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Video Game News In 1999 and 2012

Posted on Friday, August 3 @ 13:42:25 Eastern by

I honestly don't have much to add to this video except that it is 100% accurate. 1999 was full of hope and dreams and backwards compatibility and the Sega Dreamcast. 2012 is full of cynicism, leaks, and the Xbox 360. "Oh, that fucking sucks."

Oh VMUs! Wireless controllers! EGM! What happened to you?

The internet. That's what happened.
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  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 pm
    cynicism indeed. It's sad, isn't it?
    0 0
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
    The internet was around in 1999. Besides, wouldn't it be more fair to look at people who make this stuff, not the average joe with practically zero impact on the business?
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 pm
    STOP BEING SO DAMN LOGICAL.
    0 3
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 2:38 pm
    Sad, but true. The golden era of gaming was in the 90's.
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 pm
    That's why I always groan when people say that "20XX" is going to be the best year in gaming. 1999 kicked a millennium of ass.
    0 0
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 pm
    Screw motIon gaming. I wanna lie down in bed after work and play a game not run around my ****ing living room
    0 4
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 3:38 pm
    Yeah! If I want to balloon up to 500 pounds and waste every cent of the government welfare money I earn by doing so... Then I will!
    0 0
  • Wickedcarny
    Wickedcarny
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
    Thank you! I HATE motion gaming. I will avoid anything that uses motion controllers.
    0 0
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 2:54 pm
    And the worst part is... that guy is still crippled after all those years...
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 3:39 pm
    Hahaha, I did wonder what was up with the wheel chair.
    0 0
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 3:17 pm
    It would be funny it weren't true.
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 3:39 pm
    It's really more depressing, hence the awkward ending I think.
    0 0
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 3:48 pm
    Steam tho. Steam
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 4:54 pm
    Doug Stanhope does a bit about how everyone thinks everything was better in the past, but it really wasn't, you were just young then so life didn't suck as much. Gaming now compared to gaming in the 90's....I'm going to call that an exception to his rule. 90's 4 Life.
    0 1
  • theoutcast32
    theoutcast32
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 5:37 pm
    playstation 3 fanboys at it again.
    0 1
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 pm
    That computer in the 1999 skits looks exactly like my first computer...


    And yeah, it was real easy to get excited back then with all the new gimmicks and features and developers at least delivered on them.
    0 1
  • Imnickson
    Imnickson
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 11:29 pm
    I chalk it up the being 4 in 1999. I'm sure most 14 year old think 2007 was the greatest year in gaming.
    0 1
  • Imnickson
    Imnickson
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Aug 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 pm
    Make that 14 in 1999.
    0 1
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Aug 4th, 2012 at 5:28 am
    Did I see Trippysmurf on the right?
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Aug 4th, 2012 at 6:55 am
    The Dreamcast rocks my socks. I'm working on getting a VGA up-converter so I can play my games in "closer to HD" quality. The only thing I need after that is a wireless controller...
    0 1
  • Pierre_Bienaime
    Pierre_Bienaime
    Joined: Dec 2011
    Posted: Aug 4th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
    Just got a Dreamcast and Power Stone off of Craigslist. 1999 was a good year indeed. Oh, and I'm looking forward to this sometime next year:
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2012 at 11:34 am
    Take out the h t t p : / / w w w . If you want to post a link.
    0 0
  • Wickedcarny
    Wickedcarny
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
    This was pretty funny. I totally feel the same way they do in the video. Everything seemed new and exciting back then, even nintendo products! Now the gaming industry to continually pisses me off and drives me to buy less and get excited over less.
    0 0
  • Snacko
    Snacko
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2012 at 12:59 am
    World needs more Dreamcast.

    Oh well. At least I can still be psyched about the release of Jet Set Radio a decade later.
    0 0

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