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When was the last time you felt like a kid?

That insane excitement basically hits when one of a few select companies releases a new (first-party - not just publisher assisted or whatever) game. Nintendo, Bioware, Valve, Rockstar are all guilty of making me super-excited - as I was when I knew I had Decap Attack sitting under the Christmas tree, waiting to be opened. Or whatever.
 
Drinky Crow said:
you can't. why else would you lust for a time when you were easily duped?

Meh, even then I wasn't easily duped. I guess I've always had the ability to spot things that are disingenuous or phony, but I have also always enjoyed seeing them squirm about and try to get me to notice them. It's fun in a weird way.

But nostalgia is still fun, just like listening to the songs that were on the radio when I was young. It's not so much about remembering a better time, but just remembering past times. Things like games and music can do that for us, they can trigger those memories and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside if only for a moment.
 
When I was a kid I wanted to be able to put Myself inside of a game like Mortal Kombat

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plus I was running all over the house looking for stuff to use as weapons
 
conman said:
Nostalgia isn't childish. Ever meet a kid who feels nostalgia?

did i say it was childish? i said it was manchildish -- a desperate need to revert to a prior condition of childishness or innocence, either to escape the failures of the present or because of delayed development
 
Drinky Crow said:
did i say it was childish? i said it was manchildish -- a desperate need to revert to a prior condition of childishness or innocence, either to escape the failures of the present or because of delayed development
ouch. sounds like someone needs a shaking.
 
Snuggler said:
But nostalgia is still fun, just like listening to the songs that were on the radio when I was young. It's not so much about remembering a better time, but just remembering past times. Things like games and music can do that for us, they can trigger those memories and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside if only for a moment.

if you've ever liked starfox, you're easily duped

i suggest you take up heroin or christianity. or both, simultaneously.
 
I am going to largely go with Drinky Crow on this. I'm often pumped up for games or entertainment in general but I really don't associate that with an over indulgence in nostalgia or naivety that some people here seem to hold so dear. It doesn't do much for me and the wallowing in it of late is a bit awkward.

I had a good childhood, but things in general, especially in the entertainment fields I frequent, are just so much better now and I feel like I appreciate the, on average, more in-depth software I'm into now than all of the trashy beat 'em ups and simple 16-bit RPG's I tore through in the 90s.

I may not get as giddy over things, but I feel like in the end I largely enjoy and appreciate them more.
 
Drinky Crow said:
if you've ever liked starfox, you're easily duped

i suggest you take up heroin or christianity. or both, simultaneously.

I've never liked Star Fox, that shit sucks.

Christianity is out of the question but maybe I'll take up heroin since you seem to know what you're talking out.
 
Not game-related, but last spring after finals, one of my classmates invited everyone in the class to her house for a party. I was worried about getting lost, so I had arrived early. When I saw the tire swing outside their house, my eyes lit up. I ended up spending about 2 hours swinging and I'm pretty sure I had a smile on my face the whole time.

Going back to Roller Coaster Tycoon and playing through the Super Mario Galaxy games are also good, but that tire swing was cathartic.
 
Can't say I feel like this with gaming experiences alone, since gaming wasn't something that was a particularly huge part of my childhood until I was a teen or so... compared to others I guess.

However, I do say that I like RPGs is because they reminded me of the "adventures" I used to make up with my toys when I was a kid, so I guess playing RPGs remind me of that...? I dunno.
 
Snuggler said:
I've never liked Star Fox, that shit sucks.

Christianity is out of the question but maybe I'll take up heroin since you seem to know what you're talking out.

thumbs up, little buddy! you're on the road to manhood!
 
Space Invaders Extreme 2
I just couldn't wait until college was over for the day so I could go home and play it.
 
Wise people people have already spoken. I can only agree.

Fluorescent garments. Obese, fire-breathing Asians. Early 90's tunes. STREETS OF RAGE, baby!
 
Drinky Crow said:
<fistbump>

yeah, it's all about repressing those damned feelings, right? maybe that's your problem, dude, you're too afraid of yourself and confronting who you are, no matter how unfortunate it may be

I think you should just give in, you may be happier in the end, I'm only trying to help
 
ITT, people forget Drinky Crow is a God-tier joke poster.

I'm also surprised nobody has been fooled by his tag yet. Whenever he pops up in a thread there's at least one user who is tricked by it.
 
This thread pops up ata very appropiate time for me. I'm in my late thirties and was getting a little jaded about games in general, there is still fun to be had but the spark seemed to be gone. Then I bought Deathsmiles and was happy again. Then I bought a jap 360 and a monitor to play Cave games in tate mode.

The first time I got my setup running and played Mushi Futari I could feel my inner 12-year old high-fiving me. SO AWESOME.
 
JaseC said:
ITT, people forget Drinky Crow is a God-tier joke poster.

I'm also surprised nobody has been fooled by his tag yet. Whenever he pops up in a thread there's at least one user who is tricked by it.

What tag? I didn't have time to see it since he was banned so fast! (well deserved IMO)
 
Probably the closest was getting my new 3DS. I wouldn't go so far to say I felt like a kid, but I love opening and exploring new gadgets. They are toys for grownups, for the most part.
 
JaseC said:
ITT, people forget Drinky Crow is a God-tier joke poster.

or people do remember and treat his posts accordingly

Anyways, I've found that even though I do enjoy the occasional nostaligia rush, I'm very much a modern gamer. Despite the fact that I've played games since NES/Atari/Genesis, I have a stronger connection to Mass Effect than I do Sonic the Hedgehog or anything else like that. The closest I've felt like a kid was probably during the 2 hours that I played Wii Sports Resort sword part and swung the 'mote around like a moran. It was fun.
 
rance said:
Whenever I get new hardware. It's like Christmas whenever I unbox something.

