Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agoMy teen coworkers told me that he found an old Xbox 360 in his basement and has had a lot of fun playing "retro" games like Tony Hawk Underground and Burnout 3.message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareMy teen coworkers told me that he found an old Xbox 360 in his basement and has had a lot of fun playing "retro" games like Tony Hawk Underground and Burnout 3.Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareComrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-210 days ago“Retro” just means “it happened before I was old enough to enjoy it”. Just like “old” means “anyone older than me”. Maybe a more objective measure is “if it is older than people who are now adults, it’s retro”.
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-210 days agoPlus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years
“Retro” just means “it happened before I was old enough to enjoy it”.
Just like “old” means “anyone older than me”.
Maybe a more objective measure is “if it is older than people who are now adults, it’s retro”.
Plus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years