So I just cracked reality with something very simple.Want to experience the old world at least a little? It's not as hard as it seems, or at least to have a little glimpse of it.If you can get real hardware and a CRT, the better, but here comes the interesting part: turn off your phone and don't use the internet at all for a while.I did the experiment of not using any modern technology made after 1999 for a day, and while at first I was a bit anxious, after a while my brain accustomed to it, and life started feeling again a bit like how it was back then.It made me enjoy my video games a lot more.
>>12654702>turn off your phone and don't use the internet at all for a while.Why do zoomers act like things people have been doing since forever are mindblowing and absurd revelations? OH NO! NOT USING MY PHONE FOR A DAY! THE HORROR!
fuck off with your generation war faggotry
>>12654702Here's the fucking revelation that absolutely proves that all this Gen Z love for old ways is purely performative and fake - there's so much of you fuckers still online claiming how you're doing all the retro minimalism here, on Reddit, on Tik Tok, On Xitter and other places for Gen Z faggots addicted to online attention.You do it only for other brain-deficient kids to clap and call you cool. If your will do reduce your toxic relationship with modern tech was true this thread and r/minimalism and dozens of companies selling you more shit with "minimalist" label would not exist.You're still a retarded sheepling but following different labels and slogans.
>>12654757Trvke
>>12654757>>12654702The funniest thing is that GenZ aren't genuinely interested in playing old videogames, all they care about is online validation, desire to "fit in", appear cool, similar to e-whores pretending to love retro gamers and preying on lonely nerds or early youtube users who posted stuff like"Justin Beaver and Lady Gaga sucks, I'm 18 and I listen to real music like Beatles and Pink Floyd!". For them it's nothing more than a fad, a "phase", trendchasingThe best they can come up with is uploading some short video where they play some ps1 game on crt, show how they "immerse" themselves (which is impossible if you're doing this for someone's attention on the internet) and never touching it again, letting it all collect dust. Even when they're saying that they're planning to play old games and go offline they still can't help broadcasting themselves worldwide. They don't understand that playing games back then an individual experience with no distractions such as the internet, social media, smartphones etc, nothing stood between a kid and the game he was playing (apart from strict parents or a friend who wanted to join and play together).
>>12654757Lol youre not unique
>>12654908nice reading comprehension,retard.
>>12654923Rather be a retard than an egotistical retard
Zoomers are so pathetic
>>12654713nta but I recently went 2 weeks without using my phone for anything except Google maps and alarms and it was the most freeing experience ever. Stop being such a fag it's actually good advice stop forcing this tired generational culture war.
>>12654847>The funniest thing is that GenZ aren't genuinely interested in playing old videogames, all they care about is online validation, desire to "fit in", appear coolSource: your asshole. My zoomer buddies and I like to play old games and discuss them after we all beat it, kinda like a book club for retro vidya. We just recently finished a Link To The Past. It became mine and one of my friend's favorite Zelda game.
>I le heckin cracked reality by turning my phone off!!!!1Embarassing thread.
>>12654720Boomer detected. Don't forget to take your ibuprofen today.
>>12654847WHY IS THAT PLAYSTATION POSITIONED LIKE THATAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>12655002>My zoomer buddies and I like to play old games and discuss them after we all beat it, kinda like a book club for retro vidya. We just recently finished a Link To The Past.TOP KEK Nintoddlersisters... How do we respond without sounding mad??
>>12655002>Source: your asshole. My zoomer buddies and I like to play old games and discuss them after we all beat it, kinda like a book club for retro vidya.yea anecdotal evidence is def a good source bro,you totally proved him wrong and erased all the performative zoomers of the internet.
>>12655108let the zoomie enjoy his vidya in peace
>>12655147kids a teenager, come on man
>>12654847The people who are dealing with retro gaming wouldn't be saying "Justin Beaver and Lady Gaga sucks, I'm 18 and I listen to real music like Beatles and Pink Floyd!" but rather "Justin Beaver and Lady Gaga sucks, I'm 18 and I listen to real music like Koji Kondo and Yuzo Koshiro!".They will use MiSTer as real hardware and carts are far too expensive for the zoomers.>>12655097Some models have disc drive issues that can only be solved by tilting the system, it was so common that Sony made it a actual feature with the PS2.
