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Can Kids Tolerate Classic Games?

Posted by simoniker on from the pixels-not-cool dept.

Thanks to EGM for their feature subjecting today's children to yesterday's gaming classics, as they "...rounded up nine children of the PlayStation generation - ages 10 to 13 - and forced them to play titles from the '70s and '80s." Games the kids comment on include Pong ("I would never pay to play something like this"), Tetris ("Which button do I press to make the blocks explode?"), and, evilly, E.T. for the Atari 2600 ("Didn't they bury this game in Mexico or something?")

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  1. i'd be surprised if a kid actually knew... by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Did You Know?
    Atari buried 5 million unsold copies of E.T. in the New Mexico desert.

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    1) Your analysis is based on bad assumptions so your result is way off. 2) You're a sick bastard for fucking a horse.
  2. oh the things kids say! by quakeslut · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the review of Donkey Kong:
    EGM: Who's that chick Mario is rescuing up there?
    Brian: It's Princess Peach.
    Kirk: It's a hooker.