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On Dan "Shoe" Hsu's  Bitmob Giveaway: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Goodies
"love the retro art

http://twitter.com/darthvid/status/20844418413"

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
On Nick Gates'  Gaming History from a Younger Perspective
"As someone who's about to be older than the number of days there are in a calendar month, I'm glad to see younger generations willing to dabble in the past to better appreciate the present, which will hopefully lead to a better future.

While reading your article, I find myself in an oddly similar situation despite "being there" for some of the games you mentioned.  Yes, I played  Mario and RockMan (MegaMan) when it came out, but Earthbound? Phantasmagoria? Hell, even Zelda 1!  I had none of that, and I actually had to dig deep in the recesses of history as an adult to get a taste of those.
 
In your case it is youth and money, for me, it was money, availability of material (physical distribution), and geography.  My country gets FamiComs more than NES, so we get the nice oddball Japan titles, but struggle with the language.  US/NES only releases were occasionally tough to come by (print mags seem to have stuff I've never seen at all!).
 
Perhaps people my age have some advantage in actually being there. But we weren't immune to inaccessibility.  We still have to go on the occasional archeology trip just to see what we missed in our youth, just as we go to museums to take a peek at the past.
 
You have your youth, better accessibility to material than I ever did years ago, and the virtue of appreciation.  Your prospects in enjoying video-game culture are bright.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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