>>12655186any time i tilted my psx even slightly the drive would make weird noises so i always left it flat horizontally
>>12655023The sad part is, he's right.I dare you to not use your phone for 24 hours.
>>12654713shortform content addiction is very real anonpeople's brains crave it if they're away from itIt's destroying society more than anything else
>>12655193I had mine upside down, only way it would work eventually
>>126547021. this bs zoomer news2. corpos are just too lazy to innovate, and their new consoles will never outsell SNES. this is just a cashgrab, like with the "mini" consoles .
>>12654757this is true. if /vr/ was kicking off so well, GOG would outsell steamwankery by now. nevermind the console-only crowd.
>>12655416Old Pc games aren't as liked as arcade and console games, and the ones that receive love are on Steam
>>12655416Steam has a larger selection of retro games compared to GOG if you factor in console games in retro collection ports and the like.
>alter brain chemicals>reality is felt different
>>12655485It's more like not altering them, or not as much
this is actually a good thing but oldfags on /vr/ like to gatekeep and seethe about younger people getting into their hobby.
>>12654847>all they care about is online validationNot true at all and this is classic observation bias. That's all that you see because you're permanently online too and that's your only sample.Think back to when you were a kid. You probably played your parents old records and toys and it was fun because it was different. Same thing.
My normie zoomer cousin who is now a giga chad who works as a car mechanic knew some retro stuff back when he was 10, he knew what a Famicom was and how it was the japanese name of the NES, and he wasn't even alive when 6th gen released, how did he knew that at 10? Thanks to streamers. Since a lot of the content zoomers consume is streams and video games basically birthed from video games, you have cases like that where retro games will find zoomers that way
>>12654757It is absolutely performative, its like cochella. People who go to coachella are not there for the music anymore, its so they can be seen at coachella on instagram. Its a credibility boost. They go so far as to photoshop themselves at the venue to fake it.This is what gen Z is doing with retro gaming. They need video games as props to stage behind them as they stream. They build fake 90s game rooms and stage photos like pic related, and I guarantee this girl never played a single one of these games for more than 3 minutes, if ever.
>>12655538I don't get why it's like thisI have a few zoomie friends that loves retro stuff and I highly welcome them into it, maybe all the years of (you) baiting shitposters probably left those oldfags all jaded probably lol
>>12655575How do you befriend zoomers?I tend to have really good chemistry with zoomettes, but male zoomers are always incredibly defensive and passive-aggresssive
>>12655580>male zoomers are always incredibly defensive and passive-aggresssiveif there's no bitches around it's easy. you can have an open ended conversation and not try to preach to them and they will like you. If you AMOG them and steal their bitches dont know if there's anything you can do though
>>12655580By not being a negative MUH GENS faggotThat's about it
>>12655574Most people aren't streamers, anon. I know you're hooked straight up to them but they're not nearly as popular as you think.Zoomers and alphas are sick of shitty remakes, shitty monetized games, and shitty globohomo writing. GTA6 flopping will be the death knell of big AAA garbage, except sports games maybe.
>>12655479why would you rent games
>>12655652i highly doubt gta6 is going to flop. you're right on the rest though
>>12654997And?Believe it or not there's people in the world who own smartphones and aren't pea-brained cattle who are glued to their screens 24/7. You know when I look at my phone? When I take a shit. If it's some shocking and revolutionary idea to you to just not be addicted to your phone you're fucking pathetic.
>>12655370>shortform content addiction is very real anonFor subhumans who lack a soul, yes. I don't relate to that or have any sympathy for "people" like that.
