I wish I was there at launch for WoW. I joined in around the launch of BC and it blew my mind. Coming in while everyone was excited and figuring out how the world functioned would've been really cool.
I spent a lot of time in Aladin's Castle and Babbages in my youth. I was poor and cheap so I couldn't play a lot of games but I watched kids play arcade games, just like people today watch streamers. I loved when my family went to the mall because that meant I got to hang out with "the gamers". That is funny to think back at now vs where society is today.
I wish I was there at launch for WoW. I joined in around the launch of BC and it blew my mind. Coming in while everyone was excited and figuring out how the world functioned would've been really cool.
Wish I experienced WoW at launch. I didn't play it until years later (Mists era I think) so missed a lot.
That's alright though, BC was still considered the golden age of the game and close enough to the beginning in the game's long history.
Being born in the 80s I experienced the best part of gaming evolution.
That's good to know! Definitely hear a lot of nostalgia for 'the good old days' but I guess that happens with everything...Wasn't really much different from today. Most people that say it was are being nostalgic.
You can have the same amount of fun today that I used to have back in vanilla/tbc, just a little more polished.
I've quit it after 10 years and now I'm playing FFXIV anyway lol.
What a trip that would be!
Those of you saying arcades, you can kind of experience them today with the rise of barcades.
I was born in the late 80s, I kind of would like to have experienced the early 80s in terms of personal computers, I read about a lot of interesting things going on with so many different systems and people being kind of forced to learn to program and make their games.
There is one in downtown Chicago that is a geek hangout. I went with my wife and a few friends. I was at the bar alone and got hit on by two women until they noticed I had a wedding ring. That never happens. If I were single that would be my #1 hangout.
They have great retro games and craft beer. It is a win/win.
Also, it involves two systems I don't think I've ever actually seen in person either and which fascinate me quite a lot now: the Gamecube and the Dreamcast. I really wonder what it was like when the Dreamcast was on sale...