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[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 months ago (30 children)

I'll fight anyone who says 1998 is retro. I'm getting old, but give me a few more years damn.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

We're gonna have to rethink definitions at some point. Yes, video games are still a comparatively new medium, but nobody would call a 2010 film a retro film, nevermind books or paintings.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I define "retro" as anything made before an average Army Private was born, so about 19-20 years. By this standard, games released in the early 80's were retro when the current generation of Privates was born, so how do we call that ? I propose the term "paleogaming" for those.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

By that definition, 9/11 is retro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's definitely cheugy.

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