Crippled by Nostalgia: The Fraud of Retro Gaming
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:28 pm
Some of you old gamers might be interested in this article (long but worth reading). Some truth in it I think.
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SpidersWeb wrote:Yeah I've built up all my machines, loaded them with games and software. But if I play a game, its for 5 minutes of nostalgia, often they only get powered up for making boot disks or my 'checks' which I do every few weeks to make sure they're all still healthy. Wouldn't be without them, but that excuse of 'so I can play old games' isn't really true