Leave your closing thoughts for the decade here

[JoeAwesome]

Not to get all sappy and shit, but a terrible decade of my life if I didn't meet and marry my wife.

I'd probably still be working at a liquor store as less than management if it wasn't for her.

 

[StevenK]

Not to get all sappy and shit, but a terrible decade of my life if I didn't meet and marry my wife.

I'd probably still be working at a liquor store as less than management if it wasn't for her.

I have to know if you are now management at a liquor store.

 

[LWK]

My fear is that subjectivity will greatly impact objectivity.. The media will always avoid uncomfortable bullshit to, which is over all, bad for the culture. It looks like even speaking plainly in our immediate future is doomed. I miss the way I was like a decade ago. I was more free, and not so terrified of offending someone, because I just had more faith in others that they would respect context or the angle in which something is being stated. I also don't like that it is possible to use emotional manipulation in intentionally taking things out of context as some stupid power game.

 

[Taiso]

This was the decade that Star Wars died, and you have to understand how the classic trilogy impacted me as a child to such an extent that a part of me died with it.

And I'm not even trying to shitpost here.

 

[oliverclaude]

But I just don’t feel like that’s true.

That's the spirit!

 

[HDRchampion]

same shit, different decade

 

[JoeAwesome]

I have to know if you are now management at a liquor store.

Lol, no. It was her encouragement for me to get out. Now, I’m actually pursuing a career I want to be in.

 

[SouthtownKid]

This was the decade that Star Wars died, and you have to understand how the classic trilogy impacted me as a child to such an extent that a part of me died with it.

And I'm not even trying to shitpost here.

Same boat. It's hard to overstate what an impact the original series had on me as a kid and how I clung to my love of those movies into my adult life, even excusing and defending the prequels and whatever. Hell, even Force Awakens. But these past couple years broke me.

 

[Lastblade]

A good decade on a personal level, but society seems to be breaking down very quickly with demagogues around the world and technology.... Environment is heating up and we are still bickering about meaningless shit on a daily basis.

 

[wataru330]

My kids are in good health, and achieved 10th & 11th bdays in this decade.

Anything else is omake.

 

[FAT$TACKS]

Flat Earth is a thing now?

 

[bartre]

I didn't go see Solo in theaters.
That's something 12 year old me would never have believed.
Didn't particularly enjoy force awakens or Last Jedi, but I will say I still like Rogue One.

On that note, I'll be glad when the tide of HD Remasters and remakes slows down.
I know it'll never go away, but man, the last 2 console generations really made it hard to care.
And yeah, it's starting to feel more and more like consoles are going away, which I'm pretty well fine with.

Personally, I went from being a dope not even 1/2 assing college, do being a dumbass dropout, to being a dumbass dropout with a shitty gas station job, to trying college again, to living with my folks while I finished, finally to having a pretty decent job.

Also dating as an adult is weird. keep finding myself asking "so what's wrong with this girl, or what happened to her?"

 

[DevilRedeemed]

Block chain crypto nonsense

 

[SpamYouToDeath]

Electric cars are real.

 

[Arcademan]

Electric cars are real.

So are self-driving ones, even those that KILL!!!

 

[evil wasabi]

Site works well without any mods.

 

[Viewpoint]

The "inclusive" left.

Fucking this 100%.

 

[theMot]

Site works well without any mods.

No mods, no updates, no worries.

 

[oliverclaude]

It's also been the decade of the rise and shine of television series, which can be read as yet another attempt of the film industry to ape video games.

Stretching a thin plot into several seasons, each divided into parts, waiting to be consumed on a daily basis and on demand, so you decide when and how... just like playing a generic AAA title, putting 100+ hrs into it, chopping off one mutually interchangeable sidequest after another, till the Platinum Trophy, the pride & joy, is achieved. Don't worry if it's (game) over, there's plenty leftovers to stream or download in that loot box.

Video games were always pilloried for dulling the mind. Well, at the end of this decade, it seems like we finally reached that stage. It's good we're at least old enough not to care.

 

[NGT]

The decade of shared information. No matter what you do or how you do it, somehow there will be an ad on your Facebook feed about it within minutes.

 

[smokehouse]

It's also been the decade of the rise and shine of television series, which can be read as yet another attempt of the film industry to ape video games.

Stretching a thin plot into several seasons, each divided into parts, waiting to be consumed on a daily basis and on demand, so you decide when and how... just like playing a generic AAA title, putting 100+ hrs into it, chopping off one mutually interchangeable sidequest after another, till the Platinum Trophy, the pride & joy, is achieved. Don't worry if it's (game) over, there's plenty leftovers to stream or download in that loot box.

Video games were always pilloried for dulling the mind. Well, at the end of this decade, it seems like we finally reached that stage. It's good we're at least old enough not to care.

