/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?
Welcome it. I'm way over caring about being young anymore. Got to experience some cool shit and I don't regret it. I just want to play and discover retro-vidya (and new shit that doesn't suck (good luck)) until I get tired of living and kick the bucket.

So no big deal really?

>>3273927
Seconded.

I wouldn't say there is a time limit, you just have to try other things and come back to it at some point, else it gets boring, like everything else in excess.

that said its next to impossible to get someone into retro games these days unless they played them aswell. so you may have to go alone, but at least you get a sword.

>>3273927
Thirded. I spend far less time playing games now than I used to, but I like it better because of that. It makes me more choosy what to spend my time on and I only play something if it's great.

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

I'm a gigantic manchild and I will always be.

>I don't get many opportunities to talk about games.
>Communities like these are the only chance I get to discuss something I love with like minded individuals... However, gaming is a time consuming hobby and it's easy for games to be forgotten as people invest their time with new titles and forget the old.

I talk about both modern and retro vidya with my irl friends, many of who I know from high school and we still hang out and play vidya together.

>Do you think there's a time limit to enjoying retro games?

No. You seem to be a very insecure person caring too much about other peoples opinions.

>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

Not even vidya-related, but drinking blood from virgin girls help.

>I don't get many opportunities to talk about games.

That's why boards like this exist, although "talk" is debatable since most of the times it's memes and console wars.

>Do you think there's a time limit to enjoying retro games?

I don't think so.

I spend a lot of time researching how to kill myself but then don't because it's easier to complain about my life here and on twitter.

I started taking my relationships and building a family more seriously now I'm almost 40 and have a house, 3 cars, a wife 15 years younger than I am, a 3 year old son and a girlfriend.

It's absolutely true that I don't get to do my gaming hobbies myself as much now but really that feeling of "getting old" I was having in my early 30s was my priorities subtly shifting. Even in my late 20s, I got just about as much joy from sharing my gaming collection with others and now that those others are my family, it feels right - although I don't get enough sleep since I still need my alone time to expand and deepen my interests.

>>3274063

Hey it's gramps! Babbage gramps, it's you right?

>>3274067
lol yeah

>I don't get many opportunities to talk about games.

I don't get any. That's why I'm here. It's less that I'm getting old and more that I'm an autist with obscure interests.

t. young person

>>3274117
What are your favorite games?

>>3274063
>Wife + girlfriend
How tho

>>3273926

>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

I don't because i'm only 21.

im 34 and old and fat and more retarded than ever but i got more time to vidya than ever either cause of no gay ass school and shit so who gives a rip when i get my own place imma have a nintendo on the crapper so u can play domkey gong while u blast doo doo out ur pooty hole lmao :D

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?
Most /vr/ users are in their teens.

>>3274186
Are you asking for my favorite /vr/ games or just games?

All I do is work and play vidya. I spend more time wishing I had a friend / social life to meet new people with. But whatever.

>>3274212
Short answer - gradually and carefully. They're friends. I got my wife before she ever had her heart broken (risked the old statutory laws for over half a year even) and never hurt her. One of my bisexual exes flirted around with her and got her thinking about threesomes then that happened with this other girl but she was kind of jealous so I put an end to that. Our current girlfriend is super hot but actually more into her than me which mitigates the jealousy but she's actually kind of a pain in her ass and wants me to pick up one that's more into me.

It's amazing what's possible when you turn everything into a game.

>>3274263

Sounds like eventually she'll want to add a black guy to the mix. With or without you in the room.

>>3274253
Whichever. Both maybe. Retro but also interested in non retro.

>>3274270
Why are so many people triggered by that?

>>3274278

Not triggered, I'd just be kind of wary about that, even more if your wife is young and the only cock she's tries was yours. If she's already doing threeesomes with you and a lesbia, it's only a few steps until she'll want to try another men's cock, no matter if black.
If you mean you don't care, then alright, I just wouldn't stand it myself.

>>3274270
No. She understands and respects my boundaries because I do the same for her. "I don't fuck with dudes" is a rule I've repeated over and over again and she's proud that her husband is the only man she's ever been with she's actually a good little church girl. Plus I already have all the desireable qualities of a black guy plus my dick doesn't "look like a turd" as she says.

>>3274271
Retro:
Super Mario All Stars (cheating, I know)
Super Mario World
LoZ: A Link to the Past
Donkey Kong Country 2
Kirby Super Star
Super Mario RPG
LoZ: Adventure of Link
Ghostbusters (Genesis)
Loz: Oracle of Seasons
Metal Slug Series

Obviously the SNES is my favorite retro console.

Non-retro
Touhou project
M&L: Superstar Saga
Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils
Kamui
Spelunky
VVVVVV

>>3274063
>>3274263
>Raising son in such degeneracy
Have you already prepared for a day when he'll turn into transgender lesbian and try to kill himself with a dildo?

>>3274301

I normally dont break the rules of anonymity, but as a average sized black guy im really tired of this cultures obsession with the bbc myth. Stop perpetuating it.

>>3274297
I'm not OP, and my relationship isn't open at the moment. But I would be equally okay if we did have a third who was a guy that he was black or white.

Maybe an odd question, but are you American?

>>3274321

No I'm not american.

>>3274324
Americans seem more obsessed with interracial relationships more than other places is why I asked. I grew up in a pretty multicultural place so I still find genuine racism a little obtuse.

Is this fucking /r9k/ now?

