I seriously do dislike how much of a learning curve is built into every game we play now a days. Granted, because I'm familiar enough with the conventions it's not a big deal. But often times, picking up a new game takes a lot longer than it used due to just the amount of stuff you have to manage.
This is pretty much the reason why I'm sometimes still amazed that the fighting game genre is still alive. I once read somewhere that to pick up a new fighting game and be competent in it, it can take anywhere between 3-6 months of study time.
Streets of Rage on the Sega Genesis? Doesn't sound that old to me.
Damnit, how about jumping over endless pits of scorpions and crocodiles whilst dodging rolling barrels and swinging from vines. Now those were the good ol days. Where you could literally count the polygons on the screen.
Damnit, how about jumping over endless pits of scorpions and crocodiles whilst dodging rolling barrels and swinging from vines. Now those were the good ol days. Where you could literally count the polygons on the screen.