>>12654702healthy human beings concern themselves with adventure, not numbers
>>12655913By "flop" I mean both, that it will fail to make back the billions of dollars it has cost so far, and also that it will fail to impact culturally or become relevant over time.It's a guaranteed flop.
>>12654713Girls and women use the phone all day. It was like this in the 80's and 90's. Men using the phone all day is femine and gay.
>>12655575because >>12654757and overall shittasting of the younglings.
>>12655405Nintendo's mini consoles were made to fix the emulation problems the Wii U had as the Wii U was just that bad.They were not cash grabs.>>12655652Even sports games will collapse (unless they have Mario in them).Only Nintendo will survive.>>12656093100% fake.
>>12656118Wii U had good emulators tho, except the NES one.
>>12656149If that were the case these mini consoles wouldn't exist.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjYmSniQyM
>>12656118>Nintendo's mini consoles were made to fix the emulation problems the Wii U had as the Wii U was just that bad.I doubt that was the primary consideration. The WiiU had emulators, they largely sucked because some weirdo decided everyone would die of epileptic fits if they didn't nerf the contrast and blur it. But nobody was going to buy a WiiU to play 80s and 90s games, at best they could make a few extra bucks on people who already owned one, which there weren't many, that being the whole problem.Nintendo didn't have any new products on the horizon, they needed money, and here was a potential way to keep the brand alive in the minds of old nostalgia freaks. That someone put effort in and stopped listening to the fucked up idiot who broke the WiiU emulators is just gravy.
>>12656193
>>12656193>nobody was going to buy a WiiU to play 80s and 90s gamesExcept I did
>>12654713They had this shit pushed on them since birth and they can't remember a time before the internet demanded your constant attention. I think it's funny because I remember a time when it didn't but I gave it that anyway. But it makes total sense to me. Many of the people screeching at them are consumed by this and don't want to admit it.
>>12654713Being alone with your thoughts is literally like being catapulted into the Backrooms for a zoomer. It’s worse than death.
>>12654702ITT: pic related29-year old elder zoomer here, I'm not sure why you fags think my generation is somehow incapable of enjoying old vidya in earnest. My first game system was a hand-me-down SNES that my brother didn't use anymore and a GBC. I got a PS1 when I was a bit older and then a PS2 and Gamecube. And I hardly think I'm unique; I'm sure a lot of people around my age had similar childhoods. Zoomers want to go back to those old games because its before the gaming industry completely shit the bed.>>12654757>>12654847>>12655574You faggots are extra retarded. This anon >>12655652 pretty much hit the nail on the head. Add in DRM, always online bullshit, and this potential Digital ID shit coming, and it's not hard to see why people are getting fed up with this shit, I certainly am. I'm getting to old and have too many responsibilities too wade through this fucking nonsense when I can just hook up my old SNES or PS2 and arguably have more fun.
>>12656118>100% fake.my taste is real. 100 percent good /vr/ tastes and organic.
wait wait. the youngest age GenZ is probably reasonably considered is 16, right?They were kids just as the PS2 was exiting the market and all consoles were online game services began, and online PC gaming was really in its stride.They are almost all entering adulthood, or at least job age with disposable income.>>12654757>>12654713>>12654847>>12655416>>12655574Are you anons with gripes suggesting that its completely beyond believable that zoomers would be old enough to have some memory of the last gasp of game before modern gaming to have frustrations and nostalgia for when things werent so?>>12656580>29-year old elder zoomer here, I'm not sure why you fags think my generation is somehow incapable of enjoying old vidya in earnest.lets give the devil its due anon. Zoomers are the first generation born completely online. The criticism of the performative thing is not imaginary or unfounded...
37 millennial here. I am not sure how to feel about Gen Z getting into retro gaming like this. On one hand I think its great they want to play better games but on the other I think its also a sad state of affairs that the modern gaming industry has become so bad that they feel the need to do this. For myself I've been almost entirely interested in just old games myself these days. I play on modern systems but much of what I play has been old games from many years ago. Whether its ports or remasters. The newest game I have played that I can think about atm is Armored Core 6 which is a 2023 game I think. I cannot justify paying full price constantly for all these new games. I also feel I am too old to get as hyped as I once did for new games. It helps a lot though that most of them such so bad that there is no reason to get hyped.I've been playing classic Doom games. Its just too hard to beat these classic old retro games I swear.
>>12656580>29-year old elder zoomer here, I'm not sure why you fags think my generation is somehow incapable of enjoying old vidya in earnest.Millennials hate zoomers because they're jealous that zoomers are still young and they are getting older, there's no wonder Gen X and boomers complain when zoomers enjoy the things they grew up with instead of mindlessly consuming modern AAA slop like most millennial gamers tend to do.
>>12656805>lets give the devil its due anon. Zoomers are the first generation born completely online.Not even close what the fuck are you talking about? I didn't have internet access until I was nearly an adult.
>>12656437>Being alone with your thoughts is literally like being catapulted into the Backrooms for a zoomer. It’s worse than death.This isn't even a generational phenomenon, this is a universal thing. Being alone with your own thoughts is torture, especially as a man.
>>12656904Or we're just tired of the constant complaining older games do things they don't like. Millennials had the same mindset about pre-NES games as well, but they never had this kind of renaissance where previous generations would have to listen to millennials constantly bitch about how centipede moves too fast or how frustrating it was to get cornered by ghosts in pac man. If you belong on this board, you should be able to play older games without focusing on personal critique so hard you miss the point of playing the games in the first place.
>>12656904>zoomers are still youngNot anymore lmao.
>>12654702You have to be at least 40 for me to even begin to entertain your weighing in on retro games seriously. If anyone who happens to be in their 30s in current year has any memory of the games discussed in this board at all it’s unlikely to be of anything pertinent or meaningful. Their contributions on the subject are unironically as specious as those of zoomers and gen a, with the possible exception of those with older siblings or otherwise relatives. Being an “oldfag” is the biggest larp at this point, it’s so pathetic. Also the othering of zoomers or whoever is so tone deaf when we all know what these people were like in the 00s.
>>12656919You're the type of dork I like to imagine opens a retro gaming store when he goes through his midlife crisis. Let's cut the shit. We're all here for the same reason. There's no need to do divide and conquer when we're all losers.
>>12655580>Everyone on 4chan is fucking zoomettes, has a six figure salary, is married to a 17 year old girl and watches lolicon with their brood of precociously developed toddlersEvery fucking meta post on this site I swear
>>12656923If I opened a retro gaming store I’d have to talk to people lol bad idea
>>12654757Millenial butthurt has no end
>>12656927As a millennial I can explain to you exactly why this is. Instead of the future we were promised we got this. A steaming pile of shit. When someone younger says wow, all of this seems like a steaming pile of shit. I'm going to look backwards to simpler times. Our response is FUCK YOU HOW DARE YOU STOLEN VALOR STOLEN VALOR NAME 3 NIRVANA SONGS! As if we are anything but manchildren who formed our identities around mass produced consumer electronics. Now we're acting like it was high art you can't understand unless you were there. YOU'RE JUST DOING IT AS A FASHION STATEMENT! Bro if some zoomers decide getting a LAN party going or some shit is a fashion statement I'm all for it. It's better than having a cry about how bad life is on 4chan like I'm liable to do.
>>12656930>How do you do, fellow I AM SILLYs
I'm 46 and I've never identified with any generational label. That's just normalfag shit to begin with.
>>12656936It's not the generational label that's the issue as much as it is starting to act like a crotchety old person. Bitching and pissing and whining and moaning about everything. Like I used to do all day long before I realized it wasn't changing anything. Sitting around all day playing Soulcalibur 2 doesn't change anything either but at least I'm having fun doing it instead of feeling bad. If young people are going to engage with the past on their own terms it can't take that away from me.
>>12654713You haven't experienced the existential horror of a zoomer. We failed them, we could have protected them.
>>12656906My mind is completely empty. I am beyond any of you.
