It's the case with most retro nowadays. Why would you want to own dodgy hardware that you need to mod to get the best out of anyway. Goodbye shelves of retro
This is a hard pill to swallow but it's true. I've seen the light...Best retro room is none at all
It's like so many people are incapable of just having a hobby. They need to build an all consuming shrine to the childhood they never actually had. It is totally possible to have a nerdy hobby and avoid filling your entire house with junk, having 20 consoles hooked up at all times or dozens of little anime girl figures proudly on display.The basement lol
Confined to nerd cave
Best retro room is none at all
Basements are awesome. That's my part of the house that no one else can fuck with. Not better than vaginas, but still awesome.The basement lol
Confined to nerd cave
Best retro room is none at all
"never actually had"? The core of my collection is what I got as a kid. It's a continuation.It's like so many people are incapable of just having a hobby. They need to build an all consuming shrine to the childhood they never actually had. It is totally possible to have a nerdy hobby and avoid filling your entire house with junk, having 20 consoles hooked up at all times or dozens of little anime girl figures proudly on display.
That wasn't even directed at you but you seem to have taken offense to it anyway."never actually had"? The core of my collection is what I got as a kid. It's a continuation.
Your post was responding to a response to a comment I made, so I responded just in case.That wasn't even directed at you but you seem to have taken offense to it anyway.
Good for you, never being able to part with any piece of your childhood and pretending you're still 10 years old is totally healthy.
I have "fond memories" of using my dad's top of the line Bang & Olufsen stereo to listen to his vinyl and cd's collection, then later on, getting a beating for having scratched his Dire Straits discs...There's a reason so many people have fond memories of sitting in the basement playing games with their friends and it isn't because their dad turned it into a nerd cave that they weren't allowed into.
I have a good friend who comes over once in a while and really isn't in the whole collecting aspect like I am. She always laughs at me and says I wonder if the kids in 20 years time will have shelves filled with old Ipads and phones playing flappy bird.It's like so many people are incapable of just having a hobby. They need to build an all consuming shrine to the childhood they never actually had. It is totally possible to have a nerdy hobby and avoid filling your entire house with junk, having 20 consoles hooked up at all times or dozens of little anime girl figures proudly on display.
Even worse are the guys that have kids and force their own nostalgia and compulsive behavior on them. All they're doing is using the kids as an excuse to buy more embarrassing junk. Your kid does not give a fuck about boxed N64 stuff and tacky Zelda figurines or whatever dumb bullshit you project on them. They care about having an iPad, twitch and Fortnite like their friends do.
"I could never get rid of ________, my kids love it." Is the biggest crock of shit ever.
I wrecked the tape deck in my dads stereo as a kid. Sure took a beatign for that. I also remember deleting some files of his Mac Quadra 840AV he just got. Ow lordy was he mad.I have "fond memories" of using my dad's top of the line Bang & Olufsen stereo to listen to his vinyl and cd's collection, then later on, getting a beating for having scratched his Dire Straits discs...
Now I love Dire Straits, but cant forget the slaps I took for that
Yes, but nice for the dad though.There's a reason so many people have fond memories of sitting in the basement playing games with their friends and it isn't because their dad turned it into a nerd cave that they weren't allowed into.
My brother and I gradually wrecked a turntable and speakers. My parents consider it the start of my interest in electronics.I wrecked the tape deck in my dads stereo as a kid. Sure took a beatign for that. I also remember deleting some files of his Mac Quadra 840AV he just got. Ow lordy was he mad.
I used my dad's Turntable as a diecast car launcherYes, but nice for the dad though.
My brother and I gradually wrecked a turntable and speakers. My parents consider it the start of my interest in electronics.