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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So who's a nerd? Who's proud (or a little embarrassed) of their pastimes?
I love the Dune saga of books, play 4 musical instruments, read comics and wank over awesome natural history. That and I'm a kinky fucker.
Must be some nerds on here? Break out people! This is the revolution!!   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I hope you don't wank over natural or archaeological history. We have enough problems trying to get accurate dating from the evidence without having a modern intrusion interfering with it  "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I am a geek and a nerd and I'm not in the least bit ashamed of it."
Good on you!
Thing is we were talking about this tonight after a few beers. The younger lads are embarrassed of their little hobbies.
We were just trying to tell them to not be. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
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"I am a geek and a nerd and I'm not in the least bit ashamed of it.
Good on you!
Thing is we were talking about this tonight after a few beers. The younger lads are embarrassed of their little hobbies.
We were just trying to tell them to not be. "
As a techie, geeky, gadget and comic book lover, guys being geeky or nerdy doesn't put me off.
There needs to be a bit more to them than the geekery, and they need some social skills but the geekness itself is a good thing, not a bad thing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can solve a rubiks cube
So can i by moving the sticky labels round
I used to lever the smaller cubes apart and reassemble it.
I never did get the hang of solving one properly."
Noooo just moving the sticky labels was quicker
I could only do one side |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
We talking Streets of Rage here?
Streets of rage, now there's a blast to the past.. 
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Yes, good choice, closely followed by a nice session of Golden Axe |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Proud retro gamer here
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We talking Streets of Rage here?
Streets of rage, now there's a blast to the past..
Yes, good choice, closely followed by a nice session of Golden Axe"
and maybe a spot of Alex Kidd |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I play an online game called fab swingers can I get a meet?
I'm only at level one so far. Can't manage to collect enough veris to open the magic door.
*photos sword of dobby to post later* |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Proud retro gamer here
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What's your gaming system of choice?
Mega drive for me, but Mario on game boy 1 and Nintendo just as fun! "
I think the Saturn had some awesome games too |
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"I'm too cool to qualify
Nah you probably only just got electricity hooked up to your house country boy "
Actually, the solar panels on the roof generate enough spare capacity to pay for 80% of the gas.
Laughing.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm too cool to qualify
Nah you probably only just got electricity hooked up to your house country boy
Actually, the solar panels on the roof generate enough spare capacity to pay for 80% of the gas.
Laughing. "
Admit it - you're still on dial up |
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"I'm too cool to qualify
Nah you probably only just got electricity hooked up to your house country boy
Actually, the solar panels on the roof generate enough spare capacity to pay for 80% of the gas.
Laughing.
Admit it - you're still on dial up "
Nah, got fiber-optic broadband last year |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I own and play with ferromagnetic fluid, that surely makes me a nerd. A platinum level nerd the very least!"
I'd like to get some of that! There's some very cool videos showing off it's weird n wonderful properties on youtube
As for being nerdy.....I used to like reading those multiple choice books that had a different ending depending on the choices you made......You are under a bridge n there is a troll with a riddle.....Do you a,b or c.....Go to page 234 blah blah blah.
I still read comics/graphic novels so I suppose I am a bit of a nerd,just not an especially brainy one!  |
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"I own and play with ferromagnetic fluid, that surely makes me a nerd. A platinum level nerd the very least!
I'd like to get some of that! There's some very cool videos showing off it's weird n wonderful properties on youtube
As for being nerdy.....I used to like reading those multiple choice books that had a different ending depending on the choices you made......You are under a bridge n there is a troll with a riddle.....Do you a,b or c.....Go to page 234 blah blah blah.
I still read comics/graphic novels so I suppose I am a bit of a nerd,just not an especially brainy one! "
Island of the lizard king & starship traveller, best ones ever! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I like retro games, particularly Nintendo.
I'm currently building up a warhammer 40k necron army that will be a real pain in the arse to play against 
And the batman minatures game that came out last year is gaining a lot of momentum, might try that out. It's really cheap to get started compared to a lot of table top war games. |
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I'm enormously excited about the forthcoming release of the NES-mini, does that count? I've actually still got my old NES in a shoebox somewhere. There's no power cable or controllers and I was shit at it anyway, but still... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like retro games, particularly Nintendo.
