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G26

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1. I played through the golden age of PC games:
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 05:13 PM
Jun 2012

the first commercial flight sims (A10 Attack!) and 1st person shooters (DoomII, Quake2, Descent, MechWarrior2), and eventually got a PS2. I also spent a lot of time (and $$$) playing Warbirds online.

Even though the graphics were pretty lame back then and the framerates were awful - the fact that you could even play these games was almost unbelievable. But after that first wave of games, and even though the graphics got much, much better, the games never had the same appeal.

I still have my PS2, although I probably haven't turned it on in 6 months and don't have any games I'm actively playing.

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Video Games? [View all] Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 OP
I played through the golden age of PC games: G26 Jun 2012 #1
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I could handle Pong. Kaleva Jun 2012 #12
makes it sound like a rich person's toy hfojvt Jun 2012 #18
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you said big hfojvt Jun 2012 #21
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long time console gamer... opiate69 Jun 2012 #2
I own a Wii, PS3, and an Xbox360. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #4
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I have been seriously considering it. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #6
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Yes, Broken_Hero Jun 2012 #8
I don't play much ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #9
I like PC games Gore1FL Jun 2012 #10
Cool. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #11
oh yes, love them things. Whisp Jun 2012 #13
Skyrim and Diablo 3 have both gotten a lot of press, lately Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #14
Whats nice about "the culture", despite the predictable hand wringing of a vocal minority Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #15
this speaks to me foo_bar Jun 2012 #16
+1 lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #23
I love them. RiffRandell Jun 2012 #17
I do think they need to cut back on unrealistic body images and outfit choices on female characters Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #24
Is it me, or has there been a lull in good games, lately. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #25
we are a WII family, there are currently three of them for gaming and netflix loli phabay Jul 2012 #26
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