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Subject: Re: Old Games For The Win
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:25:09 -0500
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Zaghadka wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:27 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:46:44 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>> Tangentially related:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pp6yfJmKFg
>>
>> (okay, not really. It's a brief comedy skit about a guy realizing
>> games he enjoyed in his youth are now considered old. I found it
>> amusing. But it's games that aren't new, and I didn't want to start an
>> entirely new post just for the link, so I'm sticking it here ;-)
>>
>> (This video doesn't have as much impact on me as it might once have,
>> just because I'm long past the point where I've realized all the
>> things I've enjoyed in the past are considered long out of date.
>> Nowadays I'm more surprised when things I liked are still enjoyed by
>> youngsters.  ;-)
>>
> Gaming in your 30s? Really? Try gaming after 45, when all your twitch
> skills have completely left you and you can't beat the AI in a button
> mashing contest any more.

I'm 51 and still have my twitch.  It requires nothing more unusual than 
practice.  I was showing off in Street Fighter V to my black friend 
Louis Shields then he said "okay then, win it with Dhalsim," and I took 
out Dhalsim and proceeded to tear that whole town down.

-- 
Wears a paper bag like ab oxygeb mask
till your mibd starts to gel
'Cause the ball in the can has a crazy beat
The funky dyin brain cell