TNL/GG! crowd: Still 2 1337 4 u?

[rezo]

I'm still playing the same sort of games I was playing two years ago, just a lot less often. =\ Just found out about an old japanese cinematic boxing game that I'm looking for, for instance.

As for the difference in topics, I think some people leaving has about as much to do with it as people's changes in taste over time. yup.

I haven't seen any more threads about how to put your games in air-tight baggies when not playing them, either. Dust? OH NOES!

Everybody has the bags now. No need to bring them up anymore.

[Yoshi]

titles that were traditionally import-only have come to the US

Well, that and the fact that developers in Europe and the US kick the shit out of the Japanese developers now. Hell, thanks to BioWare, I'll even give Canada a shout.

[EightBit]

Everyone here is so 1337, that being 1337 isnt cool anymore.

[Yoshi]

Everyone here is so 1337, that being 1337 isnt cool anymore.

Exactly. It's the "You got served" episode of South Park, where the non-conformist kid says that he is such a non-conformist that he is going to not conform to the non-conformists by conforming.

Say that 10 times fast.

[Despair]

Hey, Its Tones. Havent seen you in like ages !!!!

[Tones]

So, in a nutshell, us at TNL are the Noble Nerds.

[Diff-chan]

Interesting topic.

I think a big part of it is just the people who run the site and talk the most - where as before, we had elitist douchebags like ECM set the tone, now we have the much more accessible and friendly Nick, or sleeveboy.

I imagine a lot of people got burned by the GameGo! way of buying tons of shit (haul threads were commonplace) and buying a lot of obscure shit just because it was obscure/cheap, so they stopped doing it. I know I fit into that category. I bought like fifty games during that GG! summer! Fifty games! I soon realized it was very unsatisfying and a waste of cash. Really only two of them come to mind as worthwhile purchases - Metal Slug and Guardian Heroes.

Also, a lot of people just got jaded - like Josh, for example. And me. Being so anally-retentive about your games just doesnt pay off for 99% of people, and the collectors on the board (of which there are a handful) generally know what to do about their shit.

[SmoothCriminal]

Indeed.

[Josh]

I never used those fucking baggies.

Working in video game retail for many years completly destroyed my love of video games. I don't give a shit about anything thats coming out (except for Burnout 3).

I seriously doubt that I'll be buying the next generation of consoles.

[Diff-chan]

Josh, I feel you on that. I seriously have no interest in any games coming out. Even Jade Empire, which I should be jizzing over, I am indifferent to. I love Star Wars Galaxies, but thats more of an anamoly than anything else. I got no plans to buy any of the new systems and if my PS2 were to break tomorrow, I wouldnt give a shit.

The numbers should speak for themselves:

GAMES BOUGHT/RECEIVED PER YEAR:
2001: 70-80
2002: 20-30
2003: 6
2004: 2, to date

GAMES PER SYSTEM:
SNES: ~40
PlayStation: ~42
N64: ~17
PS2: ~6
Xbox: ~8