As a regular reader since your early days the site is definitely the very rare example of something that's both survived and stayed virus-free, so to speak, for so many years.
I'll also give a hat tip to the Atari Age forums, which are huge, diverse and apparently far too geeky to get infected
Best Site on the Internet?
- DrLitch
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
I like this site, I do not post very much but I do read a lot of posts and the reviews.
While I believe that free speech should, as far as possible, be applied to this site, including not locking down threads for nonreligious or nonpolitical arguments, I also believe that free speech be constrained here for politics and religion. I believe that a significant % of people do not have the maturity to accept other viewpoints revolving around these topics. It need not be this way but R&P turns some folks brains to mush - the senseless makes sense and emotions are a form of intellectual expression. Perhaps most of us could have an open discussion without getting triggered but we are only human and mudslinging is the first step to a fist fight.
While I believe that free speech should, as far as possible, be applied to this site, including not locking down threads for nonreligious or nonpolitical arguments, I also believe that free speech be constrained here for politics and religion. I believe that a significant % of people do not have the maturity to accept other viewpoints revolving around these topics. It need not be this way but R&P turns some folks brains to mush - the senseless makes sense and emotions are a form of intellectual expression. Perhaps most of us could have an open discussion without getting triggered but we are only human and mudslinging is the first step to a fist fight.
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
I love retro games having grown up in what I think of as the "Golden Age" of the 1970s. I visit this site on a frequent basis as a way to escape the stress of everyday life and spend some time in a place that is welcoming, informative, and fun. A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved from creators to moderators to readers!
- VideoGameCritic
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
I'm feeling the love!
For the record, I'm running a poll of Twitter, and 73% of people have verified that yes, this is the best video game site on the net. That's a little something called "scientific proof", people!
For the record, I'm running a poll of Twitter, and 73% of people have verified that yes, this is the best video game site on the net. That's a little something called "scientific proof", people!
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
Wouldn't say this site completely avoids politics, but it's completely avoided harassment, personal attacks, and demonizing other posters.
It still feels like the late 90's/early 2000's internet in here, and I mean that in a good way.
It still feels like the late 90's/early 2000's internet in here, and I mean that in a good way.
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
ThePixelatedGenocide wrote:It still feels like the late 90's/early 2000's internet in here, and I mean that in a good way.
Gonna echo this. The bad version would obviously be rainbow flashing text, spinning GIF icons, tiled backgrounds and MIDIs that you can't mute.
I originally used this site as a reference for retro games/systems. It's the only site I found that wasn't just an abandoned 'Top 100 list' or a mainstream gaming site's predictable 'Top 25'. This feels like a proper archive with interesting opinions that don't recycle the same clichés to pad out reviews. I like the grading system, the icons, and allowing readers to vote on the game's score - there's a humility to that.
I never join forums anymore, and there's very few sites I visit these days, but this one has kept me coming back.
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Re: Best Site on the Internet?
Ever consider having a marketplace subforum, where members can buy, sell, trade?
- VideoGameCritic
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Voor wrote:Ever consider having a marketplace subforum, where members can buy, sell, trade?
I think I tried something like that in the early 2000s but there wasn't much interest.
Also, I'd be a little concerned that a scammer might rip people off and I don't want to be involved with anything like that.
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I came across this site while looking for a review of the SNES bowling game, Brunswick World: Tournament of Champions. I visit the site just about every day. I love that the community is on the smaller side and more knowledgeable. I can't imagine if this site was like gamefaqs or another site filled with teenagers who just want to argue for no apparent reason.
I like seeing the new reviews. Even if they aren't for games I am interested in, they are still fun to read because they have a conversational tone, and get to the point quickly. If I'm looking for a review for an older game, chances are, I'll look here first.
I like seeing the new reviews. Even if they aren't for games I am interested in, they are still fun to read because they have a conversational tone, and get to the point quickly. If I'm looking for a review for an older game, chances are, I'll look here first.
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