Diuretic_Materialism [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 2 months 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-square106 fedilinkarrow-up1158file-text
arrow-up1158message-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] to chapotraphouse • 2 months agomessage-square106 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareComrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]hexbear16·edit-22 months 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". link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear7·edit-22 months agoPlus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years link
"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