>>3274328
>interracial relationships
Why not
>letting others have sex with your significant other
Total degeneracy

>>3274315
>My dad bangs lots of girls so I'm a transgender lesbian
Nah he thinks I'm awesome plus obviously nothing sexual happens in front of him. He likes her a lot and even if we stop doing it with her she'll still be a family friend until she gets into a serious relationship and her boyfriend forbids her to be considering her history with us although she's pretty good at hiding it from guys.

>>3274319
I ain't perpetuating shit I'm just telling you that it's an associated stereotype that I have no need to feel intimidated by or that I'm cheating anybody out of experiencing or whatever leads morons down the cuck path.

It's all very relaxed and natural really she's just an auntie that hangs out. We're all four actually just about to go to the park together.

>>3274349
The thread started out slightly /r9k/ so I'm not surprised it has devolved into this. /vr/ has a surprising amount of normalfags, especially ones that love to complain how old they are. I mean this shitpost >>3274230 was right on the money.

>>3274352
>Total degeneracy

Meh, some people think two men or two women is total degeneracy as well. I find the notion that we should all find one person and reserve all intimacy and sex only for them a little outdated. In the same way only men and women being together is a little outdated.

Not to say everyone should be gay or everyone should be poly. Just whatever works for each of us. Degeneracy is a bit of a fallacy in my opinion.

>>3274370
It's EASIER to be defense when you diverge from traditional values and a lot of people just say "Fuck it now that we're doing something 'wrong' we might as well do everything wrong". We're actually a professional, church going family.

>>3274224
Wait just another couple years. You'll start to feel old, especially when you realize that already (at age 21) you were already out of the loop with people just 3 years younger, and even more out if it with people 3 years their junior. You're not absolutely old, but you're getting there.

As for videogames, unsurprisingly listening to the interests of my sister's boyfriend's 9 year old daughter indicates to me that what's hip with the kids, is, like usual, things aimed slightly higher at teens like Five Nights at Freddies, Undertale, and Minecraft (though I guess Minecraft was originally for 30 somethings). Getting older just means there's going to be more games I've played that young people haven't and a lot more games that young people play that I won't especially since I have a "technical" backlog of physical games in the hundreds.

So how do you deal with getting old? Personally I just do the things I like, like I've always done. I see little use in trying to adapt to new gaming trends just to seem hip to what the kids these days like.

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

You're only as old as you feel. 26 used to seem "old" when I was a kid, now at 26, I feel as young as I did when I was 16. I still play games and watch anime. Don't give a fuck.

>>3274417
>watch anime
Get out.

>believing the dude in the lesbian threesome marriage
LOL that shit never happens. Most open marriages the wife is out fucking everyone while the hubby stays home playing vidya.

>>3274435

I kind of believe him, but I also think his wife will eventually want to fuck other dudes if she doesn't already.

>>3274415
Well I'm in a straight, monogamous long term relationship myself. I'm really just saying if we did decide to open things up at one point I wouldn't find a third woman more or less bad/degenerate than a man.

I think supporting churches is more degenerate than anything, but that's because I worked in one for 15 years and have a real chip on my shoulder about them.

>starting a family
>literally resigning 100% of your time and money to other people

Is there a bigger beta move? I can't imagine being such a normie.

I really wish you just started a keio flying squadron thread, op

Sheesh.

>>3274435
I don't know him, but I know two other couples like that. I think you've been drinking too much 4chan cuckool-aid.

>>3274236
Yeah, I thought this board was made up of teens playing games made before their time.

>>3274435
It's not an "open marriage" it has a lot to do with how we initially met and the way our relationship progressed and all of that was with forethought on my part. I certainly didn't just settle down with the first girl who would have me which is why the kind of relationships you're thinking of are fucked up from the beginning. Believe what you want.

>>3274446
Nah she's very satisfied plus she's terrified of having anyone think she's doing something wrong our that she's a bad person. Also she basically can't do anything new without me holding her hand every step of the way so there's slim to no chance

>>3274448
Oh I agree. I don't put anything in the collection basket but having been raised in a fairly churchy home I can appreciate that people who come from then have a big head start on stable morality at a young attractive age than people who figure it out on their own although as a man I had to go through quite a bit on my own to more fully grasp what the bible is saying about family life and it's not exactly parallel with what churches like to teach it is which brings me back around to the topic of the thread, how fall with feeling "old"

>>3274467
Keep telling yourself that. When you're on your deathbed you will have video game memories to keep you company. I will have my children and grandchildren surrounding me and I can die knowing my genes continue and my memory lives on in others.

I bet that sweet 1cc loop of your favorite shmup will be worth it in the end though. :)

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?
I'm turning 30 this month man. Lately I seem to be seeing my birth date digits everywhere. They're fucking haunting me I swear to God.

On the plus side I still look 24, im still dashingly handsome, have no signs of hair loss and am not fat. Seem to be more attractive to the opposite sex than I ever was too, that's including the prime 21 year olds. So there's that.

>>3274484

>so unbelievably asshurt by having no free time that he needs to lash out at others

Woah guy, calm down. What's so great about having kids and grandkids? What's so great about passing on your genes?

>>3274492
You'll understand one day

>>3274492
>having a bit of fun with you
>omg you're so unbelievably asshurt!

Do whatever you want with your life dude, lol. I'm not going to put effort into convincing you to have kids.

>>3274482
>Nah she's very satisfied plus she's terrified of having anyone think she's doing something wrong our that she's a bad person. Also she basically can't do anything new without me holding her hand every step of the way so there's slim to no chance

That doesn't sound very healthy either. If she's young then she will definitely have a mind switch around when she turns 30. She's probably going to question herself, why she can't start anything without you holding her hands, why she's wasted her youth with only 1 man who also fucks other women, etc.
And during this crisis, what's "good" or "wrong" changes on a person's mind, that's why I wouldn't be so reliant on how your wife thinks now.

