Old Games

Just so that you're clear, this is a distraction. I have been trying to write an essay for about an hour now, and the only thoughts that popped into my head during that hour are as follows

-'SHIT I FORGOT HOW TO WRITE'

- 'I need tea'

- 'Why do people value old games so much?'

People, I have the answer - (I remembered how to write and am just boiling the kettle - so very English) - people value old games purely because they want to. It's nostalgia that makes us download from virtual console, or hunt for the oh-so-ancient ps2, not the gaming experience. From what I've played, Super Mario Galaxy is far more superior to Super Mario Brothers on NES, yet any Mario gamer is sure to gleefully express the fact that they have a copy of the outdated fossil of a game. Because that's what it is, a fossil. In the same way scientists are desperately trying to find new remnants of dead stuff from when dinosaurs were the shizz, gamers are desperately trying to get a feel for the old style games. But the truth is that will never happen anymore, unless you own a console that they were first played on that is. The very fact that you are playing the game on a Nintendo Wii makes the game different. The feel is different, the sound quality will be better, and the picture will almost certainly be bigger. Yet still, every self respecting Nintendo child will lovingly embrace their NES Super Mario Bros, caring for it's blocky gameplay and orangey appearance, because it reminds us that somewhere, deep down we are playing a game for the sake of the game. Not for the sake of beating others in terms of killstreaks or God forbid for the soundtrack. Instead, when we are playing Donkey Kong for NES we are reminded that simplicity can be bliss, and like parents, think back to when games were little bubbas compared to the 3D giants of games that they are today.