Was Videogaming Better Back in the Day?

Posted by Zonk on Monday April 16, 2007 @02:58AM from the these-new-fangled-gears-and-half-lives dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sean Sands at Gamers With Jobs looks back at the dawn of videogaming, when we were all kids just typing in our games, one line of BASIC at a time. And he finds the present lacking: 'The dreamers became assets instead of leaders, and the rockstar designers became, well, Rockstar ... or Blizzard, or Valve. Publishers with cash-rich money to spend bought the creative process, and the minds of marketing professionals replaced four guys hopped up on sugar doughnuts and generic cola. So, how dare I be surprised that the price of today's gaming blitz is a little piece of last generation's soul?' Do you agree? Was simple gaming better, or are you a story in games fan?"

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Re:Was it better? Yes and no. by Arthur+Scott+Smith · 2007-04-16 06:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Seeing your initials at the top justified the hundreds of dollars spent in practice and the pursuit of glory. Unless you were one of those punks that entered A-S-S.
Calling me a punk? Jerk.