Anyway, it seems you're having a good time regardless of what might happen in the future. I'm kind of jelly but at the same time I'm satisfied with my gf and I think adding a 3rd woman would actually be less fun than it sounds outside of sex.

>>3273927
Pretty much this. Nothing you can do so just play games, live life, etc.

>>3274425
Fuck off back to Facebook you dumbfuck underage millennial.

>>3274514
Anyone who comes to 4chan then complains about anime gets an instant retard gold star.

>>3274514
Faggot beta fucboi.

>>3274482
You just walked into a 4chan thread casually mentioning you're in an open marriage with a lesbian and you expect people to believe that? Fuck off you're just a lazy troll.

>>3274328
America is a very multicultural place

Hence the racism

>>3274584
She's obviously not a lesbian and I didn't "just walk into 4chan". Notice how somebody immediately recognized me from my first post. I try not to be too boastful but I post about my lifestyle pretty often since a lot of it is shit I can't talk about openly when I'm not Anonymous but also because I was someone very similar to the typical anon and surely would have been on 4chan had there been such a thing 20 years ago and now through certain philosophies and methods that I'm quite aware of and open about sharing I have a life that most anons would probably love to have 20 years from now so I also feel like I'm earning good karma by encouraging others. Shit, even as old as I am now I think I could probably have it all taken away from me and get it back before I was completely over the hill so there's hope for even dudes like >>3274230

>>3274590
That's not why. I live in the most multicultural city in the world and there is very little racism (especially toward blacks) compared to the kind found across the pond.

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?
I'm 22. Shit, I hope that's not old.

>>3274610
>Canada
>US
>Across the pond
You seem dumb but you don't have the same black culture as here nor nearly the black population.

>>3274637
That's exactly what I'm saying. We have a lot of multiculturalism, but very little of the problems the US has. Because most of the blacks in the US are descendants of slavery and much of the government still works against them.

>>3274301
>"look like a turd" a

I can tell your wife is a real classy lady.
probably weights 450 pounds

>>3274646
Just keep your multiculturalism in your containment city and the rest of Canada will be fine. If there's anything I hate more it's the people of Toronto with their superiority complex and their rudeness.

>>3274646
lol

>>3274662
lol I grew up in Moncton, this is just where I live now. All of Canada is pretty awesome.

>>3274672
You're still a faggot from Toronto. How does it feel to live in the most dangerous city in Canada?

>>3274661
Nah. Sorry to inform you that many normal white girls equate black dicks with shit when speaking candidly. No matter how politically correct you want for the world to be, one way or the other very few people actually believe that white and black penises are the same.

>>3274697
The point was saying thew word turd is for fucking hillbilly retards and elementary school attenders.

>>3274675
>You're still a faggot from Toronto.
SO EDGY!


>How does it feel to live in the most dangerous city in Canada?
Even the most dangerous place here is pretty chill and awesome.

>>3274697
This anon knows everything about what white girls say when speaking candidly!

>>3274705
It's a disgusting concrete jungle filled with pretentious faggots like yourself who think they're better than everyone, are ruder than Americans and can't drive worth a damn.

>>3274704
Well she's an elementary school teacher so... she may have said "poop" I'm not 100% sure. My favorite years ago quote from another girl on the subject was "I'm not racist but doing it with a black guy would be like smearing shit all over my face". That one slayed me because she prefaced it that way.

>>3274707
What are you twelve?

>>3274709
That's nice. You sound hilariously upset.

>>3274707
I've certainly spoken to many candidly and that's one common metaphor that surprised me.

>>3274716
No but I think he might be from the way he's talking. Just having a laugh though.

>>3274717
Stay in your city that's where people like you belong.

report, filter and hide.

>>3274726
lol go fuck yourself. I'll go anywhere I want. Did your mom not pack a lunch you liked this morning? What's got you so upset, cupcake?

>>3274732
How old are you, newfag?

>>3274737
Why would I tell you? Nice try with the newfag kiddo bit though. That's /vr/s new favorite troll.

I don't care how old you are, but you're acting like a child (over the city I moved to for a job) and that's really funny.

>>3274743
You mean your parents did. By the way you're talking you must be ten years old. You shouldn't be here, kid, you should be studying for school.

>>3274724
Really? You've read my posts in this thread and you think I might be twelve? I wish.

Or do you not believe that adult women use words like "poop" and "turd" when they don't want to use an obscenity like "shit" or a nerd word like "feces"? Because that makes me think you don't really talk to many girls.

>>3274749
0/10

you're trying way too hard now.

>>3274752
How old are you? I know you won't answer because you were born in this millennia

>>3274750
White trash detected

>>3274763
Okay you got me. Please tell me how classy girls talk about shit.

>>3274487
What do you mean "there's that". There's fucking nothing unless you're actually going out with one or having sex with one. You also don't look 24, because everyone thinks they look younger than they actually do. You look 29. You're not fat... wow what a fucking accomplishment, though maybe in America it is.

>>3274791
where did I say I don't get laid?

>You also don't look 24, because everyone thinks they look younger than they actually do. You look 29
well this is false too. I literally look early 20's. This ~40 year old fag was hitting on me at a party about three weeks back and asked me how old I was. I told him to guess and he said 21. When I told him I was 29 he incredulously said 'well done!'

Two months ago it was my 17 year old cousin's birthday and a bunch of his friends were there along with us family. One of his friends asked me at one point how old I was. I also told him to guess and he said 24. Thus both younger and older people think I look early 20's. And it's true.

