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

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.

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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!

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

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Originally Posted by Tones

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

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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. :p

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

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Originally Posted by EightBit

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

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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.

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

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

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.

Indeed.

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.

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