I'm currently building up a warhammer 40k necron army that will be a real pain in the arse to play against
And the batman minatures game that came out last year is gaining a lot of momentum, might try that out. It's really cheap to get started compared to a lot of table top war games. "
Geeking out over here.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Im a national master chess player with a fide rating of 1982 if thats not nerdy i dont know what is
And no couldnt care less what people think i love it lol
Mr x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What's all this graphical game nonsense? Don't you realise a new version of nethack was released in December?"
What's all this computer nonsense? Don't you realise a new version of D&D was released recently?
(Probably one of the more comprehensive ways of outing myself as a nerd on here ) |
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Love geeky stuff too - sci fi, gaming, comics, books...forget yer CK1 and yer Cool Water (what DO men wear these days?!), the sexiest smell is a new book.
Ideal man: Ginger, Mancunian, tall, geeky cello player....niche, huh?
The Rachmaninoff Prom last night was ...porn |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I like anime, gaming, super heroes, and I've just bought volume 1 of the sunstone series, as suggested to me by another forumite (thank you, can't remember who it was but thank you) my ideal woman is rarely the sexy cop or investigator, but the geek in the back room they types at a million characters per second while stop talkingvto someone about someone else, oh and game of thrones |
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Between us there's a competitive gamer currently on SMITE and Overwatch who collects vintage horror movie posters and Korean drama fangirl. We cosplay often and not just for sex and love talking to others with similar passions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nerd/geek and proud have been pulling things apart for as long as I've been able to hold a screwdriver! Before I can remember I've just got photos to show me! As for hobbies well there's quite a few from country pastimes... Shooting not really geeky I know but the nerd end of the spectrum is photography , photo editing and I fly rc helicopters not the toy kind the Kind that will slice you to pieces if it hits you if not kill you! And a lot of planes also . Not the boring style scale flyin though I'm more of a hooligan flyer!! Er and tv wise it's all about science and how things work and if time team comes on my day is pretty much fucked !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I wonder how many you posers have ever completed a game that was released before you were born?
Can you complete Pong?!"
Thankfully I was born after the 8 bit era |
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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago
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"I'm enormously excited about the forthcoming release of the NES-mini, does that count? I've actually still got my old NES in a shoebox somewhere. There's no power cable or controllers and I was shit at it anyway, but still..."
I've got my eyes on one of those |
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"I'm enormously excited about the forthcoming release of the NES-mini, does that count? I've actually still got my old NES in a shoebox somewhere. There's no power cable or controllers and I was shit at it anyway, but still...
I've got my eyes on one of those "
HIGH FIVE! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I build/repair computer systems. Getting excited over the new range of Nvidia and AMD graphic cards is probably as nerdy as one can get! I'll take a GTX 1060 if any other nerds are wondering."
I want to build a gaming PC, but I keep pricing myself out of it, I look at basic components and I'm like "oh I can spend a bit more on a graphics card" and "ooh what if I upgrade in 18 months, I better get a better power supply" before I know it I've £2k worth of components on a list I'll never use lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I build/repair computer systems. Getting excited over the new range of Nvidia and AMD graphic cards is probably as nerdy as one can get! I'll take a GTX 1060 if any other nerds are wondering.
I want to build a gaming PC, but I keep pricing myself out of it, I look at basic components and I'm like "oh I can spend a bit more on a graphics card" and "ooh what if I upgrade in 18 months, I better get a better power supply" before I know it I've £2k worth of components on a list I'll never use lol"
glad that isn't just me! Those online configurators are responsible for more than a few lost hours tweaking my budget build... well, with a few extras... and then it isn't so budget anymore (because of that 1070 I keep adding in)  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I build/repair computer systems. Getting excited over the new range of Nvidia and AMD graphic cards is probably as nerdy as one can get! I'll take a GTX 1060 if any other nerds are wondering.
