Current Events > What was the most defining moment in the history of gaming?

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Verdekal 07/10/18 10:41:16 PM #1:	To me, it's not 3D, it's not online or dlc or loot boxes...it's something else. Something that changed what it meant to be a video game. In arcades in the 80s, games were really just games. It was the same thing over and over again, you did some simple task in a time limit and earned points. But when console gaming became more mainstream in the early 90s, games changed. They started having story lines with evolving plots. Games like Final Fantasy and later on, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil. They were almost like interactive movies. They had plot developments and linear progression from a beginning to an end. Games like that show themselves in games like The Last of Us which pull the heartstrings. Very different from something like Pong, Missile Command or Break Out. --- Don't tease the octopus, kids! <cite>Verdekal posted [p:904857134] in What was t... [t:76795899]...</cite> <quote>To me, it's not 3D, it's not online or dlc or loot boxes...it's something else. Something that changed what it meant to be a video game. In arcades in the 80s, games were really just games. It was the same thing over and over again, you did some simple task in a time limit and earned points. But when console gaming became more mainstream in the early 90s, games changed. They started having story lines with evolving plots. Games like Final Fantasy and later on, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil. They were almost like interactive movies. They had plot developments and linear progression from a beginning to an end. Games like that show themselves in games like The Last of Us which pull the heartstrings. Very different from something like Pong, Missile Command or Break Out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guerrilla Soldier 07/10/18 10:43:53 PM #2:	ff7 --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>Guerrilla Soldier posted [p:904857286] in What was t... [t:76795899]...</cite> <quote>ff7</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Verdekal 07/12/18 7:35:18 AM #3:	. --- Don't tease the octopus, kids! <cite>Verdekal posted [p:904934397] in What was t... [t:76795899]...</cite> <quote>.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
snesmaster40 07/12/18 7:47:08 AM #4:	Probably the Western video game market crash. --- A gif of Chocola and Vanilla clapping from Nekopara https://imgur.com/Zu4EnUj <cite>snesmaster40 posted [p:904934675] in What was t... [t:76795899]...</cite> <quote>Probably the Western video game market crash.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/12/18 10:19:09 AM #5:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:904940207] in What was t... [t:76795899]...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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