RetroGaming

Bro that's so last century

I understand saying you don't feel like 2010 is retro, but 1998? That's been retro for a long time. You're in a really extreme place in your head when you stick to not calling something that's 25 years old retro.

Bro, 2010 is retro now

Bro, we lost that fight. I was watching a Youtube video of a guy clearing games from his Steam backlog and introduced one with, "So, many of you watching probably weren't alive when this game came out. Everyone talks about what a classic this is, but I don't think I've met anyone who has actually played this game."

I died a little inside when it turned out he was talking about the first Half-Life.

If in 1998 you would have argued that 1972 is retro, then I'm sorry to tell you that 1998 is retro

Hell, I can remember when the word retro meant something new inspired by something older. Now it just means old / classic.

Hate to break it to you, but they play rock from the 90s and 00s on the CLASSIC rock stations now.

If you really want to get depressed, Farmville is probably retro for some people.

You mean the late 1900's

You and me both, but to be fair it's a year closer to the creation of console gaming to modern day. So I'll let it pass.

People who call my music vintage or classic can get right the fuck back, though.

Those few years between 1992-1998 were as .. game-changing .. for games as probably the two decades that followed. We started it with side scrollers, Dune and Doom and ended it with Diablo II, StarCraft and Half-Life.

For the kids here who haven't experienced Half-Life, you should play Black Mesa. For the retro farts who have played Half-Life, you should also play Black Mesa. It's the Half-Life you couldn't have in 1998 because of the slow hardware. I weeped from feels playing it.