So yeah dude. I still look young af, still fuck beautiful girls, and you're getting angry at me on /vr/. Chances are I'm better than you at video games too. Cock is also 7 inches and I'm gonna inherit over $1,000,000 in assets one day. gg

My hands are starting to hurt after I spend a few hours playing games and it's getting me really worried about the future.
Apart from that I don't care. I don't pay attention to the real world.

>>3275081
The struggle is real. Are you playing on real 3rd/4th gen hardware? The original Playstation controller was designed to be easier on the hands of older people.

>>3275095
I play almost exclusively with emulators on PC and handheld. I have a logitech controller based on the PS design, but the hand pain is happening with typing as well and I think I need to look into accessories like pic related.
I'm probably going to get a pair of arthritis gloves to see if they help at all.

>>3273926
When I first played Kao I wondered how it would be getting a handjob from her with those freaky huge hands. Then j learned she was like 12

>>3274894
It's not true, or at least you have zero evidence it's true. You literally asked people to guess you're age and believed them straight. Everyone is going to veer on the low side in that situation. Only if you had some type of survey where it could be proved that people were guessing ages correctly then you'd have some evidence. Otherwise just forget it. Forget your idea that "I'm 29 but I look 24", I'm sick of seeing that stupid bullshit online and it's not true at all.

>where did I say I don't get laid?

You didn't say that, but you ought to have said if in preference of saying "I look 24 and prime 21 year old girls find me attractive". Obviously nobody here really gives a shit, but it would at least make more sense than what you did say.

>I'm gonna inherit over $1,000,000 in assets one day.

Wow, literally using inheritance as some kind of badge, what sort of retard are you. I mean a guy bragging about his financial success is one thing, but bragging about an inheritance. At 29 it's about time you grew up and stopped being a joke.

>>3275117
I have a grip like the on my N3DS and it helped a ton. It's called cyber gadget grip, got it on amazon.

You should try taking turmeric extract aka curcumin, it's a well studied for a non-pharmaceutical medicine and safe anti-inflammatory. make sure to get one with black pepper extract aka piperine as it improves the bioavailability significantly.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22407780

>>3275134
I have this exact grip and I swear its worked wonders for my hands when I play 3DS. Really cheap too.

>>3275134
Thanks, anon. I'll give this a read.

>>3273926
>time limit
What do you even mean? Does your mom still only let you play a certain amount of time each day?

>>3275130
>biting the bait this hard

>>3275130
>Obviously nobody here really gives a shit
well you clearly give a shit because you seem pretty mad lol. whatever helps you sleep though anonymous person I dont know :^)

>>3274570
You're just using words at random without understanding what they mean.

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

Getting old isn't bad, better to get old than to die young. The only thing you might regret about old age is that you're not as energetic as you can be and there's not enough free time for videogames, but it's not bad to be old, old men can be cool as long as they're not cranky old faggots, so be careful not to become one.

>Do you think there's a time limit to enjoying retro games?

Yes, your life, you die=no videogame anymore.

>>3274352
A woman who feels her husband is the most alpha male available to her will have no interest in other men but men will always have interest in other women. Seed is cheap. Eggs are expensive.

Getting old is whatever.

My only issue regarding games is my hands are a WRECK these days.

>play videogames for an hour
>thumbs hurt like hell
>hands start cramping
>play too long too often
>nothing but paresthesia in my hands for a week

also work sucks limited my time to do what I want like play games etc.

>you will never be 16 or below again not having to work
>tfw work at least 5 days a week for the past 15 years

I dunno why you'd IRL want to talk about games though. Just get it all out on here. Talking about games IRL is lame.

>>3277152
>thumb
Sounds like you may have casualitis. This is usually caused by an unbalanced video game diet. I'm guessing yours consists of too much crushed candy. Try rounding out your diet with a healthy dose of seafood in the form of huge battleships. They contain vitamins Gi,T, Gu,D and many others that have been clinically proven to eliminate casualitis completely.

Also, if you're a walking ham paresthesia is often an indication of bad things on the horizon. So if you are see a doctor ASAP.

>>3277152
Cod liver oil can help with the joints

>>3273926
I pretty much dropped out of gaming altogether, except for some old 80's and early 90's systems that I really like. There are many thousands of old games, so it's not like I'll ever have time to play them all anyway.
I guess it's like the mass exodus of elves to Valinor at the end of the third age in LOTR. At least that's how it feels to me. And I have effectively sailed away long ago, since I don't even know what the current games are. Ditto with music, books, movies, etc. I stopped caring a very long time ago.

Many people misunderstand what it means when you say "You're getting old for videogames".

It doesn't mean being ashamed of playing them, or having a hobby, especially in this retarded climate of geek chic and of videogames being mainstream.

What starts to be taken away from you is being allowed to be invested in them. Going to midnight launches, being with 5 people and knowing there's no issue if you spend the next 50 minutes discussing a new title, knowing everyone is going to be on board with it if you're at home and say "How about we play some vidya", knowing that if you go at a friend's he might have games you don't to play together.

They're all things that are taken away from you as you age.
There is teens who will shout "If you let others dictate what you do you're pathetic!", almost as a desperate cry that hopes to be true, but if you live in the real world you know how naive they are.

Even if you 'express yourself', what good will it do? Even if you're charming and your videogame hobby ends up being seen as quirky and positive, it's only going to be that. You're not going to talk about videogames with someone uninterested in them, you're not going to play vidya with someone who doesn't like them, you're not going to express pride in stuff related to videogames to people who think they're a waste of time.

