Does anyone else look back on these days with fond memories? For me this was the time when I moved from weekend button basher to fulltime gamer. There was nothing like getting a new game, only to skip school the next day so I could stay home and play. These were days when buying a game was much more rewarding than it is today. Maybe it was because when you’re at school money has a lot more worth, where as games today can be bought without a second thought. This was a time when gaming wasn’t mainstream nor “cool”, these are the days I want back.
Now I understand as gamers we are spoiled today. 3 consoles, 2 online and libraries that extend into the thousands. But maybe it’s this saturation that’s killing the concept of hardcore gamer. As the mainstreamers purchase on cover art or an official magazine recommended it, gone goes those hard to find titles or retro games from the shelves of your local gameshop, only to make room for a thousand copies of Gran Turismo 3.
Don’t get me wrong I’m still gaming everyday, I’ve just given up trying to find that gaming enlightenment I experienced 5 years ago, a void that’s not fulfilled in this current-gen era.
The 32bit era, the final time hardcore gamers could claim the video gaming industry as their own.
Now I understand as gamers we are spoiled today. 3 consoles, 2 online and libraries that extend into the thousands. But maybe it’s this saturation that’s killing the concept of hardcore gamer. As the mainstreamers purchase on cover art or an official magazine recommended it, gone goes those hard to find titles or retro games from the shelves of your local gameshop, only to make room for a thousand copies of Gran Turismo 3.
Don’t get me wrong I’m still gaming everyday, I’ve just given up trying to find that gaming enlightenment I experienced 5 years ago, a void that’s not fulfilled in this current-gen era.
The 32bit era, the final time hardcore gamers could claim the video gaming industry as their own.
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