Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days 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-square112fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1157arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days 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-squareComrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 days 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-up7·edit-22 days agoPlus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI vote to use the fashion definition. 20 years ago is retro. It’s simple. Yeah it makes me feel old. But still…
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeeeh, 20 years ago, 1995! …. D:
minus-squareTabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoyou could say 20 years or 2 gens old.
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoThe Nintendo New 3DS in shambles.
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI think two decades old is plenty retro
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
“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
I vote to use the fashion definition. 20 years ago is retro. It’s simple. Yeah it makes me feel old. But still…
Yeeeh, 20 years ago, 1995!
…. D:
you could say 20 years or 2 gens old.
The Nintendo New 3DS in shambles.
I think two decades old is plenty retro