Interesting question, indeed. I remember when I was 11 and I got Commodore C64 from my parents (it was
huge thing to have computer in Poland in 80-ties during darkness of communism). What I remeber best is the black screen and green shapes. I was keen on playing tetris. Do you recall the sound as the bricks fell down? It was incredible machine and took some of my time...until Commodore C64 died.
10 years later I found myself at studens apartament with more modern PC, playing obsessively together with my friend very stupid and cruel game Blood. We had split functions, I was responsible for shooting and fighting, she was responsbile for moving, jumping, kicking. We were pretty good team and used very fast and chaotic method of fighting against zombies. I know it is embarassing but we haven't been to any lectures for over a week. After that I was done with gaming that is about shooting and killing. Anyhow, I couldn't make it myself. I was used to team gaming :-).
It is fascinating to look at the technological development of today's gaming. It happened quite a lot since my Tetris adventure. Together with growing complexity of everyday life, games became complex too. I can actually understand that kids today develop special coordination skills my generation didn't have. I could imagine their reaction time is the way faster than mine.
I could write more about the changing gaming universe, but videos tell the story better. From Atari to Xbox and PlayStation. From family fun to life experience.
