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90's weren't 20 years ago
They were 30, nearly 40
So, PlayStation is the problem 😂
You eventually realise that it's having free time that you miss.
More importantly : no responsibility
And being completely ignorant to how awful the world can be.
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I'd say life got significantly better after leaving school, absolutely don't miss it.
I regret wasting my younger years. Should've gotten out more and touched grass
I do miss the same abundance of free time but that is about it. That is what most people seem to miss, the lack of responsibilities or as strict schedules.
The secret to a more comfortable life is to reduce your dependence on systems/things/some people, where possible at least. If a small house leads to small rent/mortgage. Can live without a car, that is a few weeks a year of earnings freed up. You don't need to purchase a thousand books you are unlikely to read if you use the library.
That kind of thinking. It doesn't mean become minimalist to the point of fault, just figure out were you can introduce more slack into your life.
I regret to cite the Dalai Lama as a source of wisdom after what we now know about him, but back in high school what really resonated with me was what he said about how owning more possessions can add unnecessary responsibilities to your life that contribute to making it more stressful
Like, DGMW my materialistic ass would be devastated if I lost my collection of Nausicaa figures and Gashapon insect models, but at the same time I can recognize that I'd probably be a lot happier if I never even had to worry about having them
You can quote Tyler Durden who put it more succinctly:
The things you own end up owning you.
What did I miss about the Dalai Lama?
To be fair to figures and models, they are probably only a problem when you are moving them, otherwise it isn't a huge burden. It is more about ongoing dependence. Now this isn't an anti-children take BUT if you don't have kids, you don't have to worry about raising kids. Things go much easier in that sense. That said if you want kids, go for it, just be aware that it will make for a more difficult life. Just take the wins were you can.
As for the Dalai Lama, it is difficult to figure out were he stands as a person. Yes, there was the tongue sucking thing which, from asking folks familiar with it the culture, does seem to be an odd cultural joke/saying that is way to easy to misinterpret through western eyes. If you aren't familiar with it, you look mentally deranged. But the phrase is meant to be "Eat my tongue", as in 'I have told you everything, the only thing left to do is to eat my tongue.'. Like in Japanese they have Neko wo kaburu "To wear a cat on one's head" or in Finland Hevosenkenkä pyllyssä "To have a horseshoe in one's butt".
But then there is him being mentioned in the Epstein files 150+ times, but also is largely though to have not had any direct interaction with Jeff. How much of that is damage control and his handlers trying to keep the game rolling, it is difficult to tell. The one thing with the Epstein thing is just how many famous people's names are in it even in passing. Like George W bush, is in it loads but there was never any direct contact, that is just funny in a way.
It seems like there is a lot of stuff pointing at him, but nothing concrete. It is a, keep an eye on him situation but it also could be an embarrassing situation worthy of Seinfeld.
The difference is now when I'm sitting on the couch playing video games there's 500 impending responsibilities floating through my head, keeping me from truly detaching and enjoying myself.
I'm just gonna comment that Pink Floyd is amazing!
Well playing a video game did not mean signing up for a subscription, never owning it, signing up for an app that tracks you while you play and a console that constantly wants to update straight through your play time.
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I dont miss being a kid, I miss having time to enjoy life.
Life was friends, school, weekends, and school breaks.
Now it’s no breaks, bills, and where are my friends?
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How glorious the first day of summer vacation felt.
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Clearly the thing that makes you happy is having a corded controller. I will be taking no questions and/or criticism.
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30 years prior…
As a gamer, I just don't see my hobby evolving like it was back in the day. Shit's gotten stagnant. Very few new ideas. Everything is mostly a copy of a copy. A lot of it actually regressed from the late 90s/early 2000s. The only thing getting more advanced are the graphics, and even those advancements have started to stall.
But more and more I am also seeing this happen with TV, movies and even books.
