Queer zoomer who has great tastes in games like all queer zoomers vs xennial who lucked out on having a childhood (teenagerhood?) when games were good
My first time in a Japanese arcade I made a beeline to the Street Fighter III cabinets. I start playing, thinking I'm hot shit and waiting for someone to sit down across from me. For anyone who doesn't know, Japanese arcades are set up so you don't see your opponent. The cabinets have their backs against one another, with players on opposite sides. It's not like the US where you both play on the same cabinet.
So I get a challenger. Oh, it's just someone playing Ryu. I'm a Makoto main. Maybe it's just someone who plays kinda casually, since it's just some standard Ryu player with the super shoryuken move. I get absolutely destroyed, this player's on a level I've never seen before. Frame perfect combos. They don't even block. Everything I do gets parried or punished. I'm able to win one round, but after that it's like they absorbed my style and I couldn't keep up.
So I take a peek around to the other lane to see who this is. I'm thinking it's gotta be the coolest person I'll ever meet since this is by far the most talented Third Strike player I've ever encountered. I did't know what to expect. And it's just some bored looking middle aged office lady with a blank expression and half a cigarette.
The dudes tearing it up in the dance games are also amazing to watch. I once saw a nerdy chubby guy absolutely destroy the high score and i was just in awe.
Gotta take out the stress before going back to work and entering in functions in excel for 15 hours
Shoutout to the queer comrades keeping retro games alive.
It’s funny how often this is true for straight cis couples too. The girl will have on an elaborate outfit, some interesting silhouette, maybe complementary colors.
And the guy will just have on dark blue jeans, a hoodie or a flannel, and gym shoes
Male fashion in general is much less likely to deviate from a standard norm and men are more likely to be mocked or bullied from wearing something which deviates.
I don’t think that’s true these days. At least not with zoomers. More often than not I hear people getting mocked for not being more creative
Ideally nobody should be mocked for their clothing choice, but it's very good to hear people are more willing to get creative.
I have never aggressively loved and related to a Pokémon character as much as Larry
