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Xxain said:
Cirio said:
Sounds good. Just so you know, I'm not looking for an argument. A civilized discussion without calling anyone "blind sheeps" would be appreciated.


lol.. you cant knock on Xxain's door and only come halfway in, its in or out. So I cannot make a promise on your terms. Now I got 5 page to write b4 class tomorrow and as always VGC takes to much of my attention. so if you'll Xxcuse.

Sounds good. Remeber to spell excuse with an "e" in your paper.



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I'm only 17 and all those points are true for me.



leatherhat said:
You're not old, modern games just suck.


I'm inclined to agree with this.



d21lewis said:
I clicked on the link (didn't even know the OP had a lot of info in it) and read the two pages there. It hit the nail on the head, to be honest. I feel like crying.


Indeed, especially the part with the kids got me.......

And even weirder, I watch my kids play games now that barely have a story at all, yet they're transfixed. It's almost like they're seeing something I'm not. For instance, I let my kids mess around in a Grand Theft Auto game (supervised) and the first thing my son does is steal an ambulance. My youngest daughter then pretended to be injured and dialed him on her pretend cellphone. He drove the ambulance around town until she told him, "I'm there on that next block." He'd then pull over and pretend to pick her up... and drive her to the actual in-game hospital. The whole trip, he'd bark out things he'd heard on medical dramas and pretend to save her.





 

Yep, looking at those five reasons I can tell you that I am ancient.

That's why the kids call me Gramp316.



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Seems more like a rant about the problems with modern video games, rather than an article about how you can know if you've 'outgrown' video games.



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spurgeonryan said:
Or the way I can tell is that I hardly play games anymore. Goldeneye wii for 20 minutes 5 days ago for the first time in months.

Yes, this is actually a good point.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

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You know guys, I don't think this article was actually trying to call us old. It was just trying to note some of the problems in the industry today without using the generic "5 things wrong with Gaming" title. I guess by saying people are too old, they are implying that gaming has changed and anyone who craves ol' school gaming elements shall be disappointed from now on. Thus, saying gaming just isn't for them anymore, which isn't a good thing for gaming.



Jay520 said:
You know guys, I don't think this article was actually trying to call us old. It was just trying to note some of the problems in the industry today without using the generic "5 things wrong with Gaming" title. I guess by saying people are too old, they are implying that gaming has changed and anyone who craves ol' school gaming elements shall be disappointed from now on. Thus, saying gaming just isn't for them anymore, which isn't a good thing for gaming.


Oh, so it means that we should change with the times or move on. 

I need to stop headbanging in the car to Ozzy... 



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Xxain said:
I read this ... this is more 5 reasons why gaming sucks than why we are too old.


i agree with this.

but gaming as a whole sucks seems like you're not playing much games, or atleast just playing the most popular ones. the least popular ones are great (i think you know that already)