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| TheZor wrote: | | red_avatar wrote: | | Il_Padrino wrote: |
In the mid 1990s when I went to high school in Antwerp (Wilrijk/Kiel), hardly any one was in to gaming, and definitely not the girls. Most were 'gabbers' and 'johhnies' 
Me and my 2 buds often got weird looks for discussing games. Not that we cared  |
Yeaah that was my experience as well. In "lagere school" it was not too bad - we swapped Gameboy games and so on - but the moment I hit highschool, even a lot of the guys felt games were for little kids despite many of the games I played having mature content (Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Full Throttle, Command & Conquer). It wasn't until the late 90's that suddenly PC gaming became "OK" to like for teenagers. And girls ... yeah you better not mention you're into games. |
That was my experience as well.. people thought I was weird for using computers that much, and playing games on it ? Even more bizarre. Only a handful of my friends had any interest in gaming altogether and that was mainly just racing, sports games, the perception only drastically improved after the PS2 was introduced - and things eventually degenerated into modern derpola mainstream gaming.
I kind of miss those times during which (PC) gaming was still fairly confidential, a secret club of sorts I've seen that this kind of experience varies a lot from country to country, but France has always had this kind of "holding your nose" attitude towards gaming. It's tolerated now that pretty much every household owns some form of gaming device, but it's still not something you'll usually speak about, contrary to other countries in which it's definitely seen in a more positive way, such as Sweden - damn progressives !1! |
It's funny because in the 90's you had MicroKids on France 3 - I watched it every Sunday and still have tons of episodes on VHS.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jan 2020 14:06 Post subject: |
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| red_avatar wrote: | | TheZor wrote: | | red_avatar wrote: |
Yeaah that was my experience as well. In "lagere school" it was not too bad - we swapped Gameboy games and so on - but the moment I hit highschool, even a lot of the guys felt games were for little kids despite many of the games I played having mature content (Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Full Throttle, Command & Conquer). It wasn't until the late 90's that suddenly PC gaming became "OK" to like for teenagers. And girls ... yeah you better not mention you're into games. |
That was my experience as well.. people thought I was weird for using computers that much, and playing games on it ? Even more bizarre. Only a handful of my friends had any interest in gaming altogether and that was mainly just racing, sports games, the perception only drastically improved after the PS2 was introduced - and things eventually degenerated into modern derpola mainstream gaming.
I kind of miss those times during which (PC) gaming was still fairly confidential, a secret club of sorts I've seen that this kind of experience varies a lot from country to country, but France has always had this kind of "holding your nose" attitude towards gaming. It's tolerated now that pretty much every household owns some form of gaming device, but it's still not something you'll usually speak about, contrary to other countries in which it's definitely seen in a more positive way, such as Sweden - damn progressives !1! |
It's funny because in the 90's you had MicroKids on France 3 - I watched it every Sunday and still have tons of episodes on VHS. |
Oh damn, the nostalgia wave you just hit me with !! I had almost completely forgotten about this show !
Gonna watch some episodes when I get the time
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Sin317
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So my Stepson added to the geekness... I guess... by buying a ...
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Switch ^^
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jan 2020 15:34 Post subject: |
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Morphineus
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It's just a hobby, people have different tastes.
And don't make it too much about gender because that's a bunch of crap.
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| Posted: Sun, 26th Jan 2020 18:36 Post subject: |
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| TheZor wrote: | I think it's more about our significant others being pretty much, our best friends we want (at least attempt) to share our hobbies with  |
That gender thing was aimed at red, because his typical backwards ideas about women were shining through again.  |
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Sun, 26th Jan 2020 18:55 Post subject: |
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It's your biological bit I was commenting about.
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| Posted: Sun, 26th Jan 2020 22:05 Post subject: |
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1 and 2 are still amazing. |
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I guess I'm more feminine than her on that part, somehow 
