Post As7aMBbObh14LEH8ds by The_T@glaceon.social
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(DIR) Post #As7aMBbObh14LEH8ds by The_T@glaceon.social
2025-03-16T17:57:23Z
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I just saw someone refer to the Donkey Kong Country games made by Retro Studios as the "Retro DKC games" and like that's true by one definition but it still feels like whiplash
(DIR) Post #As7aMChSWdSbkK7UjQ by esheep@sh.monstergirls.live
2025-03-16T18:12:01.706Z
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@The_T@glaceon.social Donkey Kong Country Returns is 15 years old, so surely that counts as "retro" in the other sense of the word too? :neocat_think_woozy:
(DIR) Post #As7aMDhqmfMqrpJJyq by The_T@glaceon.social
2025-03-16T18:14:26Z
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@esheep absolutely notRetro will be N64 and older until the day I die
(DIR) Post #As7aMESdygnXCxCguu by holly@toot.hoppet.cool
2025-03-16T18:26:58Z
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@The_T @esheep kids will be playing full-dive vr fortnite and we'll still be saying the xbox 360 doesn't count as retro
(DIR) Post #As7aMFFv1UDHfmG2im by The_T@glaceon.social
2025-03-16T18:29:05Z
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@holly @esheep it doesn't...
(DIR) Post #As7aMFxsO3NJs6p9Em by holly@toot.hoppet.cool
2025-03-16T18:36:21Z
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@The_T @esheep what about in thirty years when all the kids are playing full-dive vr fortnite?
(DIR) Post #As7aMGvQod0uqogi48 by The_T@glaceon.social
2025-03-16T18:37:00Z
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@holly @esheep you have a bold opinion of how long society's gonna last
(DIR) Post #As7aMHdOBCAx39Foa8 by holly@toot.hoppet.cool
2025-03-16T18:38:58Z
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@The_T lay off the doomerism in my mentions please
(DIR) Post #As7aMIOXLttDPNJT4S by esheep@sh.monstergirls.live
2025-03-16T19:01:59.330Z
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@holly@toot.hoppet.cool @The_T@glaceon.social I do think "retro" is more about game design than just arbitrary age. There is I think a sort of schism in game design around the Xbox 360/PS3 era, and now. A 360 game has a lot more in common with a game made today than a game made for the GameCube for instance. Heck, GTA5 was made for the 360 and is still being re-released today. Skyrim too.Though I'm starting to think we're seeing another schism in the modern era of gaming, where mobile game design influence is starting to spread to console and PC, with games more designed for "engagement" than for simply art or entertainment. And maybe at some point we'll need more words than "retro" and "modern" to differentiate between eras of gaming. Maybe terms like "pre-360", "post-360" and "post-mobile".anyways thanks for coming to my ~TED Talk~ insane ramblings about game design history