10 years : 4chan

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

My take from this meme is that Zoomers and later are more "captured" by a few big platforms than previous ones.

And perhaps earlier ones, too.

Like, my aunts and relatives are trapped on Facebook sharing Trumpy memes. Kids younger than me seems to be really into ultra-short videos or mobile-ish games. The only people I know that know how to use a desktop PC, beyond the bare minimum for work are… about my age? Other than a senior dev.

This is a huge generalization and small sample, but still. I'm not worried about other generations doing things I don’t like (that’s always true, and a good thing), I’m worried about them being more trapped.

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 1 points 49 minutes ago

I started with Atari 2600 on a black and white TV. PS2 is the newest console I have. I'm still buying and playing PS2 games. Haven't seen a need to go any further (other than a couple games I'd like to play.)

[–] Downpour@programming.dev 14 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Real boomer energy. While graphics improvement flattened out, other things (that are more important) have continued improving.

Off the top of my head.. Zoomers got: Disco Elysium, The Outer Wilds, Undertale, and a million other indies.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

You missed the entire point of the post

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

2 of those examples are 6 years old, and the other is turning 10 soon

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 hours ago

I mean, millennials also got those

[–] Laser@feddit.org 17 points 7 hours ago

Most of these titles don't have mainstream appeal though. The example is true for the majority of players.

I do love me some indie games (probably 95% of what I play atm are Noita and Balatro) but I'll admit it was really cool as a child / teenager / young adult to see the improvements over time.

[–] Jc6666@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Minecraft for me lol, from age 9 to 20 (zoomer)

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 9 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

this is just a millenial version of a boomer meme. you guys are really shaping up to become what you hated. complaining about kids these days not enjoying the same shit you did when you were a kid. what next, you gonna complain about how gen alpha are destroying the economy because they're not buying avocados or something?

stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it's cringe and a huge distraction from the fact that the rich fucks in charge are looting us for all we're worth. let's fight them, instead of eachother

[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 hour ago

Problem with your generation is that you get offended by anything. You just proved that point. This meme was just to understand the massive graphical improvement that has been going on through the years.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 35 minutes ago

Hey dingus, it's not complaining about you, it's about being sad for you that you'll never experience that level of innovation since companies are all "minecraft fortnite skyrim again" and nothing else.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

How are you so triggered by this? Holy fuck chill

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

you guys are really shaping up to become what you hated.

stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it's cringe

Yeah I agree on the cringe part

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 hours ago

Zoomers will do this in 40 years too. Same as it ever was.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 18 points 6 hours ago

complaining about kids these days not enjoying the same shit you did when you were a kid

I have 0 idea how you could have read that from the image. It's about the seemingly exponential improvement in graphics or just how fast things were changing in gaming.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 hours ago

lol chill

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it’s cringe and a huge distraction from the fact that the rich fucks in charge are looting us for all we’re worth

Bro, take a deep breath, that is just a meme. People can be nostalgic sometimes, there is nothing wrong with that.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I Love resident evil 4. Great game.

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 1 points 47 minutes ago

Awesome game.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Shit like this made me think we would hit singularity around now,

Oh boy, was I naive

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 21 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

VR actually went through this from 2014-2024 or so. the original Oculus DK had such chonky pixels, very rudimentary tracking, game integration sucked, no hand controls. it rapidly got better to the point where playing Riven is like straight up being teleported into the world..

..except for like, being able to run around or touch things. so it's stayed niche.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Not as widespread as the systems shown above though. Older VR games and even VR in general is pretty niche.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

What's the status of VR right now? Any major advancement? I know oculus got bought by Facebook, so no way in hell I'd ever get that.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 hours ago

I have to think it'll stay an arcade and power user thing indefinitely. The full experience needs large, clear section of your house, and housing is getting more expensive. Break down your costs per sq ft and see that you're paying an awful lot for it.