Definitely this. Feels like when the car seemed to move so slow waiting to get home with my PS1, Dreamcast (RIP), PS2 or PS3.
 
Drinky Crow said:
i have a good life and really appreciate being able to view the world through the prism of experience. i wouldn't want to be a kid again, all clueless and ignorant. i'll leave that exercise to manchildren with underdeveloped and unsatisfying lives, wallowing in their unenlightened futility and desperately hoping for a moment of recalled innocence to temporarily dress the reek of their hopeless futures in lavender and delusion

skepticism and cynicism are the hard-won badges of a life well-experienced. if their razored glitter scars the current experiences of my silly hobby, the better; that gaming can still manage my adult's tolerance and keep me relatively satisfied speaks well for it. i've moved from slavering adoration to the curt nod of respect.

The funny thing is that there's probably someone who really think this,
seriously getting all serious and all that for children toys...
I mean it's like people being so smug sipping tea in a comic convention.
Nobody likes party poopers.

Oh yeah and last time was the last time I played nsmbw.
Actually it's last time since probably Yoshi's Island....
 
When I got my turbo grafx 16 in the mail and I played it. I was missing out on something I never got as a child.
 
Drinky Crow said:
why would an adult want to feel like a kid? seriously, there's less embarrassing ways than nostalgia tripping to get a quick endorphin rush. ah, the sad, sad lives of gaming narbos.
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alphaNoid said:
I'm 31 and I feel like a kid, every single day of my life. How?

My 18 month old son, thats now. I'm reliving my entire childhood all over again, and I mean that. Its the best thing ever!!

Time to find someone to impregnate, then.

In all seriousness, it's been a looooong time since I truly felt like a kid. The last time was probably when I cracked open the last Harry Potter book. I still feel like a kid when I watch DuckTales.

The last time a game made me feel that way? I honestly can't remember anything past the PSOne era that made me feel that way.

*forever alone guy
 
whatevermort said:
That insane excitement basically hits when one of a few select companies releases a new (first-party - not just publisher assisted or whatever) game. Nintendo, Bioware, Valve, Rockstar are all guilty of making me super-excited - as I was when I knew I had Decap Attack sitting under the Christmas tree, waiting to be opened. Or whatever.

This. Super Mario Galaxy 2 made me remember everything I love about video games again. Walking down to the shop, getting that game, being so excited on the way home, sitting down and playing for hours on end. I know I am going to feel the same with Portal 2 and Skyward Sword.

When a new Half-Life game is released I am going to EXPLODE.
 
alphaNoid said:
I'm 31 and I feel like a kid, every single day of my life. How?

My 18 month old son, thats now. I'm reliving my entire childhood all over again, and I mean that. Its the best thing ever!!

This. Only I'm 33 and my daughter has just turned 1. And on her 1st birthday, I couldn't wait to help her rip the paper of her presents and play with them with her.

EDIT : But as we're over in the Gaming side, then it has to be when I open up a new console. Shit, I even tidy up the house and make a coffee before unboxing it. It's like some sort of ritual. I even keep the box and all of the little plastic bags that go with it. I then read the instruction manual on the shitter later. Dunno why though.
 
Drinky Crow said:
why would an adult want to feel like a kid? seriously, there's less embarrassing ways than nostalgia tripping to get a quick endorphin rush.

As much as I hate to part from the esteemed Drinky Crow, I think the original post was ambiguous enough to defend. We can separate willful infantilization from an appreciation of simple joyful expression. Being dazzled by Minecraft = "the enthusiasm of a child." Being dazzled by someone making Super Mario Brothers 1 1-1 in Minecraft = "hedonism of infancy." I don't think Log4Girlz crossed that line.

Now, I don't think there are talented enough developers out there to actually make adults feel small and incapable of grasping their brilliance (the way children feel), but I'm not going to say that's undebatable. As long as we're capable of separating Roald Dahl and The Muppets from Harry Potter and Avatar/Speed Racer, humanity will continue to thrive.

And, really, Drinky, you can't pan Christianity when 1 of its more famous passages reads, "10but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways."

Now, in context, it's about how earthly agape love is but a pale expression of the eternal mutualism of God's heavenly love, but Paul could also be talking about how the 16-bit Sonic The Hedgehog games totally blow.
 
Definitely 4 player nsmbwii, haven't had that much fun playing a game since mkds launched and would play multi with all my cousins for hours a day,
 
When I finally found a copy of Fire Emblem:Path Of Radiance in my local shop after searching for it for years.PoR is a pretty rare game here in Germany and Prices are around 40-50€ used.Got it for 30€ there,totally worth it.

And playing Death Race,F-Zero X with a friend.Who can defeat all 29 enemies faster?
 
Every time I play a game from my childhood. Like my old copy of Pokemon Pinball I just started playing obsessively again :D
 
Ah Drinky. I'm glad we had/have the Borecast/Cruncheons, because I read your posts and imagine the cocktail of smirking mirth you were sipping from when gleefully tapping the "quote" tab.

Last game I felt giddy as a schoolboy over was...

...hell, I can't remember. Probably something on PSP. Ah yes. SOCOM: Tactical Strike. Strange choice, but portable Full Spectrum Warrior with even more options? Yes. Yes please.
 
Bulletstorm. The madcap violence, wicked looking vistas, locker-room language, and super-cool weapons made me feel 12 all over again.
 
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