Stranger Things (Vol. Season 4 Trailer?)

[Penny Traitor]

Fair enough. All of it was real to me. D&D was a populist movement before Nintendo...not sure if anyone under 21 even plays D&D any more. Its hard to explain the concept and experience of a video arcade people who never lived through it. A plain brick building that was dimly lit, and when you open the door its a mixture of electronic beeping sounds and stagnant air.

I knew peeps that were into D&D...I just never got into it for the same reason I never got into Game of Thrones. Just not my genre. I had to read The Hobbit in Sixth Grade and it bored me to tears.

However, I did spend plenty of hours at the local 'Aladdin's Castle'. The air did always smell like a mix of adolescent BO and RC Cola.

 

[number51]

I've never seen a minute of the show, not my genre, me and Vu not on the same page.

Its hard to explain the concept and experience of a video arcade people who never lived through it.

In the late 70's and early 80's the video games were in bowling alley's and bars, then they opened a chain called Just Games, the one we went to was on Algonquin near Arlington Heights Road, loved that place.

My question is do you think there are no more game arcades? GameWorks, Dave & Busters, every resort in the world, certainly every place in Vegas, there are more game arcades now than there were in the 80's.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

My question is do you think there are no more game arcades? GameWorks, Dave & Busters, every resort in the world, certainly every place in Vegas, there are more game arcades now than there were in the 80's.

Too high end. Catering toward adults. Like comparing your local diner to an Applebee's. Would any parent drop their kids off at Dave & Busters on a Wednesday and then return two hours later? If you did that, you'd have to give your kid $100.

 

[number51]

Too high end. Catering toward adults. Like comparing your local diner to an Applebee's. Would any parent drop their kids off at Dave & Busters on a Wednesday and then return two hours later? If you did that, you'd have to give your kid $100.

Great take D&B out of the equation, every resort has a game room, been to Las Vegas more game rooms than casinos, GameWorks is just a larger version of 1980 Just Games. Do games cost more now than in 1980, duh.

Its hard to explain the concept and experience of a video arcade people who never lived through it.

I'm just not on board with this idea. Take them to GameWorks, done.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

I'm just not on board with this idea.

Obviously. GameWorks = Aladdin's Castle. Las Vegas casino = Spring Hill Mall. I guess we just had dissimilar arcade experiences in our childhood. The only time I ever saw an adult in an arcade was when the owner would be clearing out the coins in the token machine.

 

[Penny Traitor]

there are more game arcades now than there were in the 80's.

I suppose, but they are catering far more to the nostalgic middle-aged folks than the 16 and under crowd that used to dominate the arcade scene. In 2019, if you took 100 kids under 16...I would be shocked if any of them even understood the concept of leaving the house to play video games.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

I suppose, but they are catering far more to the nostalgic middle-aged folks than the 16 and under crowd that used to dominate the arcade scene. In 2019, if you took 100 kids under 16...I would be shocked if any of them even understood the concept of leaving the house to play video games.

I would also add that Dave/Busters & Gameworks places are more universally-accepted than the old 80's arcades, whose clientele drew from the fringes of society (like CCS).

 

[modo]

Fair enough. All of it was real to me. D&D was a populist movement before Nintendo...not sure if anyone under 21 even plays D&D any more. Its hard to explain the concept and experience of a video arcade people who never lived through it. A plain brick building that was dimly lit, and when you open the door its a mixture of electronic beeping sounds and stagnant air.

Arcades were a gateway to a different dimension.

Anyone ever try the string with a hole in a quarter trick?

 

[modo]

I suppose, but they are catering far more to the nostalgic middle-aged folks than the 16 and under crowd that used to dominate the arcade scene. In 2019, if you took 100 kids under 16...I would be shocked if any of them even understood the concept of leaving the house to play video games.

There is a bowling alley/outdoor fun center/ arcade near where I live.

The kids enjoy it. But the arcade games a literally giant sized versions of mobile games that dispense tickets.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I loved season one and still enjoyed season two and can’t wait for season 3. But there are better shows out there. Dark is probably my favorite show on Netflix

 

[number51]

I suppose, but they are catering far more to the nostalgic middle-aged folks than the 16 and under crowd that used to dominate the arcade scene. In 2019, if you took 100 kids under 16...I would be shocked if any of them even understood the concept of leaving the house to play video games.

Perspective, thank you. Before I was an adult, game arcades were rooms filled with pinball machines, no CRT or video displays, they had boxes for kids to stand on to play the games. We had a pong game hooked up to our tv at my house, but the first video game I saw out of my house was in a bar in 1976, I was 19 y/o. By the time stand alone video arcades came around I was an adult, me and my friends would get stoned to the bone and go play games, there were occasionally other stoned young adults, but most of the time it was us and a bunch of kids.

My kid had very little interest in arcades when she was 8, she would rather play her Nintendo games, at 28 now she enjoys places like GameWorks.

 

[Penny Traitor]

My kid had very little interest in arcades when she was 8, she would rather play her Nintendo games, at 28 now she enjoys places like GameWorks

As an adult, she can appreciate the social aspect of making it a destination event. Kids today just don't get that part of it. I tried to explain going out to play video games to a friends son and his response was simply...

"Why? Was your TV broke?"

 

[Rory Sparrow]

Also, fist season was at its best when it was genuinely creepy. Lots of tention. By the second season, they had broke the seal on the monster or whatever, and it was all gone. Just kind of blah

I enjoyed the first season...seemed to be more about the story arc, and the last episode kind of wrapped up the story. I wasn't "excited" about Season 2, and it took me a long time to even start watching it. I didn't like the first couple episodes, but I thought it improved and more started happening in the later episodes. Season 2 seemed to be more about the kid characters than anything else 80's-ish of sci-fi/fantasy-ish. As you said, not the same tension/creepiness because it had already been done in Season 1, but I eventually got my junk food fill in Season 2.

 

[number51]

Again, never saw the show but I though this was kinda funny.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Its here....

 

[zack54attack]

Finally. Going to start it tonight.

 

[remydat]

So far so good.

 

[Briggs is GOAT]

I watched the whole motherfuckin season yesterday.

Imo, it's the best season. Shit gets crazy. This season was prime GoT level.

I do have a couple complaints but they're minor.

 

[DC]

We watched the first 2 episodes last night. Wow.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Three episodes in and it's still a great show.