I want to build a gaming PC, but I keep pricing myself out of it, I look at basic components and I'm like "oh I can spend a bit more on a graphics card" and "ooh what if I upgrade in 18 months, I better get a better power supply" before I know it I've £2k worth of components on a list I'll never use lol
glad that isn't just me! Those online configurators are responsible for more than a few lost hours tweaking my budget build... well, with a few extras... and then it isn't so budget anymore (because of that 1070 I keep adding in) "
For this reason i gave up building my own machines years ago i was buying new graphics cards every 6 months - now i just fix other peoples and when i finish work do my best to avoid computers.
The funny thing is i never have issues that my customers experience |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice? "
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice?
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out. "
Street fighter II on the megadrive with a six button pad was my favourite console game. I've still got a calloused thumb from too many hours of Hadokens and dragon punches |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice?
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out.
Street fighter II on the megadrive with a six button pad was my favourite console game. I've still got a calloused thumb from too many hours of Hadokens and dragon punches "
Dungeons and dragons I'm playing at the moment. My daughter is 6 and she loves mega bomber man! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Did you see my post in the "Superhero Movies" thread?
Also a big "yes" to the gaming. Currently on Xbox One and PC, but I've previously owned a 360, PS2, Gamecube, Atari ST and ZX Spectrum+
Oh, and I have a Master's degree in making computer games |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice?
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out. "
World of illusion is a very underrated gem |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was born before the zx spectrum era.
Come on!! The 48K was a God send!! Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor! 2 of the greatest games ever devised!! "
Loved those games had an Amstrad CPC 664 with green screen monitor until i got a modulator to use a t v for colour. I think i coukd be wrong it was the first machine to have a 3.5 floppy drive |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was born before the zx spectrum era.
Come on!! The 48K was a God send!! Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor! 2 of the greatest games ever devised!!
Loved those games had an Amstrad CPC 664 with green screen monitor until i got a modulator to use a t v for colour. I think i coukd be wrong it was the first machine to have a 3.5 floppy drive "
I had the 464 cassette version with green screen and envy of anyone with the floppy drive!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've got a surface pro and have emulators for so many old school games.
Currently dipping in to a nostalgia trip for my old Amiga 500 games. Xenon 2 Megablast (amazing soundtrack) and Gods. The Bitmap Bros were the best back then! (Rose tinted glasses, I know)  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was born before the zx spectrum era.
Come on!! The 48K was a God send!! Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor! 2 of the greatest games ever devised!!
Loved those games had an Amstrad CPC 664 with green screen monitor until i got a modulator to use a t v for colour. I think i coukd be wrong it was the first machine to have a 3.5 floppy drive
I had the 464 cassette version with green screen and envy of anyone with the floppy drive! "
Lol some games you couldnt get on floppy so i had a cassette player attached via DIN cable.
Omg this is so not how to get meets on fab lol |
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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago
Pleasuretown |
"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice?
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out. "
My friends and I played Castle of Illusion to death, and Sonic of course! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
What's your gaming system of choice?
I have my mega drive set up in my bedroom but hide it when people come round!
streets of rage 1&2, James Pond, mortal kombat, golden axe, road rash, megalomania, street fighter and this one still scares me when I play in the night and I'm a 33 year old woman, Mickey Mouse castle of illusion!
I have 100's of games, never threw them out.
My friends and I played Castle of Illusion to death, and Sonic of course! "
Sonic 2 was the best, imho |
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By (user no longer on site)
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nerd
n??d/Submit
nouninformal
a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.
"I was a serious nerd until I discovered girls and cars"
synonyms: bore, dull person;
More a single-minded expert in a particular technical field.
"a computer nerd"
I'm not a nerd.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dunno if I count any more.
Massively into retro games but I don't play any of the modern stuff. Don't even own the current generation of consoles.
Bit sciencey, massive whovian and sci-fi nut in general, and a bit of a tech expert when I put my mind to it. But that's about it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm a massive geek.
I own and play retro consoles (and newer ones) read comics, good with movie trivia, own a superhero costume that nearly cost me my life.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm enormously excited about the forthcoming release of the NES-mini, does that count? I've actually still got my old NES in a shoebox somewhere. There's no power cable or controllers and I was shit at it anyway, but still...
I've got my eyes on one of those "
Me too.
Just don't buy the mini Mega Drive that's coming out.
