Start a board for millennials to talk to each other?

[kuroro]

Basically a board for 30+ people who grew up with most of the games hosted on CD Romance. Not saying people should have to be age checked or whatever. Just a board nominally for the older posters to congregate on and discuss games if they choose.

 

[diet_orange]

At least it wasn't a great grandfather's

BACK IN MY DAY, WE HAD CHARACTERS BLOCKIER THAN SIN AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY! ANYTHING THAT WASN'T 3D WAS DEAD TO US!!

 

[Boofytan]

What about good old corruption of the youth?
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I'm old enough to have known him. Let's just say don't meet your heroes...

 

[bjork]

BACK IN MY DAY, WE HAD CHARACTERS BLOCKIER THAN SIN AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY! ANYTHING THAT WASN'T 3D WAS DEAD TO US!!

Come here and let me tell you a tale about games that came on cassette tapes

 

[χKai]

Adult section?

 

[diet_orange]

Adult section?

 

[χKai]

Not that adult

 

[diet_orange]

Come here and let me tell you a tale about games that came on cassette tapes

I would honestly rather go back to dial-up than have to wait 15 damn minutes for a game to load (though I have sometimes had to wait almost an hour or two for a game to download off steam). It's amazing what the human mind can tolerate

 

[bjork]

I would honestly rather go back to dial-up than have to wait 15 damn minutes for a game to load (though I have sometimes had to wait almost an hour or two for a game to download off steam). It's amazing what the human mind can tolerate

I don't know that it's a good thing, but I feel like those long load times taught me to multitask. Like, "oh, I'm booting up [whatever game]" let me read part of this comic or fold my laundry"

 

[diet_orange]

I don't know that it's a good thing, but I feel like those long load times taught me to multitask. Like, "oh, I'm booting up [whatever game]" let me read part of this comic or fold my laundry"

There's an old episode of this Podcast I used to listen to, "Retroforce Go!" that had an episode about the C64. Basically one of the hosts went and made himself a sandwich during load times

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