When the fuck did gamers get so jaded?

[BillyG]

I know he had a TON of games we played, but I can only remember Samurai Showdown and Road Rash.

[Abraham Smashington]

It was the game Twisted and The Horde for us in regards to the 3d0

[BillyG]

We would eventually go back to Samurai Showdown on 3DO because this kid was spoiled as a motherfucker.

[Captain Russ]

Mario Tennis was indeed the shit on the VB, but I could only play for so long before I'd lose my fucking mind and seek solace in the loving arms of a Cannon film.

[Abraham Smashington]

I never had any problems besides a sore neck when it came to the Virtual Boy. I can't in good conscious say it was a good system, but I had fun with it.

[BillyG]

Yeah, my neighbor had it, and within a week we all stopped playing because we didn't hate ourselves yet. OH YOUTH.

[B_Metal]

I know a guy who does that with FPS games now. Sad sack he is.

[Shit Dickface]

I knew a kid growing up who had one. He would regularly vomit after playing it. Not shitting you.

[Captain Russ]

That is fucked up.

[Abraham Smashington]

I beat Wario Land in one sitting. MY EYES ARE SOOO BADDDDD

[Captain Russ]

I fucking dug that piece of shit too. Pinball and Tennis were awesome.

For fifteen minutes. Then you'd have to take a pee break and OHMYGODMYEYES

[B_Metal]

Power Glove FTW!!!

[Abraham Smashington]

I fucking dug that piece of shit too. Pinball and Tennis were awesome.

[Shit Dickface]

*picture of the Virtual Boy*

[Captain Russ]

TANGENT POLICE: STOP, CRIMINAL SCUM

Getting back to the original question, the jaded attitude for me (and other mes out there) boils down to understanding the bottom line sans Stone Cold saying so: profit.

"We need to sell new shit because everyone's bought the old shit so lets make some new shit for those shits to buy at the expense of fun shit on our current shit because we can't get as much money from this shit as we could if we had new shit to sell."

We gamers forget this all the time and bitch accordingly when we should be grateful that there is even an industry devoted to interactive entertainment.

I understand it, but I'm just as hu-mon as the next Bill Cosby, so I find some catharsis in bitching about how things are (and it serves as a trivial distraction to the boredom everyone experiences every day).

GIVE IN TO THE MYOPIC ANGAR, ROB.