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lundi 24 septembre 2018

Powering Up With Retro Gaming

By Sarah Phillips


It should be said that the world was both always and not always modern. Always because modernity is relative. Compared to early hominids, the Middle Ages, with the plagues and the lack of running water, would be fairly modern, and not always because in the current age, everything that came before it is primitive. But again, all of that is relative. And being a little backwards is not always a bad thing, which is why some people engage in retro gaming.

The very first that needs doing is to explain just what exactly videogames are. Well, they are stories. That is the long and short of it. But unlike more traditional media, they are interactive. This means that the audience is in control. That control may be limited, but its there.

Gaming, in essence, is the act of playing a videogame. This can range from playing a mobile game on a phone to something more elaborate. In fact, the more elaborate games will have leagues and professional sports teams, who are treated as legitimate athletes in some countries.

There are a few reasons for people to go retro when it comes to their interactive entertainment. The most prominent is nostalgia. Plugging an 8 bit cartridge into a system that has been obsolete for more than twenty years trigger memories of a simpler time, before having to deal with things like bills and deadlines.

There are going to be lot of things needed to engage in it. Sure, a gamer can just get a regular PC to run an emulator, but that is no fun. For the real experience, the actual consoles from a bygone era are shall be needed, and depending on the games being played, it shall require multiple consoles, as some titles were exclusive to certain system.

None of that is going to come for free. In fact, it can be very expensive. Even the cheaper option can be very expensive, as personal computers for gaming can run up quite the bill. It can be cheaper to build one, but that requires expertise.

Of course, finding the titles and the equipment needed to actually run those titles will be a task in and of itself. Thankfully, the internet is something that exists. So all that needs to be done is to scour online merchants to find what is wanted and needed.

Now, if the internet proves to be fruitless, then there are always libraries. While they will mostly cater to books, there will be some movies and videogames available. The selection may be limited, but they will be free with a library card.

Time is limited. But as limited as it is, there is still too much of it. So there have to be some activities to spend it on, because otherwise, things would get really boring really fast.




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