The reviews are shit.
I cancelled my pre order for it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I cosplay, game, read comic books, LARP, make replicas of video game armour and weapons ect."
Blimey! How do you find the time for all of that? And be on here?
Did you ever see Troy Hurtubise's Trojan battle armour? Pretty much a real life Master Chief Mjolnir suit.
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"I'm enormously excited about the forthcoming release of the NES-mini, does that count? I've actually still got my old NES in a shoebox somewhere. There's no power cable or controllers and I was shit at it anyway, but still...
I've got my eyes on one of those
Me too.
Just don't buy the mini Mega Drive that's coming out.
The reviews are shit.
I cancelled my pre order for it."
Duly noted! I never had a megadrive, but one of my buddies did. We'd get his older brother to buy us booze, and have epic Sewer Shark sessions when his mum was away. |
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I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
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Probably because of the big bang theory!
Anyway, it's easy to out the posers by investigating their knowledge of retro gaming, sci fi, role play games and comics.
If you can't hum the theme tune to emerald Hill zone then you are a poser. |
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"I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
Probably because of the big bang theory!
Anyway, it's easy to out the posers by investigating their knowledge of retro gaming, sci fi, role play games and comics.
If you can't hum the theme tune to emerald Hill zone then you are a poser. "
Self proclaimed nerds being called posers. I feel like I've tumbled into the twilight zone. |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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"I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
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That's why I will never claim nerd-dom for myself. I have never been cool and I don't feel like starting now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
Probably because of the big bang theory!
Anyway, it's easy to out the posers by investigating their knowledge of retro gaming, sci fi, role play games and comics.
If you can't hum the theme tune to emerald Hill zone then you are a poser.
Self proclaimed nerds being called posers. I feel like I've tumbled into the twilight zone. "
Anyone who hasn't won a skirmish on Age of Empires II, on hardest setting, using the Goths, doesn't belong on this thread |
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By (user no longer on site)
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When I was a kid,a nerd was anybody who did there homework you could also skip homework but wore glasses, read books, that was definitely nerd central, even lads who were just shit at sport were nerds....
Sadly I fall into all those categories today |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read an article not too long ago about how claiming to be a nerd is the new "in" thing. YouGov also did a poll about it in 2015, I think. Apparently public perception, especially by young people, is that its cool to be a nerd now. Interesting.
That's why I will never claim nerd-dom for myself. I have never been cool and I don't feel like starting now."
Lol i am definitely not cool |
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A few weeks ago, I had to take some blokes from work canoeing across Loch Ness.
Being totally inept at sports, I opted to drive them and set up the camps at various points around the Loch.
I didn't want to let boredom set in while I waited for them, so I purchased a ukalele, I already play guitar and piano, so I assumed that I would be able to play this thing.
By the end of the first day, I could play concerning hobbits, Eowyn's theme, misty mountains, the game of thrones intro and nothing else matters by Metallica.
Also this year I've been working on a replica Iron Man suit. At the moment I'm trying to make servos for the visor but without a 3d printer, or a lathe, it's almost impossible.
and last note, my steam acount has far too many hours invested in Kerbal Space Program. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Flaming Nora! I need a boyfriend...am watching Only Connect and in my head, making a Doctor Who version..."
Ooh, pick me, pick me! Because I'd definitely distract you from that kind of nerdiness and I wouldn't be encouraging you or badly singing the Only Connect theme or anything like that.
Seriously, that sounds awesome! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Can we have a swingers// dungeons and dragons night? "
I'd be really up for that. Roll for initiative at the beginning of a sexual encounter, and play proceeds in that order.... |
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"I cosplay, game, read comic books, LARP, make replicas of video game armour and weapons ect.
Blimey! How do you find the time for all of that? And be on here?
Did you ever see Troy Hurtubise's Trojan battle armour? Pretty much a real life Master Chief Mjolnir suit.
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I will have to have a look at that! and it's a struggle. A big struggle |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Can we have a swingers// dungeons and dragons night?