Streaming...yeah, that's a big one.

Concerning television shows...I can't really say its a new approach, soap opera's have been doing that for a very long time. Sitcoms used to be encapsulated episodes all pretty much stand alone save a season ending cliff hanger. Now? Most take the never ending plot twist/cliffhanger approach...which is highly annoying. On thing new in the 2000's is the "mid season" shit. Having half a season in the fall and the other half in the winter...that too is horse shit.

Anymore, I'll let an entire series play out and when it's done, if it seems like it may be good, I'll absorb the entire series after the fact. Fuck waiting on never ending cliffhangers.

The decade of shared information. No matter what you do or how you do it, somehow there will be an ad on your Facebook feed about it within minutes.

This decade will definitely go down as the one where we stepped one step closer to the matrix (or 1984). People so willingly giving up their individual freedom for convenience or perceived "public good".

It amazes me that while in countries where people are marching to gain their freedom from their government, US citizens are marching for the government to take them away, its insanity. Also on that note, willingly taking something like an Alexa into their home knowing it is listening to them speak 24/7 is also insane.

 

[lithy]

Site works well without any mods.

6+ years since the last main page news update, lol.

6/16/2013 During the downtime, our vBulletin forums were updated by our savior, Mouse_Master. We updated from version 4.1.3 to the latest and greatest 4.2.1. You should notice subtle differences as we are now benefitting from literally 10 version updates/patches between our last big update in 2011, and the one performed today. Fortunately, all custom modifications carried over successfully (feedback ratings, chat, et cetera).

6/14/2013 Forum trouble... We believe this is being caused by the pending transfer status of our domain name long with a renewal of 10 years (long live NG.com). The Neo-Geo.com domain was transferred from Network Solutions to Godaddy. This transfer was initiated at 6 AM on June 13th, but Network Solutions says they can drag their feet for up to 2 days before issuing the Authorization code so that this transfer can finalize. While this code could be provided instantaneously, Network Solutions is apparently trying to prevent, or at least delay the transfer of business to another register.

And more than 10 since the last new referencing something outside the site!

12/01/09 Be sure to pickup this month's issue of RETRO GAMER magazine, the essential guide to classic games. In issue #70, John Thacker AKA Geddon_jt, who is a veteran community member, forum moderator & the creator of the Master List™, has provided us with an in-depth Neo-Geo article that includes a comprehensive interview with SNK Game Lord, CHAD OKADA & Shawn (yours truly). You can view the complete unedited interviews here. This issue is already available in the UK/Europe as of 11/12/09 and will be available in the USA early December at Barnes and Noble and Borders.

 

[evil wasabi]

6+ years since the last main page news update, lol.



And more than 10 since the last new referencing something outside the site!

It would still be nice is Bobak came back and diversified his internet footprint beyond college bawl.

 

[100proof]

- Everything is on demand. Any restaurant can be delivered to your door, any song, movie, TV show or video game can be acquired, delivered and consumed in 15 minutes on any device from your phone to your computer to your TV. I see this as largely a good thing but you do lose the storytelling aspect of the how, where and when you acquired the things you love. The answer simply becomes "yeah, I got that shit on Amazon".

- The death of shitty, antiquated media (cable TV, newspapers) being replaced by equally shitty new media (8,000 streaming services, no-talent, hyper-partisan blogging news sites)

- Social media narcissism turns everyone in to the star of their own boring reality show. On the upside, it's made for a billion percent increase in the amount of amateur porn as every woman thinks they can become the next Instagram ass model or budget Kardashian. On the downside, a lot of kids would rather be a Twitch influencer than anything even remotely useful.

- Social media and hyper-granular media increasingly means no one ever has to ever see anything they disagree with which makes politics more polarized (with both the right and left becoming increasingly unhinged and detached from reality as the loons and the opportunists whip themselves into an ever frothier frenzy) and conspiracy theories almost accepted because people can hide behind their screens and not endure the mocking and derisive laughter of a rational human being.

- The mono-culture is more or less destroyed. When you have everything in the universe at your fingertips at any given moment and you can watch all movies/TV and listen to all music at any time, who gives a shit when a hot new single drops? There is no radio, there is no water cooler chat and there are no tastemakers. Everyone just does their own thing... not even sure it's a bad thing but it feels anti-social.

- Personally, this is the first decade I ever lived in the same place the entire decade beating my previous record of living in only three different states in the 90s. The wife and I got married, bought a house, got a dog and live comfortably and relatively stable. Our health isn't as great (NC has given me a more or less permanent case of seasonal allergies) but you're never gonna be at 42 what you were at 22.

 

[Syn]

10 years older, driving a nicer car, my dog Ozzy and I have 6 arcade cabs. I'm a bit happier overall.