Quote from: gats on January 31, 2017, 01:58:02 AM

Most probably say this because of the nostalgia they have for the games they played when they were young however it does makes sense to encourage kids to play older games, the simpler controls and visuals is a lot easier for them to grasp.

The visuals are horribly ugly and a lot of older games have clunky controls.

Have you ever played a super nintendo or N64? The visuals are simple not ugly and as for the controls I never had a problem.

Some old games have aged better than others

MGS1 and Ocarina of Time still function nicely

Quote from: gats on January 31, 2017, 01:58:02 AM

Most probably say this because of the nostalgia they have for the games they played when they were young however it does makes sense to encourage kids to play older games, the simpler controls and visuals is a lot easier for them to grasp.

The visuals are horribly ugly and a lot of older games have clunky controls.

oh don't be silly

Obviously, if you're introducing your hypothetical child to some OG games, you're not gonna have him play something that looks and controls like shit. You're gonna have him play a game that's stood the test of time, like Mario, Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda.

The only games from those four franchises I would say have "ugly visuals" are the original Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 64, the original Legend of Zelda, and to an extent, Ocarina of Time, which admittedly all look quite dated--but to say that any of them have clunky controls would just be a lie. They're like butter, even 30 years later.

You're right about one thing, at least: N64 games tend to age the worst. People are trying to say that Ocarina still functions well, and I totally disagree--I respect Ocarina's importance to the industry, but it's easily the GoldenEye 64 of action-adventure games. In that it aged like piss. Meanwhile, a Link to the Past has aged like fine wine.

OT:
I've never heard anybody say this, but I don't see any issue at all with getting your kid to play older games. Especially because a lot of great games were released during that era. You shouldn't force them, obviously, but again, I've never even heard of such a thing. Chances are, they weren't being all that serious.

I find your dismissive attitude towards retro games kind of irritating, actually--if you played something like Metroid, I think you might actually like it.

Quote from: Branches/Bones on January 30, 2017, 07:26:05 PM

Fair enough but I just don't see why it would matter at all. If your partner has a dick and you do too it would just make sense to say you're gay. I would. Saying otherwise just makes you seem insecure about it.

Dicks can be ignored.

Yeah sure I guess but trying to put off that you date a girl who has a dick and you're not gay just seems disingenuous. Obviously you don't give a fuck what the person you're attracted to is and a label shouldn't bother you.

Also welcome back

Ok my memories of Ocarina seem a bit tinted because I don't remember the text being this obnoxiously slow

I gave up half way through on my recent playthrough, it did not age well at all.

D-pads can go fuck themselves tbh, except for fighting games.

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on February 02, 2017, 09:45:56 AM

Just stopping by to say that liking traps isn't gay, it's actually more heterosexual than liking girls.

And my traditional white children will grow up on traditional honorary Aryan games  such as Crash Bandicoot, the OG Spyro trilogy, Super Mario Bros, and of course, Artificial Academy 2.

You're not Aryan.

Well according to an angry Jewish Austrian with a micropenis I am. Jews are smart people too, they have to be to run the world from the shadows, so I'd trust them on this.

Only gay people think traps are gay.