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I agree with the idea that instant gratification and general internet douchebaggery are downfalls of the current generation of ... frankly, people, it just happens to apply to games and online communities in an obvious way, but I think these games too will become nostalgic and increase in value, despite their losses now.

After all, when NES games got old at first, unless they were rare, they were sold at garage sales for very little, especially compared to what you might be able to get for certain titles now; and leeradical42 is fond of pointing out the appreciation in value of a lot of PS2 games, and those have been around for far less time.

I will agree again though, that 8 and 16 bit are a very golden time for gaming, and they are awesome. And yes, physical copies are much better than something that can be deleted off a server.

Great post, sometimes it's nice to just read a good bit of interesting text.

I don't know if "occassionally playing old systems" qualifies as "serious gamer," so I am here as a regular of this website to let you know there is in fact an in between. lol Granted, I was pretty damn serious about being a Gamecube fanboy, so maybe I just peaked early in middle school.

Cool to see what you look like, interesting you are Daftman's brother, and nice cosplay. Also, 1990 is a great year.

I/we've never even owned an HDTV. Retro experience err' day.

I hear the second part to the fourth Twilight gets funny. But I only ever saw the first one when my mom rented it. I just thought it was boring.

Yup, Mario Galaxy is the first thought that popped in my head.

Lol probably everyone is paranoid, but hey, I can kick Microsoft when it's down. lol

I do talk about Oreos a lot though, so if I'm not just being paranoid, I'll know. lmao

As for a console mostly associated with games, an Ouya seems like what some people are going with.

LOL. Yeah, I was thinking of intentionally doing disgusting things so that Microsoft stopped ever surveilling me. Paranoid, but fun ideas.

Yeah, that's a cool feature to think about, but in practice ... yeah, it's gonna be limited, sadly. Every time something sounds that awesome, it's usually not as awesome.

I do like the idea of a Lair playthrough though. Looked so great and I was disappointed to see reviews it got. Never played it, but I thought the premise was cool.

Oh, anything that's a camera can be a surveillance device, easily, it's just the "always on" thing that makes this seem more Draconian. You're right though, internet in general kills most privacy, and Sony does have products that you can use for unscrupulous purposes, but it's the fact you have to unplug the One in order to be safe from potential surveillance that makes it that tad bit creepier.

Granted, the fact everyone has a cellphone camera almost makes us a borderline citizen-police state. Oy.

So yeah, it's not like Microsoft somehow invented unwanted information gathering, it's just being kind of (in that it can be unplugged) forced to use the thing that seems iffy to me.

Yeah, I guess by "casual" I mean I'm not jumping at the opportunity to call something a "brofest" when an American-made system showcases American-developed games that sell well on a particular console, but truth be told, my tastes are very much more aligned with things like Okami than they are with FPS in general.

But I understand that I'm in a niche base of consumers, plus I consume enough internet/TV/movies that all-in-one appealed to me; so again, too bad I know what they're doing in terms of consumer practice, and hopefully Sony doesn't follow suit too closely.

As for this being the last crop of systems, I don't know if I see it happening. Even if these fail, which I doubt, I think people are plenty excited for new consoles still, and I don't know if I believe anyone would "flock" to mobile gaming for any reason except it's relatively cheaper and more convenient for them at a given time. I don't think anyone "replaces" consoles with mobile, though they might replace it with PC, but there are people like myself that just don't feel right not gaming on a console, and they're more numerous than you might think.

In any case, we'll just have to wait and see, but I think this generation will wind up at least healthier than the doom and gloom things like my blog perpetuate online. And yes, I understand the irony of my previous statement. lol