I've been trolling retro-gaming videos for quite some time, still in the process of figuring out how to get some retro stuff off of Ebay. I know, deep down inside I just want a super duper PC to play all the latest games! But then I something came to me that I want to share now, something I've always had on my mind since I've began gaming. Graphics! Back in the day's 1st it was all about gameplay, then getting the Arcade experience at home, and finally graphics. We wanted to be able to control real life people like a videogame, something like the FMV (full-motion-video) games found on the Sega CD and 3DO consoles. The main reason why we practically sold our souls to get those systems; we wanted the most realistic graphics possible! Looking back at it, I see it as a learning experience, we spent most of our time doing what we need to do just to get the games up and running; such as Night Trap, Road Avenger...but it all came down to networking; oddly. So did whatever we needed to do get our consoles at the time on the internet; I had some success getting NBA Jam online with the Sega Genesis. Then, again, it came back to graphics...and we've mastered that, but sorta fail in other departments; I swear; that graphics sell "videogames" to this day!

What I've notice is that most people don't realize that the remake of Mario isn't made by the same people who made the original Mario game, you know, the game that introduced you to the Mario character. I fell victim to that scheme...I bought the Contra game on iOS platform because it looked like the game I originally played as a child, and it does! But it's not the same, certain things are welcome such as the cool graphics and state-of-the-art sound; but I get the feeling that the people that created that particular game just did some research on the original game and implemented the latest in computer technology to recreate another game...I don't feel like the creators of the game have a real feel for the title, no real history with it...and it's not just that title, the same thing with Bionic Commando...all I'm saying is that the answer to remaking a classic isn't as simple as a graphical overload. "As if overload is finite".

S/O to GameSpot for not deleting my profile...Got entire catalogs of ol 'school systems on a hard-drive but still bust out the carts when I want to do some retro-gaming...

Now I'm a big fan of Mario Kart and Gran Turismo; the Pinnacle in games design those titles are...but today I got to play around with some R/C cars...to put it simply there are no words for the RUSH I got form that! To tell you the truth I learned to appreciate racing games a little more...

No more trade ins for me. In the Past I would tell myself that I'm going to hold on to a particular title forever but end up trading it in for something new. Ran into "buyers regret" on more than one occasion... Now I'm satisfied, if I want it and for some reason I can't get it, to hell with giving up everything I got to get it...Complain, complain, complain...tired of looking over my shoulder...nothing to do but just move on...

Think I got lost in the end there..."oh well".

Ever feel over qualified for something but want to do it anyways...

Playing Gran Theft Auto 4, will I finish it? Probably not. Playing Mass Effect, will I finish it? Probably not. Playing Deus Ex 3, will I finish it? Probably not. But I finished the latest Tomb Raider game...I guess games that try to have personality don't hold my attention for very long, but Tomb Raider has lots of personality... I get the feeling that my gaming day's are done, and finding inspiration is getting harder...or I could possibly be living contradicting lifestyles...PC's will do that do you; Cool games come out and you want to play them but at the same time you use the PC as tool to maintain whatever life your living...I know it varies from profession to profession...like if your 3d modeler for some reason you have time to play a 30+ hr videogame but on the other hand if your Computer Scientist or Programmer...I guess time-management would help a lot!!! On another note I went budget shopping for PC parts, sorta fell short and I'm disappointed in myself...in other words it wasn't time well spent!

I was contemplating; just thinking of the time when I first played a videogames console, how I just chose a game cartridge, put into the game console, switched on the power, and I was introduced to a title screen. No waiting for the game to install, or the system to log me into whatever gaming network, just "plug and play" in every sense of the phrase. It would be different if gaming on disks evolved since the day's of the 3DO, Sega CD, and PS1...I guess I just miss the good ol' cartridge day's, I remember when the N64 hit the scene and how games would be handicapped on that system because of it's cartridge based nature...the style of games are different on that system when compared to other games on other systems that are based on discs. Maybe...I'm just being a baby; Just realized the 360 allows downloads of entire games, that were once disc based, to your hard drive which in a way eliminates install times but load times are still there...gaming has changed over time but I won't say it has "evolved"... think about it, we just popped a game in and played, so simple...now so many hoops to jump threw...do I have the hard drive space, is it in HD...There was just a time when all the tech stuff was hidden, the words "install" and "loading" were unheard of on the NES and I love that! And it's funny how those words just crept into our lives, with me, it started with the Sega CD...and we didn't even realize it!

I guess living in Silicon Valley has it's unwritten perks...tech companies go bankrupt, or move on, or simply evolve...but what becomes of the devices that the residence of Silicon Valley purchased, since there no longer supported there "released" in exchange for what the "market" has to offer...well I came across quite a few tech items were I just tell myself "people don't know how good they got it"...people actually throw away machines running dual core (or more) Processors. I guess people value things differently...or doing whatever they have to do to get the latest and greatest gadget available to the masses! "Did I picture a World with kids running around with the power of the sun in there hands"? Did Wozniak, did Gates...

Played and finished the demo; could I commit to it? Yes, actually.

I'm crammed up in a small ass room, seems like every five minutes I'm reorganizing stuff...to put it simply I wouldn't bring a female in my room if my life depended on it! So I find myself constantly in PC setting on FPS editing the controls to work with a joystick, sorry, but right now I can spend long hours typing in front of computer but playing FPS (or RTS's) for more than a few minutes and I cramp up...what sucks is for some reason on a console I can aim decently enough not to get frustrated, but on a PC I get pissed (when using a joystick)...I've dropped out of enough "Day Of Defeat" sessions to rant all I want about this!!! If I play wit a keyboard and mouse, I leave with stats to brag about, play with a joystick and I'm just enjoying the eye-candy...nothing like the sound of a unexpected headshot...heard it a million times! But for some reason I don't run into this problem on STEAM...if you don't know what that is...IT'S OK!

It just came to me out of nowhere; the "colossal difference" between Microsoft and Apple...(and I can't believe I'm just now seeing this) is that when Apple sales you a new OS it comes with a PC to use it on, think about all the Apple OS's of the past and you can probably name the computer it was running on, take OS X for example I ran it on a Apple G4; on the other hand Microsoft (and you know I love you) Microsoft just throws it's Operating System out there and leaves it to the consumer to find a machine to run it on...I'm not a average user but my first run with Windows 3.1...I have no idea the machine I installed it on...maybe a Tandy 1000...let's take XP...maybe I ran it on...funny "I have no idea", I know the processor, but the consumer isn't really interested in that...it just so funny to me after 30 years of fooling with PC hardware I just now come to this...So weird, Apple comes out with a computer...Microsoft does the same thing...but for some reason software companies prefer the latter. "Oh well !"