Im sorry, lol but this video has really given me a tearjerker moment! So Geek Squad tells me, a classic golden age gamer that arcades had to die to bring me such wonderful artistic treasures like world of warcraft?
First of all the actors depicted in this video weren't either born when the golden age occured, or were not old enough to enjoy their true elegence and simplicity. So frankly without an understudy of the "old school" their load of hooey is simply a disrespect to the talent of Nolan Bushnell, Steve Kitchen, and other CLASSIC legends!!
Please, the death of arcades? the only reason classic arcades died in America was because of the need for EYE CANDY, visual and aural stimulation taking over the simplicity of the past. I daresay most of the young have no appreciation for the classics as this video demonstrates, fancy studios replacing good old fasioned computer programming by dedicated individuals, simple joysticks replaced by complex monstrosities of control that would make a Boeing 777 cockpit look inadequate.
This is the future people? this is what classic arcades died for? To insure the younger generation locks itself in a graphic induced cage not even to practice simple socializing outside of their homes? I used to LOVE going to the arcades not just to play games, but to also have fun with something that resembles a real human being!! Wow what a concept huh? Cant have that now in the "World of Warcraft", oh no, pay your 50 bucks, your online fee and your internet subscription and you can be a color soaked zombie as well who never sees for the most part another human being.
At least the classic arcades provided something no home console could match today, it was called appeal!!! It wasnt all sleezy dives, and in deference to some on this silly and pointless video, it was nice being able to let your parents shop and you kept pumping the old game at the grocery store with quarters!!!
I guess this is what you can expect from a rapidly deteriorating society who craves mindless drecks over true honest gaming, but then again I guess I am a bit biased, I do own Pac Man, Missile Command, Gorf, and several other classic arcade machines, and as long as people like me buy and restore these treasures, at least if the arcades die, their legacy will live on in the machines we labor to restore!!!
Just an opinion from a keeper of the last flickers of the "Golden Age" sorry you couldn't buy us with your expensive eye candy and miserable gameplay. But please, get your facts straight! Numbers, dates, they are irrelevant in the face of an industry who frakly, caters to no one but the mindless legions of fanatical nerds who will tell you their graphics chip can process a zillion colors a second or can make Bart Simpson fart 3 times faster than last years model. Do you really care about statistics that much? or do you feel big numbers will lead credibility to your storyline? It doesnt
Play Value - The Death of Arcades
Im sorry, lol but this video has really given me a tearjerker moment! So Geek Squad tells me, a classic golden age gamer that arcades had to die to bring me such wonderful artistic treasures like world of warcraft?
First of all the actors depicted in this video weren't either born when the golden age occured, or were not old enough to enjoy their true elegence and simplicity. So frankly without an understudy of the "old school" their load of hooey is simply a disrespect to the talent of Nolan Bushnell, Steve Kitchen, and other CLASSIC legends!!
Please, the death of arcades? the only reason classic arcades died in America was because of the need for EYE CANDY, visual and aural stimulation taking over the simplicity of the past. I daresay most of the young have no appreciation for the classics as this video demonstrates, fancy studios replacing good old fasioned computer programming by dedicated individuals, simple joysticks replaced by complex monstrosities of control that would make a Boeing 777 cockpit look inadequate.
This is the future people? this is what classic arcades died for? To insure the younger generation locks itself in a graphic induced cage not even to practice simple socializing outside of their homes? I used to LOVE going to the arcades not just to play games, but to also have fun with something that resembles a real human being!! Wow what a concept huh? Cant have that now in the "World of Warcraft", oh no, pay your 50 bucks, your online fee and your internet subscription and you can be a color soaked zombie as well who never sees for the most part another human being.
At least the classic arcades provided something no home console could match today, it was called appeal!!! It wasnt all sleezy dives, and in deference to some on this silly and pointless video, it was nice being able to let your parents shop and you kept pumping the old game at the grocery store with quarters!!!
I guess this is what you can expect from a rapidly deteriorating society who craves mindless drecks over true honest gaming, but then again I guess I am a bit biased, I do own Pac Man, Missile Command, Gorf, and several other classic arcade machines, and as long as people like me buy and restore these treasures, at least if the arcades die, their legacy will live on in the machines we labor to restore!!!
Just an opinion from a keeper of the last flickers of the "Golden Age" sorry you couldn't buy us with your expensive eye candy and miserable gameplay. But please, get your facts straight! Numbers, dates, they are irrelevant in the face of an industry who frakly, caters to no one but the mindless legions of fanatical nerds who will tell you their graphics chip can process a zillion colors a second or can make Bart Simpson fart 3 times faster than last years model. Do you really care about statistics that much? or do you feel big numbers will lead credibility to your storyline? It doesnt
Thanks for the rant!!