You can keep playing for as long as you like, age won't take that away.
But you will gradually stop being able to share the feeling with others.

>>3278218
What a load of incoherent, nonsensical horseshit, probably written by a millennial.

>>3274487
>I'm turning 30 this month man.

Same actually, looking for something good to do to celebrate the milestone, any ideas?

I mean her suggestion is to sit in all day and play games and drink/eat and be merry, but that's pretty much what we do on our days off, or am I falling to hype that a 30th is a big event and I should feel pressure if I'm not doing something huge and expensive?

>>3274254

Social life and friends are overrated. Mostly because people are shit to deal with and the more you know people the more you hate them.

>>3274484

>He thinks his children aren't going to end up genderneutered and brainwashed into loving the state over you.

>>3279035
Wow. If that's not shitposting I feel really bad for you.

>>3279042
He's sort of right though.

>>3279042

Nigga I do have friends, unlike majority of 4chan. What I have learbed though is that friends in need are friends in deed. If you can support a bunch of needy relationships then yeah.

>>3279047
I don't feel that way at all. My relationships are the most important parts of my life. Reading that just makes me sad for him. Must be a miserable life hating everyone you know.

>>3273926
no, i mean, i'm gonna eventually get a 64 and i'm already playing paper mario. its not just nostalgia, some things are just good and fun and can still be shared no matter the age.

>>3279021
Do what makes u happy breh.

>>3279053
Why would it be miserable? Your attitude seems to be that you need other people to make you happy, well that seems sad to people like us.

I think he doesn't mean he hates everyone anyway, you're just imagining that so you can develop a strawman's view. He is talking about living with people and spending a lot of time with them and partly hating them and the situations. I'm a total misanthropist and I hate humans in general, because I think that humans are the only species going to destroy the world. That doesn't mean I hate every individual human.

>>3279130

>>3279130
>people are shit to deal with and the more you know people the more you hate them.
>Why would it be miserable?

Are you honestly asking why I see thinking people are shit and hating everyone you know more and more seems miserable? I'm just saying from what he wrote I feel bad for him. It sounds depressing. Didn't mean anything other than that, and if he's happy then good on him.

I was born in '96 and didn't really start playing videogames hardcore until like late middle school.
I never really got to play the old classics on the NES, SNES, PS1, Xbox, PC98, and so on until I discovered emulators. Though I did play games like EEnE Edventures, Mario Kart Double Dash, Smash Bros Melee, Halo, Metroid Prime, Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness, really a whole range of titles.
Now I sometimes kinda wish I could have been born a little further back so I could have enjoyed Final Fantasy I, LoZ, Mario, Quake, Goldeneye, Metroid, and others as a kid and not have to experience them for the first time in my college years.
As for getting old, I usually don't think about it too much, but there are moments of clarity where I just look back on all I've gone through and realize how much time I spent outside of reality, in other worlds. I don't regret a single second of it, but I do realize that the real world sort of left me behind, and now I'm trying to catch back up as I go through college and transition into adulthood.
I want to make videogames, and I've got the artsy fartsy classes out of the way and now I'm moving on to more tech oriented courses. I've played around with MMF2 and now I've moved on to Gamemaker. Before that I screwed around in Python, and before that I must have made a hundred maps on Halo 3 and Reach.
What I've noticed about these games that I played as a kid, and the ones others enjoyed in their youth, is how honest they are. There is no ulterior motive, there is no monetary favoritism. It presents to you a story, a world, people and places to get lost in because, well, real life just isn't really enjoyable at the moment. I want to figure out how these games of old created that wonder, captured the imaginations of thousands, I want to emulate that. That sense of "Wow, this place is pretty cool. I could stay here for a while."
Kind of off topic rant, sorry.

>>3279021
I can't remember my 30th birthday

I'm 34

>>3279160
>the old classics on the NES, SNES, PS1, Xbox, PC98, and so on

>>3279167
Basically solidified my point.
I don't even know what's considered old and classic

>>3279138
Yeah but all his mates were french.

laugh track

>>3279170
You were solid for the first three then you just spun in. There were no survivors.

>>3273926
I turn 40 in October. I have a GF of 16 years. For various reasons, neither of us cares for marriage or children. I don't mind kids, I just like to give them back to their parents when they start to get on my nerves.

So I get to be a huge manchild. I play games from all eras, basically just playing whatever I'm in the mood for that day. I have noticed that a lot of my gaming friends that have kids, have been introducing their kids to retro gaming. There are a lot of retro games with mechanics that are simple for kids to grasp. It's a good entry point. In 2 weeks, one of the dads is going with me for a day trip to an Arcade and a night of drinking. Should be a good time. You don't have to get boring just because you get old. And you can always share your love of games with the next generation.

>>3279165
Sounds like you had a good time.

>>3275130
>It's not true, or at least you have zero evidence it's true. You literally asked people to guess you're age and believed them straight. Everyone is going to veer on the low side in that situation. Only if you had some type of survey where it could be proved that people were guessing ages correctly then you'd have some evidence. Otherwise just forget it. Forget your idea that "I'm 29 but I look 24", I'm sick of seeing that stupid bullshit online and it's not true at all.

People don't age at the same rate though and a given 29 year old may be younger or older biologically than his calendar age.

>>3279203
I know...you're terrified to be around kids because of the things you might do to their tight little orifices.

It's cool. Happens to a lot of people. If you don't think you can control those...bad thoughts, you're probably right.

>>3276179
enjoy your body disintegrating and all your friends being dead, fuccoboi.

