Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:06:46 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Old Games For The Win Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:06:46 +0000 Lines: 44 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-RKItFke0VQgHIsD53kMTf6DKzUdkCUteGwvVPE9J0P4AhNI5dKZ0LfNAekMOhp0iwUhpCX2521N0+Be!8IAiwwKf9BzFQglfXoEF9GNQVR7KTZPqzmHTSWXxoI8zo+yJvE33Pu33lK4KGLx7EISpr7TfkeYH!EeODcvPQ8xfMX1mpsWt6s2mkgc035OV1 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2958 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 > > 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things I've enjoyed in the past are considered long out of date.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. Haha, my twitch skills left after 30! :P Funny, I used to hate turn based games, but I love turn based games. :D > >(although -20 points for the videographer for filming in portrait > >mode.) > > > Geezer. It's a phone video. It's more authentic. Bah, wide screen please. -- "The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot." --Proverbs 10:7. Wicked Ant of the West? Quiet Monday after passing out & waking up early from a slammy world meteorological (Sun)day? Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )