Music, game, novel, show, what have you. What do you love that’s particularly old?
MY WILLY
John Grisham novels. Currently reading one from the 90s.
I like 80s movies too, but nothing I’d watch on a daily basis.
My Purdue University Basketball lamp from the early 1990s. That or my townhouse built in 1986 if we are going for those. I didn’t go to Purdue if you are wondering.
This old game called Squarez Deluxe.
I know it’s old, I know it has low resolution, I know it doesn’t meet the standard of modern gaming, but it’s (in my view obviously) the best shape packing game ever made.
Like destroys Tetris… Which can’t even hold a candle to this game. Not to say that Tetris is a bad game, it’s a brilliant game!
I just think Squarez Deluxe takes it to the next level and gives so much room for player creativity.
The basic just is that you have a play field, and with a short timer for each, you are given blocks which can be various 9x9 shapes that you rotate and move freely on the grid and place at will.
All of the complexity comes from the special blocks which can have positive, negative, or in between effects.
Your positive tools are scarce, but if you use them creatively and with forward probabilistic thinking, you can have amazing, hour-long sessions that you cannot look away from.
Some of the special blocks are goo traps that explode so shapes that pass by get stuck. Some are acid that let you destroy blocks at will and you can form your pieces into very unique shapes that tuck in exactly where you need them.
There are bombs, mines, missiles, playfield expanders/contractors, etc.
The first two modes get you acquainted with the mechanics, but Extreme Mode is where the game is played.
The original developer is a cool dude and he changed it to freeware so you can grab DOSBox and hit myabandonware or archive and be playing like in minutes.
Sweet sleep. Speaking of which, back to bed I go. 😴💤
Mrs Smith down the street getting dressed at 8:15am by her window.
Earth?
But to give more sensible answer: Computer Chronicles, and it’s on YouTube.
Video games in general, I’ve never stopped playing them.
There was a period of time where I thought I stopped liking them. But it was just because everything new was trash (early access slop or f2p nonsense) or my anti-genres.
Same here. I try not to nostalgia-hole myself too much, because I don’t want to fall out of touch with the state of things and end up like a crotchety old person complaining about how great things used to be.
I found myself caring less and less about newer games, and thought I was just getting over gaming in general. But when going back to replay some old favorites on a whim, I realized I still enjoyed them just as much as I used to. I don’t know if it’s a style thing or just the difference between physical-only and newer digital release models, but it does feel like they don’t make games like they used to.
What I’ve noticed over the years has been how accessible the unity engine is for new developers.
So many unity games tend to look the sameish. They use the same free content packs and follow the same tutorials. Unfortunately this engine also sucks for performance and it’s easy for it to feel slow and clumsy without extra effort.
After the popularity of Minecraft and Fortnite, it seems like every developer has been chasing that dragon. Bolting survival, crafting and grinding into their games.
It can be done well, but most of these games feel like classic mmorpg grinding, while offering nothing enjoyable in exchange.
On top of that there are predatory games that attempt to normalize the behavior of paying to win or accelerate earning something. Many unfortunate kids have been fooled into spending thousands of real dollars on what equates to nothing. In older games you earned outfits and characters based on skill and achievements.
Many modern games feel hollow and gross.
As far as a “thing”, which I would define as an object and not a person or animal, I would have to say my two McIntosh amplifiers. I have an MC7100 and MC7108.
Both were built in 1992. I am listening to the MC7108 in my office as I write this.
I have many things that are very old and enjoy but I don’t use them on a daily basis. Maybe my typewriter is what I use more often.
Normally, I’d answer my husband. But today, I’ll say Skyrim. I picked it up again after multiple years, and I have loved and played this game since its release in 2011.
Talk all the shit you want, this is one of my favorite nostalgic kicks.
I think 13 year olds are a bit too young to get married
My Pebble watch
The stale air
My wife. 🥰
Their wife 🤭
OUR WIFE
The Sun
(the firey ball of doom, not the garbage newspaper)
To be fair the newspaper is also a giant ball of Doom
