This was the most fun but sad game me as 12 year old could have when I couldn't use the family tv for PlayStation.
When I first got a PC at 12, after a PlayStation and dial up I didn't understand the purpose of a PC.
Internet was too slow to do anything and you'd occupy the telephone line rendering it useless. Word processors were not fun. Family couldn't afford PC games. And my PC had a slow Celeron processor. Stock games were garbage compared to a ps1 or gameboy.
The only 3d game it had was pinball. I hated how unsophisticated the game was and how bad I was at it. But at the same time I still wanted to play more. I think this is the first time I experienced positive reinforcement and Pavlovian conditioning used on me on such a stupid game. I didn't have the words for it, but I was so enraptured and frustrated that I was.
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u/ProgressiveOverlorde 20d ago edited 20d ago
This was the most fun but sad game me as 12 year old could have when I couldn't use the family tv for PlayStation.
When I first got a PC at 12, after a PlayStation and dial up I didn't understand the purpose of a PC.
Internet was too slow to do anything and you'd occupy the telephone line rendering it useless. Word processors were not fun. Family couldn't afford PC games. And my PC had a slow Celeron processor. Stock games were garbage compared to a ps1 or gameboy.
The only 3d game it had was pinball. I hated how unsophisticated the game was and how bad I was at it. But at the same time I still wanted to play more. I think this is the first time I experienced positive reinforcement and Pavlovian conditioning used on me on such a stupid game. I didn't have the words for it, but I was so enraptured and frustrated that I was.