>>3279475
Yeahyeah I know old people whine that all their friends are dead, though I never quite understood that. It's really pretty much impossible to outlive your entire generation because when you're 90, there's always another 90 year old around somewhere and there's a 95 and a 100 year old out there and there's an 89 year old and just a little younger than him is an 87 year old and so forth.

There's no reason to live longer than 70. You just can't hardly do anything at 80-90.

>>3279494
Don't speak for other people. My dad lived a fine life through his 70s. It always seemed uphill in his 80s, but he was happy while it lasted.

>>3278027
Already down witht he fish oils

And Glucosamine Sulphate etc.

I don't think any of it really helps my joints too much but I like ot pretend it does at least.

>>3279494
In your case I'd draw the line at 30. Maybe 25. That gives you plenty of time.
Years back I met a guy was was 93. He was a bit frail with a creaky voice but his mind was sharp as a tack. We'd drink at the club bar and he'd tell me stories of his life. Like how he fought in WWI at age 16 as the next one as well. We had a great time for 3 years until he kicked it. Maybe someone like you who doesn't have much upstairs to start with will be useless at 80-90 but not everyone is.

>>3278027
That sounds disgusting. Some people will smoke anything.

>>3279638
You sound really tough and I'm sure you can beat up more than half of everyone ITT.

>>3273926
Denial.

>>3279648
I don't hit girls, or little boys who act like them. you're safe.

>>3277152
I ruined my left wrist due to acquiring rsi from laptop gaming. Played too much retro fps on it and the angle was awkward on the wasd keys since I didn't angle the laptop like u would a normal keyboard because u want the screen to be straight to your face. Feels horrible.

>>3273926
Dealing with aging in general is difficult for a few reasons.
1. The fear of death, obviously.
2. Reaching an age where you're shamed for having basically any hobby.
3. Still being devoted to things that "the mainstream" has already forgotten.

These things aren't really so bad however.
1. The fact that anything exists, including the physical laws that insist things must exist, demonstrates how limited human understanding of reality is as our causal understanding of the universe completely falls apart when you try to imagine its ultimate origin. While Jesus and shit isn't real, reality has a first cause that exists in some way outside of causality. The point is that while there is no promise of an afterlife, shit is way more complicated than religious sheeple or fedora-tipping atheists want to admit. You might get peaceful oblivion when you die, but you also might experience something more. There just isn't a way for us to know.
(Sorry for long rant, this is just heavy stuff)

2. As you get older, you should stop feeling shame. Instead of cringing at old men at comic conventions, admire that they didn't bow to societal pressure to abandon the things they love.

3. "The mainstream" just means "the current generation of 15-35 year olds". The generation that loves the stuff you love is still around in places like this and in the real world. Places like reddit, /v/, tumblr, twitter, etc. will naturally be full of young people, but older people are all as alive and well as you and share your interests.

Basically just don't worry about anything. This life is temporary so devote it to the things you love. All time is wasted time. All actions are, from a limited, human perspective, pointless. Just do what you want to do and be happy.

>>3279869
Sheeeeeeeit bro. You ice cold dawg.

>>3273926
>I don't get many opportunities to talk about games.
You need to make better friends anon, my dad still talks with his friends about the games that they played back in the 80's on NES and Sega Megadrive

I'm 25 and I've started to tone it down on videogames.

I have the time and there are a lot of retro games (and non-retro) that I want to play but everytime I start doing it a little part of me says "you could've doing this and that instead of playing videogames" and I cannot ignore it.
I don't think there is a time limit though, just that you need to sort out the "adult" stuff first if you want to get comfy playing videogames otherwise your conscience will get mad at you.

>>3280740
But it could be argued people get something out of videogames. They fill voids and inspire people with what they bring to the table. At least that's the theory, otherwise none of us should be here.

Everybody gets old; the things they like become unpopular, old-fashoned etc.
Im 35, now I'm starting to experience this. I till enjoy my hobbies but I only really talk about them online to my friends who are my age and still play games.
Getting old sucks, however it's better then the alternative I guess.

>>3273926
Getting old is rough on me and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I believe that's mostly just because it's hard to make new friends when you're older.

I just turned 30 and I've moved and gone through a breakup of a 6 year relationship within the last year and it's estranged me from almost everyone I knew. Now I'm in a new area trying to make all new friends and I'm finding it very difficult honestly. Talking to others about vidya seems kinda farfethched now but something I'm kind of content to live without. I tried to get my Ex into retro vidya and all that but she pretty much was only into dota. Infact I think those efforts strained things.

There's no time limit to enjoying vidya, but it is time consuming. I have to be much more picky now with what games I enjoy. It's too bad I'm not a youtuber who makes money off playing old games, then I could probably spend more time on it!

>>3274297
>I'd just be kind of wary about that, even more if your wife is young and the only cock she's tries was yours.

How do you avoid this shit with younger partners? I was my gf's first lay and first serious relationship and I feel like it's pretty obvious she resents that I'm the only dick she's ever going to experience if we stay together. I'm not at all open to poly or swinging. If this just how people are or did I get unlucky and am dating a shit person?

>>3279468
Mostly I just don't want them breaking my toys.

>>3280828
Dump her and whore around. If you're under 30, you're too young to be settling down anyways. go live a little.