What are you more a need or a horn fuck? Ha"
"You see an elven tavern wench in front of you. You roll a 10. She pleasures you like mad"  |
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I used have a bbc b early 80's and played the original games on there like Elite which is now online, chuckle egg and snapper. Thankfully most of these are now available through various mods and can be played on my pc
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"When I was a kid,a nerd was anybody who did there homework you could also skip homework but wore glasses, read books, that was definitely nerd central, even lads who were just shit at sport were nerds....
Sadly I fall into all those categories today "
This!
The word has been misappropriated by these computer boffs |
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I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront "
Good job there are plenty of games for different tastes then? |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront "
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is... |
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By *an Holo-Man
over a year ago
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is... "
I think some developers do still focus on the gameplay, but the big companies like Activision just milky ever drop of money from the game until the franchise is ruined |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I think some developers do still focus on the gameplay, but the big companies like Activision just milky ever drop of money from the game until the franchise is ruined "
It's a natural part of industry progression. In a new market you have some small, innovative companies who do things first creative expression and not purely profit. The simple existence of them forces the big companies to up their game.
Then the industry consolidates to an oligopoly and it's all about maximising sales and profitability, creativity goes out the window. So lowest common denominator shite starts to become the norm, like 'freemium' games.
Hence why Panzer Dragoon Saga can't get a remake, despite being one of the best games ever. But you'll get a new fifa game every year without fail. |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I think some developers do still focus on the gameplay, but the big companies like Activision just milky ever drop of money from the game until the franchise is ruined "
Pretty much this
So called "triple A" titles get teams of developers, programmers, artists and whole orchestras.
Some genuinely good games do still emerge. Ori and the blind forest is well worth a look. |
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By *an Holo-Man
over a year ago
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I think some developers do still focus on the gameplay, but the big companies like Activision just milky ever drop of money from the game until the franchise is ruined
It's a natural part of industry progression. In a new market you have some small, innovative companies who do things first creative expression and not purely profit. The simple existence of them forces the big companies to up their game.
Then the industry consolidates to an oligopoly and it's all about maximising sales and profitability, creativity goes out the window. So lowest common denominator shite starts to become the norm, like 'freemium' games.
Hence why Panzer Dragoon Saga can't get a remake, despite being one of the best games ever. But you'll get a new fifa game every year without fail. "
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is... "
I love old games. My favourite is spyro |
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How do you make your armour?
I've tried pepakura before now, and just started a foam piece. Lets see how that works out haha. My life would be so much easier if i had a 3d printer/ lathe/ laser cutter... |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I love old games. My favourite is spyro"
Anyway, most modern games have nothing to them. They are all generic. The only big breakthrough games I have seen lately is No Man's Sky and that basically plays like all the other open world survivor games |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I love old games. My favourite is spyro
Anyway, most modern games have nothing to them. They are all generic. The only big breakthrough games I have seen lately is No Man's Sky and that basically plays like all the other open world survivor games"
Video games died when Resident Evil 4 came out. |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I love old games. My favourite is spyro
Anyway, most modern games have nothing to them. They are all generic. The only big breakthrough games I have seen lately is No Man's Sky and that basically plays like all the other open world survivor games
Video games died when Resident Evil 4 came out. "
Agreed. No good games are coming out. I'm looking forward for Skyrim special edition, but that's because I'm a console gamer and have a massive obsession for Elder Scrolls |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is... "
Really? Gaming snobbery? I did appreciate them...when they came out, i appreciated them to death, then they got old and boring and i moved on through every gen. |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
Really? Gaming snobbery? I did appreciate them...when they came out, i appreciated them to death, then they got old and boring and i moved on through every gen. "
But also what you are saying is gaming snobbery too. |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
Really? Gaming snobbery? "
Says the person who just labelled all retro games "shit"  |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
Really? Gaming snobbery?
Says the person who just labelled all retro games "shit" "
That was my opinion, to counter your air of retro superiority, but what do i know, a mere gaming neolith who bows to your appreciation of refined game play |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
Really? Gaming snobbery?
