How different the world is now

[lesliepear]

Read these comments by pre-teens who played the video games of the late 70's/80's:

http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1338730,00.asp

Comments

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

That made my morning! Funny thing is, I thought the same thing about ET (ie they just want to see how mad they can make you before you turn it off)

[lunameow.livejournal.com]

Me too, and yet I still played it for hours on end trying to win. That's so frightening.

[cathymg2.livejournal.com]

oh man, I sort of wish I never read it....

[preternatural.livejournal.com]

I'm vastly amused, having made many similar comments upon revisiting said games. Nice to see that the kids had some wit, rather than just complaining "this sucks, man."