>>3280840
I just turned 30 and never had my whoring around phase unfortunately

>>3280828
>>3280867
Then do it and use all your experience more than she has to teach her her lesson the hard way. Get yourself some girls lined up before you ever let your girlfriend have any indication that you're thinking about breaking up then once the dominoes are in place, actually press the issue when she makes whatever comment is making you think she's regretting the possibility of only ever being with you then show her why in a no-holds-barred social structure it's supposed to be ideal for the girl to only ever be with one man i.e. the prince charming fantasy. Dump her, hard - making her feel like it's entirely her fault for having that honestly irrational idea that somehow it would be better to be with a bunch of guys even after she was actually lucky enough to find a nice guy she was attracted to her first time out. Immediately start fucking those other girls you have lined up and make sure she sees the indicators of it. Don't rub it in her face or anything just seem happy in the company of other girls on your Facespace or Instatweet or whatever. Guaranteed she'll be addictively creeping on it. Likewise, use your superior male willpower to refrain from looking at hers. Hide her feed but don't block her, remember you want her able to see what you're up to while you seem unconcerned with what she's doing.

Since you didn't start with a Disney princess from the beginning you may have to later deal with her having hooked up with some douchebag who was the most aggressively on her shit but guaranteed he'll be a huge asshole and she will hugely regret her dumbassery if she even makes it that far before she crumbles and begs to come back after learning her lesson.

If it wasn't obvious from this advice I'm the guy you were initially asking for advice from even though you were quoting the guy who viewed the issue as an inevitability.

>>3280902
Do not do this bullshit. Be honest with people, it's the only way and always works out better for everyone.

>>3280930
How is what I suggested being dishonest? Do you have to play with all your cards on the table in a relationship to be "honest" even after your partner is making you feel bad for being a good person? No. Fuck that. I assure you I know exactly what I'm talking about here.

ITT, people that are yet to have a psychedelic experience.

>>3281208
lol what does that have to do with it?
Regardless of whether my soul exists I still want to leave an earthly legacy.

>>3281208
DUDE

>>3273926
Well just a year or two ago I drank and smoked a lot and just constantly lamented my age - that my youth was slipping away and I had utterly and completely wasted it (not on videogames though; I wasted it trying to write a book).

But, now that I'm almost 26 (I'll be turning 26 in two months), for some reason I just don't care anymore.

>>3281294
WEED

>>3281327
You should have just written a shit book in like a month instead of trying to make your first book some masterpiece you don't have the chops to create yet

>>3281393
I know :(

>>3280726
Probably not one of your dads friends, but yeah a bunch of us dads here do the same thing.

>>3280817
>>>/soc/

>>3281486
You don't have any children, do you? If you actually do, post pics.

>>3280791
>Everybody gets old; the things they like become unpopular, old-fashoned etc.

Which pray tell things in particular are unpopular/old-fashioned.

>>3281208
^This.

ITT: A bunch of late 20s people act like they're 75

>>3280557
>2. Reaching an age where you're shamed for having basically any hobby.
I never heard of anyone being shamed for having a hobby. Since when?
>While Jesus and shit isn't real
Proofs?
>The generation that loves the stuff you love is still around in places like this and in the real world. Places like reddit, /v/, tumblr, twitter, etc. will naturally be full of young people, but older people are all as alive and well as you and share your interests
Problem is those old fuckers hold you back. They constrain you to ideas that aren't necessarily practical/reasonable/relevant to today's world. The moment you realize your generation didn't know it all, you're not better than those who came after you, popular music did not suddenly suck the moment you turned 20, and your kids just might have some new, fresh ways of doing things worth looking into and your eyes will open. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

>>3280834
I'd rather not even care to guess what this guy means by "toys". I'm sure it's not the kind of toys you buy at Toys'R'Us.

>>3280557
>Instead of cringing at old men at comic conventions
I don't think anyone's cringing at old men at comic conventions unless maybe the old guy claims that comic books stopped being any good in 1960 or something.

>>3280557
>2. Reaching an age where you're shamed for having basically any hobby

It's only shameful ofc if said hobby is sex-themed since past a certain age, you're just not allowed to have any kind of sexuality at all.

>>3278137
...as he drifts off into an alcoholic haze,

>>3280557
It's not if you off yourself at 70.

>>3281573
>I never heard of anyone being shamed for having a hobby. Since when?

Since never, he's full of shit. Bridge, gardening, fishing, cryptic crosswords, golf, shooting game clubs, are full to the brim of old people wishing younger people took them up. What's interesting is how you assumed a random person on /vr/ would have any grasp of reality.

I also like how he then awkwardly tries to bring in comic conventions as some sort of normal adult thing to do, or something that people on /vr/ would be interested in doing as an adult. As if it were some sort of natural similar interest.

I have zero interest in comics and have a really negative view of comic conventions. You're on your own there. /vr/ is a normal hobby that pretty much anyone would enjoy on some level, frankly comics for an adult is a bit weird. Go ahead and do it if you like.

>>3274416
If you're 30 and you still honestly worry about what 15 year olds are doing, you have more problems than...

>>3281613
>What's interesting is how you assumed a random person on /vr/ would have any grasp of reality.
At least 75% of the posts in this thread demonstrate a very tenuous grasp of reality.

>>3281613
* "shooting game clubs" = "clubs where you go on hunts shooting game".

>>3273926
>I don't get many opportunities to talk about games.

what more could you possibly talk about when it comes to retro games, assuming you're actually "old" like, say in your mid thirties. What is there left to talk about, really.

plus, your only chance of talking about this shit is with people who know nothing about it, 'cause they're the only ones who'll sit through your ridiculous and specific hobby they either never had or are too young to know about, a good reason a lot of asshole manchildren hang around geeky kids, 'cause anybody else got over vidya a long ass time ago.

this happens with everything, you' can't go around having discussions about the beatles unless you're a kid or hanging around kids, it's part of life, you get into other new or old shit that you've never done and then when you're done you go on and on and on until one day you 'll be ACTUALLY old and all you'll talk about is the past 'cause you can't deal with the present anymore.

