I mean, they can still play the old games. My kiddo loved Kirby on the NES Classic
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The point of the meme is the experience of witnessing the unique rate of progress in game engines, not the variety. There's definitely more variety now than ever before, if you go looking for it l, and I say that as a 40 year old curmudgeon.
Gen X version:
Year 1: Pong
Year 5: PacMan
Year 10: Super Mario Brothers
Man Super Mario Bros. was huuuuuuge
My nephews (10 and 13) stayed with me a couple of weeks ago, and I got a chance to see them game. And yeah they are playing mostly Fortnite these days, but they love it. Further, it actually looks pretty intense. Like the editing and jockeying for a clean shot is more nuanced than what I was getting up to.
Like was my obsession with Quake 2 DM that much more elevated? True we had a lot more variety with mods and maps, but if I'm being honest most of my time was just spent running around Q2DM1/The Edge and a handful of other vanilla maps. I did love that Homer skin though, lol.
Anyway, I see them hooting and laughing and the whole time they're chatting with their little friends from school. I can see the joy in it. I wish it wasn't on this centralised, monetised, company platform. But I can see what they like in it.
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