Gerin: I think what makes us different is not so much age as mentality. For an average person of teen or twenty-something age, the approach to movies, tv shows, songs, games, etc., is, "If it's older than six months, I'm not interested." We don't have that attitude here because we just don't think that way. Age might be the reason, but who's counting?
I don't think that's the case so much as I
know it is. Mentally, I haven't changed much. I've learned a lot, but I still think and act the same as I have for a very long time. It's the reason people like me didn't get along well in school, you just have a vastly different mentality than most other people, especially in that age group.
KneeTheCap: True. One friend of mine refuses to play games that are older than six months, claiming that no-one plays them anymore and that they are "out-of-fashion"..
That's some pretty shallow thinking, being around friends like that can be hard, especially when it seems like they like nothing that you like, but at this point my circle of friends consists of a rather motley crew of people. I'd like to think (...or is that hope? I should be uncomfortable around people stranger than me.) I'm the weirdest of the bunch, but one of them has mental disabilities and enjoys filling up countless notebooks with drawings of a character he calls "The Jester".
This character comes to Gotham to kill the Joker and control an army of children dressed as clowns to kidnap Robin and fry him piece by piece at a McDonald's that's holding the customers and employees hostage as part of a satanic ritual complete with a pentagram on the ground drawn with ketchup packets (which I can't help but think was the direct result of inspiring him by letting him see the intro of the Taito game "The Ninja Kids"). One particular frame involved Bruce Wayne lying dead on said pentagram, with the Jester dressed in Batman's outfit saying "There are the vilen this town doesnot want!". I laughed, a lot.
...obviously, I value eccentricity. >_>
Oslin007: it is still something "socially forbidden" to play games, in younger ages but perhaps even more so in older. Although this will probably be an anachronistic statement soon. Did you ever think about when you would stop gaming in younger ages? When I was 14 (19 now) I always told myself "shit i reaaaly have to stop gaming before im grown up - 18 - or perhaps when Im 20. Today I dont think I'll ever stop, why should I? You older guys, how do you approach this subject? What was your thoughts before - in the GOG old days - and what are your thoughts now?
Oh, it was less acceptable when I was a kid than it is now. I was already quite a target, my peers made it quite obvious that they didn't approve of me playing video games. Some of them even mocked me for watching cartoons, and that was when I was still in elementary school! Suffice it to say, I made some minor attempts to earn their admiration but quickly stopped giving a shit.
I still play games, I still watch cartoons, I like a lot of odd things that I mostly keep to myself, but I've known from the age of four that I'm a royally disturbed individual, it's pretty much impossible for me to worry about people judging me. "Normal" people are boring, can't trust 'em either.