Says the person who just labelled all retro games "shit"
That was my opinion, to counter your air of retro superiority, but what do i know, a mere gaming neolith who bows to your appreciation of refined game play "
Neither are superior. Yes, storyline and gameplay has gone down hill recently into more experimental games and so on, and we all have our favourite games, but you still don't have to call old games shit. I still get a lot of joy replaying Oblivion and Gateway to Glimmer. Same as I get joy playing The Phantom Pain and The Wild Hunt. So just leave it and stop picking an arguement |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
Really? Gaming snobbery?
Says the person who just labelled all retro games "shit"
That was my opinion, to counter your air of retro superiority, but what do i know, a mere gaming neolith who bows to your appreciation of refined game play "
It's a thread for nerds!!! We're hardly going to rave about how great mainstream games are. |
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"I don't get this trying to out geek geeks by retro gaming, there retro for a reason....they're old and shit. I'm a massive gamer, spend loads of time on my xbox, but don't want old rubbish, give me films i can play, dazzle my brain, blow my mind with fucking amazing graphics! Now don't get me wrong, i enjoyed jet set willy, manic miner and bruce lee....when they came out, but i'll be fucked if i'm gonna sit and play them now, when i can be defending my settlement from gunners in fallout 4 or shooting nien numb in the face with an E11 blaster rifle on battlefront
Because today's video games are just mini films with a bit of button pushing. Back in the day, developers actually had to focus on gameplay because they didn't have amazing graphics to work with.
Of course it takes a certain refinement of taste to appreciate what real gameplay is...
I love old games. My favourite is spyro
Anyway, most modern games have nothing to them. They are all generic. The only big breakthrough games I have seen lately is No Man's Sky and that basically plays like all the other open world survivor games"
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
I'll have to whip out my master replicas darth maul double "
Dawg, I got mithril weapons up in here and you won't want seconds of that |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
I'll have to whip out my master replicas darth maul double
Dawg, I got mithril weapons up in here and you won't want seconds of that "
You can all borrow weapons from my armoury . Be it LARP weaponry or battle ready swords |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
I'll have to whip out my master replicas darth maul double
Dawg, I got mithril weapons up in here and you won't want seconds of that
You can all borrow weapons from my armoury . Be it LARP weaponry or battle ready swords"
One does not simply walk in maidstone with battle ready swords |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro "
Oh no you di'nt!......
Don't make me get my nunchakas out!
*Thread degenerates into nerds arguing about n name dropping their favorite weapons from films/games/tv shows*
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macrophotography(mainly bugs)
reading about scientific theories
retrogaming
hunt for freeware games or inde
sci-fi films/tv
zombie films/tv
futurology
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
Oh no you di'nt!......
Don't make me get my nunchakas out!
*Thread degenerates into nerds arguing about n name dropping their favorite weapons from films/games/tv shows*
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There's no arguement to be had. There's mithril and then there's dragons. Unless you got dragons then don't bring human weapons to a mithril fight |
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"Proud retro gamer here
likewise
We talking Streets of Rage here?
Streets of rage, now there's a blast to the past..
Yes, good choice, closely followed by a nice session of Golden Axe"
2 very awesome games |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
I'll have to whip out my master replicas darth maul double
Dawg, I got mithril weapons up in here and you won't want seconds of that
You can all borrow weapons from my armoury . Be it LARP weaponry or battle ready swords
One does not simply walk in maidstone with battle ready swords "
I have walked into Cardiff with one in all fairness, it was for a reinactment of Battle etiquette of the 14th Century for Cardiff Castle. Battle ready means blunt |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
I'll have to whip out my master replicas darth maul double "
*Goes off to search for geek porn with 2 hot but slightly gawky in an endearing way geekettes,each taking an end of a double ended light sabre to wank furiously to while breathlessly repeating "I am your father" in a darth vader voice!* |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Don't make me get my lightsaber because I'll throw down, bro
Oh no you di'nt!......
Don't make me get my nunchakas out!
*Thread degenerates into nerds arguing about n name dropping their favorite weapons from films/games/tv shows*
There's no arguement to be had. There's mithril and then there's dragons. Unless you got dragons then don't bring human weapons to a mithril fight"
Dragon style kung fu good enough? |
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"Nerd fight!
Knightmare helmets n minecraft foam swords at 10 paces!
Stick 'em with the pointy end "
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Rayman and metal gear solid. 