Games like Beat Saber don't have to move around too much, but the experience will always be limited if games have to keep the player in one spot and can't use room scale. That said, Beat Saber can be pretty decent cardio workout if you put effort into swinging your arms (as opposed to lazily flicking your wrists around). Sweat buildup on the headset can be an issue, though. Keep some alcohol wipes around.

Racing/airplane sim stuff is one of the best uses. People who are into that are willing to drop a lot of money.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 8 points 16 hours ago

Strong rumors of Valve's new VR launching this year. Quite excited for that. Otherwise, the status (in my opinion) is stagnant. I still have fun occasionally getting into VR though.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

regrettably, Meta is the state of the art for VR. the Meta Quest 3 is stunningly crisp for the price point. it's almost retina-scale with the pixels, the head/spatial tracking is extremely accurate and doesn't require any base station or wired attachment, and you can fluidly stream VR games from your PC wirelessly at 1080p and like 120fps with nearly no latency or reality sickness.

I played Myst and Riven while I was sick with COVID last year, and it was one of the top five visual experiences of my lifetime (along with seeing the Grand Canyon and taking psychedelics.)

Meta has also recently finally cracked the holy grail of non-chonky AR glasses with full FoV, though the gallium nitride waveguide process is quite expensive and yields are too poor for them to sell it. but they look like slightly nerdy glasses that let you see holograms superimposed on your vision, even outdoors in the light.

unfortunately, VR is still anti-social and there's not much content there, and the company leading the way is awful. but even just for Riven alone it was worth it to me.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ah hopefully other companies will advance becuase there is no way I'm giving my money to that shit company

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Valve Index is still a damn good headset if you want to jump in. They leapfrogged everyone else and had the best one for a few years. Even if it's been surpassed now, it doesn't have the corporate issues that the others do.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 35 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Gen X version:

Year 1: Pong

Year 5: PacMan

Year 10: Super Mario Brothers

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

We got lied to so hard on cover art, it took decades to believe anything.

Adventure: Cover.

Adventure: Reality.

This site shows some top lies, and shows that Activision, didn't lie so much.

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Don't you dare knock Adventure!

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 58 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah holy shit, we really went through eras playing games, theyve pretty much only ever known fortnite, like modern 18 year olds

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Nah, zoomers went through the whole indie horror game gauntlet, Minecraft, terraria, etc.

Edit Addendum: Also, don't forget about games like Friday Night Funkin and the plethora of mods that it spawned. The Five Nights at Freddy's fandom was basically a cult at some point and still memed. Cuphead was a big enough phenomenon to get it's own animated series. Stardew Valley is another game that will doubtless have influence beyond it's years. Motherfucking Undertale, sans memes, etc. VA-11 HALL-A was pretty popular for a while too. Don't forget about Among Us. Lethal Company is still getting updates. SCP Secret Laboratory is another one people forget about, but is still a game with a dedicated player base. Kenshi...oh man great game released in 2018. Fucking Persona 5 and Metaphor ReFantaszio, great games. MiSide is a new game, a horror game that doubtless has a small yet dedicated following. No Man's Sky is great, especially after they fixed it. Many Gen-Z doubtless remember Subnautica. Ultrakill is something that is quite special.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I mean, they've decided to stick with fortnite, roblox, minecraft, whatever. But, there have been thousands of great games released that they just chose not to play.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 1 day ago

Either only Fortnite, or a mix of that + Minecraft + Roblox.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I did 10 yrs of TF2. Better graphics might have come in that time, but I only noticed the phlogastinator.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Gen X version:

(Had to cheat and put an arcade game for 1980, because I'm not aware of any notable console games from that year. In reality the console games from then looked much, much worse than Pac-Man)

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 1 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

My first game was pacman, on Atari 2600, that would have worked instead of the arcade version.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 11 minutes ago

Came out in 1982, I was looking for a 1980 game. And boy, is that version notoriously awful!

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Home console in 1980:

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