One word: Indie. I agree with you that AAA games absolutely have stagnated and regressed. But smaller productions are far more frequent today and very creative and innovative. Arguably even more so than back in the day, if you really cherry pick. Personally, the main thing I feel is really missing from that time is mid-budget, AA games.
What are some good indies from the past few years? Most of my most placed indie games are over a decade old by now.
UFO 50, A Hat in Time, Celeste, Hollow Knight, Silksong, Outer Wilds, Balatro, A Short Hike, Smushi Come Home, What Remains of Edith Finch, Undertale, Deltarune, Hylics, Hylics 2, Peglin, Void Collector, Nubby's Number Factory, Superliminal, Pizza Tower, Anton Blast, Rift of the Necrodancer, Night in the Woods, Uktrakill, Fallen Aces, Dusk, Scratchin' Melodii
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I think this is the big issue of the next few years. Large AAA studios have budgets so high that they are completely risk adverse. The low end of the indie scene is flooded with vibe coded Unity junk. And the gooey middle goodness with the awesome stuff is being squeezed by those two.
I suspect we will correct back to some form of sanity but it is a few years away and the interim period will be rough.
As the other guy said, look indie.
There's so much fun there at the moment. Even double A stuff like Galactic Racer is really damn good this year.
Triple A is a mess rn, gonna take some time to recover and it'll be different I think.
Those at the top need to start looking smaller scale. If I was at Microsoft, Halo/COD can have its big budgets, whatever. But also loosen the chains on smaller teams to try new things. Games that have similar budget and finish turn around times of the Ps2/Xbox/GC era only now you have modern engine tech at your hands.
Budgets decent enough to have the chance to do it well but not so big that it comes up in the next share holders call as the reason for 500 laid off.
Sony used to do this in the Ps1 era, games would be given a change on the market and even if it wasn't a huge hit, they would give them another chance. Silly ideas like Katamari Damacy came out of this thinking at Namco and that paid of big time.
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Literally me right now, playing a 22 year old game 😂
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Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.
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The difference is, when we were kids, we were told the world had never been a better place and it was only going to get better because this is a world where everyone works to make the next one better.
We heard our parents and teachers preach the importance of reading books, thinking critically, recognizing bias in the media, and acting for the greater good.
Now, we realize that was all bullshit. This is a world where billionaires work to make things better for themselves, at the expense of everyone else. And our parents were convinced to vote for it because they failed to do any of that shit they preached about our whole life.
The world "sucks" now because it feels like everyone knows better but chooses to be a selfish turd anyway. How else do you reconcile the world we observe with the one we were promised?
The 90’s also had a theme of “more information will set us free!” We got the more information part, but we never got the freedom part. And I think that causes a lot of the cynicism you’re talking about.
The world wasn’t that much more idyllic in the 90’s, but now we have great information about all the problems in the world blasted into our phones constantly.
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20 YEARS PRIOR
Ummmm, should we tell him?
Yeah. The 90s were only, like, 10 years ago. Right?
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Absolutely not. If I get time gaming these days, I enjoy the fuck out of it. And then I ask for more!
I hate that this is so relatable
We spent our entire childhood bored, with the occasional couple of hours of gaming in the shallowest games anyone ever created. (yes because of hardware limits but still)
We look back at all that time spent and lacking any of it, want to go back.
Nostalgia is the ultimate rose-colored glasses
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Adjust to 30 years.
Also if you all you want is video games... They are still there.
This comic is likely a decade old at this point, most average people would have just used AI.
And yes, vintage gaming is very much a thing, and is pushing vintage hardware into nosebleed territory. Ten years ago you couldn’t give away a 36″ Sony Trinitron CRT TV. These days you have gamers offering up to $500 for it just to be able to play Duck Hunt (which requires a CRT TV in order for the guns to work). Same goes for the machines and consoles as well… just saw a Commodore Vic-20 on FB Marketplace for $200CAD, and that was just for the bare unit, no extras.
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