so what is it that made us different from *the others*?
What I mean is, when you went into an arcade BITD, there were a bunch of other kids or individuals playing games all around you. They were dumping as many quarters into these machines as we were, and loving the time spent with the games.
I still know some of the people my age who were in the arcades when I was, but today they don't own a single arcade game. And they don't come running to my house to play mine. I mean, they will if they are over, but they won't call or text me out of the blue and say "Hey can I come over and play Robotron???!!"
So my reason for this thread is this: why do we still have the urge to be around these games, have them in our homes, fix them, keep the tradition going, where others in our generation have zero interest? Is it something in our DNA? Is it because we're retarded? Is it because the others are sheeple and let the next latest and greatest things carry them away? I have to ask this question because I think about it alot. I don't know anyone from my childhood or during my time growing up who took on this hobby. The only other freaks like me that I know of are you guys.
What I mean is, when you went into an arcade BITD, there were a bunch of other kids or individuals playing games all around you. They were dumping as many quarters into these machines as we were, and loving the time spent with the games.
I still know some of the people my age who were in the arcades when I was, but today they don't own a single arcade game. And they don't come running to my house to play mine. I mean, they will if they are over, but they won't call or text me out of the blue and say "Hey can I come over and play Robotron???!!"
So my reason for this thread is this: why do we still have the urge to be around these games, have them in our homes, fix them, keep the tradition going, where others in our generation have zero interest? Is it something in our DNA? Is it because we're retarded? Is it because the others are sheeple and let the next latest and greatest things carry them away? I have to ask this question because I think about it alot. I don't know anyone from my childhood or during my time growing up who took on this hobby. The only other freaks like me that I know of are you guys.



