Aliens: Colonial Marines. The realization a couple decades later that I used a wormhole to troll myself will be so worth it.
You just found a wormhole into your bedroom when you were 8 years old.
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I'd show myself Bloodborne. Better get yourself damn ready, kid. You ain't gonna be no casual. Also, cool Gothic art style. I was getting into Castlevania pretty soon after I was eight years old, so I'm sure I'd eat that shit up. I still do now.
I'd probably show young me a screenshot of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The point of this is to tell young me that in the future, he will love being afraid.
Lucky 8 year old me! He loved that game! Still one of my all-time favourite RPGs.Javetts Eall Raksha said:
I'd send a screenshot/video from the FIFA 2014 World Cup video game and in the screenshot you seen that Germany has won the world cup in a game against Argentina. Hopefully my 8 year old self will be able to figure out the meaning behind it and bet on Germany to win the 2014 World Cup when the time comes.
Street fighter 4.
Look, i know you played fighting games with you dad for shits and giggles, but he knows a lot more about street fighter than he lets on. Lesrn to play well, and make a living going to tournaments. AND STOP CRYING SO DAMN MUCH!
Look, i know you played fighting games with you dad for shits and giggles, but he knows a lot more about street fighter than he lets on. Lesrn to play well, and make a living going to tournaments. AND STOP CRYING SO DAMN MUCH!
I wouldn't show my younger self any screenshots or video at all. Instead I would give him good advice.
Younger me was negligent. So I'd tell my 8 year old self to not throw away boxes and manuals. To not leave cartridges and (especially) discs lying around unprotected. To handle consoles and controllers with care and give them a good cleaning once in a while. I have a decent retro collection, but part of it I had to rebuild. I wouldn't have had to if I had taken better care of my stuff back then.
I'd also give him a list of great games that he should get, so he'll be able to experience them 'in the moment' instead of much later as I have. Also so I won't waste time and money playing bad purchases. This was before the internet, so the only ways to know if a game was good were a) magazines, b) recommendations from friends [footnote]Except I was sort of the only gamer I knew back then and the 'friends recommendation' method is not foolproof either[/footnote]or c) playing the game.
Younger me was negligent. So I'd tell my 8 year old self to not throw away boxes and manuals. To not leave cartridges and (especially) discs lying around unprotected. To handle consoles and controllers with care and give them a good cleaning once in a while. I have a decent retro collection, but part of it I had to rebuild. I wouldn't have had to if I had taken better care of my stuff back then.
I'd also give him a list of great games that he should get, so he'll be able to experience them 'in the moment' instead of much later as I have. Also so I won't waste time and money playing bad purchases. This was before the internet, so the only ways to know if a game was good were a) magazines, b) recommendations from friends [footnote]Except I was sort of the only gamer I knew back then and the 'friends recommendation' method is not foolproof either[/footnote]or c) playing the game.
Hahahaha, that legit made me laugh pretty hard...lax4life said:A promotional screenshot of Skyrim with a smaller picture paper clipped to it with a message written on it.
Although, I'd probably replace that with a screenshot of Fable and Peter Molyneaux's face attached to it with a similar message... maybe add some more expletives in there.
So wait, how does this work? Can we both see each others' receptive side? Otherwise one of us had to traverse the wormhole. If younger me comes though, what happens if I decide not to let him leave (someone's got to see if the parallel realities exist). Also, if we have time to find/make a 30 sec clip of our chosen game, wouldn't it be more advantageous to just give our younger selves our machine? Personally, I'd just start tossing all my favorite completed books series through.
OT: My eight year old self had terrible taste in games. Nothing short of 5 mins to truely show what make any game great would be able to convince him there are better games/genres out there.
OT: My eight year old self had terrible taste in games. Nothing short of 5 mins to truely show what make any game great would be able to convince him there are better games/genres out there.
I've actually never played any Molyneux games so I'd assume my past self will follow the same path. One less person to warn him about.Jaeke said:Hahahaha, that legit made me laugh pretty hard...lax4life said:A promotional screenshot of Skyrim with a smaller picture paper clipped to it with a message written on it.
Although, I'd probably replace that with a screenshot of Fable and Peter Molyneaux's face attached to it with a similar message... maybe add some more expletives in there.
Bro you're thinking way too hard about this.vashthblackseed said:
You walk into your bedroom when you're eight, and you see yourself standing there.
You have 30 seconds before you get sucked back into your own timeline and can't ever go back again.
What game would you shove a picture of in his/her confused, maybe even horrified face before being sucked back into a inter-dimensional cosmic anomaly.
None. I would tell him about all the practices in gaming at this point and what Microsoft DID to gaming with the Xbone in an attempt to scare him straight. Yeah! I would play dirty! I would tell him they pulled it off!
Kill his love and hope for gaming and tell him to get into working out early. Pick up a sport, more books.
Then again...I couldn't actually read at that point. Damn you ADD, you're a cruel mistress! Yep, Chester here was a short bus kid (even though I was only ever once on a short bus and that was for-fuck it)
"For the love of god kid! You better not eat one more fucking Happy Meal or I will come back and beat myself and I don't even care if I end up breaking one of my own bones!"
Kill his love and hope for gaming and tell him to get into working out early. Pick up a sport, more books.
Then again...I couldn't actually read at that point. Damn you ADD, you're a cruel mistress! Yep, Chester here was a short bus kid (even though I was only ever once on a short bus and that was for-fuck it)
"For the love of god kid! You better not eat one more fucking Happy Meal or I will come back and beat myself and I don't even care if I end up breaking one of my own bones!"
can I choose not to show any gaming stuff to my past self and instead give life advice? I would tell my past self our sister is right we should attack that bully but go for the balls not the face XD (could save myself years of therapy)
(also my 8 year old self did not play video games yet I started around 9-10)
(also my 8 year old self did not play video games yet I started around 9-10)
