Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 hours 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-square106fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-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]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·9 hours agoThe meaning of “retro” got frozen at the 2D/3D transition for quite a while, but it’s long past time to move to a new definition: a console becomes retro when they sunset the online connectivity
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoI think two decades old is plenty retro
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoThe Nintendo New 3DS in shambles.
minus-squareComrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-28 hours 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”.
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 hours agoPlus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years
The meaning of “retro” got frozen at the 2D/3D transition for quite a while, but it’s long past time to move to a new definition: a console becomes retro when they sunset the online connectivity
I think two decades old is plenty retro
The Nintendo New 3DS in shambles.
“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