>>3274894
> I literally look early 20's. This ~40 year old fag was hitting on me at a party about three weeks back and asked me how old I was. I told him to guess and he said 21. When I told him I was 29 he incredulously said 'well done!'
oh my god i covered my mouth reading this from the cringe

>>3281614
>>3274416
Besides, it's not as if teenagers create pop culture anyway or are anything but passive consumers for pop culture created by 20-44 year old adults.

>>3274368
>especially ones that love to complain how old they are
Cripes, there's 70 year olds who act more youthful and are less depressing than these faggots.

>>3281614
>>3281664
I don't remember saying you should care, in fact the gist of the whole thing is that you shouldn't and feeling old is just a matter of perspective and you'll never be as physically young as before. In my case I actually have to deal with it since they foist entertaining the kid on me whenever convenient and I gotta deal with bad FNAF and Undertale OCs. I don't think her having "retro" interests would make child behavior any less cringey.

But I thought this was an age and gaming thread but it's turning into fuccbois, pedos, and grandpa whining.

>>3274514
>if he doesnt watch anime I am better than him

>>3281781
>But I thought this was an age and gaming thread but it's turning into fuccbois, pedos, and grandpa whining
That's what it always was intended to be since OP first clicked the Submit button.

>>3281781
>In my case I actually have to deal with it since they foist entertaining the kid on me whenever convenient and I gotta deal with bad FNAF and Undertale OCs. I don't think her having "retro" interests would make child behavior any less cringey
Whut.

>>3273926
1.Try to find a retro gaming club in your area.
2. Don't give any fucks if you're the oldest fuck in it
3. Try to give a shit about modern games. You don't have to play them, but like, know what people are talking about. Then you can segue into games you give a shit about without it being branded as "grandpa storytime"

>>3281583
In my city, there's a comic book convention every year. All ages go there, including women. It's not weird at all. It's a big part of french culture.

>>3281208
yeah youre the only one thats ever done drugs on 4chinks right? fucking idiot. I bet you're 18.

>>3274416
>my sister's boyfriend's 9 year old daughter
sister confirmed for cuck

>>3281661
if something that mundane caused you to physically cringe irl i cant imagine how much of an awkward faggot you are irl

>>3282180
>Try to find a retro gaming club in your area.
Who the fuck joins a club in this day and age? That's all online now.

>>3274487
Turning 30 next month.

I'm close to giving up videogames, not because of some silly notion like I've outgrown them, more then I have so little time to sit and actually enjoy them. 30 minutes just feels like... whats the point. Not enough time to get anywhere, or even enough time to, well, decompress.

This is coming form someone who even ran a videogame arcade for a few years (protip: unless you have a liquor license, don't).

I'm not really sure what to do with my hobbies anymore. No kids, but a wife, job, bullshit, time feels like it evaporates faster and faster. Guess that's what happens when you're in a routine.

>>3282342
People who want to socialize offline
>Who the fuck goes to bars in this day and age? That's all online now.

You're like this guy I know who constantly complains about not being able to meet new people then plays MTG online when there are weekly sanctioned tournaments at our local shop.

>>3282342
Believe it or not a large portion of the population doesn't live their entire life in their parents basement hiding from the yellow face that burns them.

>>3273926
Is 23 consirered old?
I wasn't alive/was too young to enjoy the games I like when they were new but I have sticked to them since I got to know them.

>Communities like these are the only chance I get to discuss something I love with like minded individuals.

"Communities" like these are politically-charged shitfests. I can't get five sentences into a discussion without some /pol/smoker derailing the thread into "Hitler was right!"

If this is how my generation thinks, then I want nothing to do with them. I'm just as content to stick with my single-player games and never discuss them with anyone. Although I'm sure there are younger generations who get into retro gaming.

>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?

Possible health issues aside, I don't mind. As far as the atmosphere with current gaming developments is concerned, I just ignore what I'm not interested in. There's still a wealth of retro games I haven't picked up, so I'm sure there will always be something "new" to discover as I continue to get older.

I'm a confirmed bachelor, so I've got all the free time I want to sink into my hobbies. Still, I find myself going back to replay games I've already completed, especially RPGs. Doing challenge runs breathes new life back into the game.

>>3282351
make kids?

>>3279468
kys

>>3283661
Can't...

>>3273926
>How do you guys deal with the fact that you're getting old?
I drive hand way to Melee beach to stay in my much younger wife's family's beach house and eat pic related to unwind from the stress of driving for eight hours

So yeah what's up with this thread? Are we still on topic? I've got one of my Dreamcasts in the trunk with aVGA adapter, a fishing controller and a copy of Sega Marine Fishing. That represents my entire contribution to this particular vacation. Any of you remember last summer when I said I was gonna do that shit? Well I'm making good on it. Maybe this thread will still be up long enough for me to post a pic of my nerd bird 17 year old sister in law playing it in the game room.

Seriously there's no excuse for not playing you guys' lives with the same skill you play your retro vidya. Retro is harder even.

>>3284196
Damn I really should have proof read that. Fuck it. I've finished that 40 so I'm all loose and shit you guys know what I mean.

Pic related is the view from our hotel balcony of my rented FiST. Just kidding it's just a regular Fiesta. Not that anyone on /vr/ gives one fuck about the difference.

>>3283945
sorry bud

theyre crap anyway

Meditation.