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[–] wjrii@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Millennials remember when video games weren’t pay to win.

And Gen X'ers remember when they WERE. πŸ˜‚

[–] orbital@infosec.pub 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

Yes, the early days when games where literally 10 bucks an hour to play.

I miss you, Cyberstrike and Airwarrior.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So do millennials. There were a lot of really popular arcade beat β€˜em ups in the 90’s. People claiming to be millennials who deny that are lying about one thing or another.

[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A subscription to Nintendo Power didn't count.

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

They're referring to arcades

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I could actually see that being a good argument, even though they were talking about arcades