06-08-2009, 04:54 PM
<!--quoteo(post=42967:date=Jun 8 2009, 01:32 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Jun 8 2009, 01:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42936:date=Jun 8 2009, 01:23 PM:name=Lance)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lance @ Jun 8 2009, 01:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42923:date=Jun 8 2009, 01:46 PM:name=BackyardLegend)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BackyardLegend @ Jun 8 2009, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Good story...too bad kids don't do that stuff now and days. Either they are sitting at home playing video games, or they are getting special private instruction for $150 dollars an hour.
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The thing of it is, Wells was born in 1982. They had video games when he was growing up--he obviously preferred being outside throwing a ball.
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I was born a year after Wells was. Yes, it was the first big in home video gaming generation, but it's nowhere near what it's like today. I spent a lot of hours playing video games as a kid, but I still rode around the neighborhood on my bike with friends, playing street hockey, baseball, football, soccer. Climbing trees, collecting reptiles and amphibians. Maybe I'm out of touch, but I don't think the kids these days do stuff like that.
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I agree. I was born in '81 and video games were huge when I was a kid and we played them quite a bit, but we spent much more time riding bikes, skateboarding, playing ball, shooting BB guns, etc. I can't really think of any kids I knew who played video games all the time. However, things have changed. Video games are much more accessible these days. Back then, to play the REALLY good games, you had to go to an arcade and pump in a ton of quarters. The graphics were just so much better in the arcades. We lived in a small town, so going to an arcade was a rare treat. But now you can get the best games right in your living room on big HD TVs, and the games today are much more engrossing and realistic, which means they are also more addicting. These days, I know several kids and young adults who spend all their free time playing video games, which was something I personally didn't see back in the 80's. I'm sure there were kids who did, but it seemed much more rare.
With that said, I'd love to buy this guy a win sometime.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The thing of it is, Wells was born in 1982. They had video games when he was growing up--he obviously preferred being outside throwing a ball.
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I was born a year after Wells was. Yes, it was the first big in home video gaming generation, but it's nowhere near what it's like today. I spent a lot of hours playing video games as a kid, but I still rode around the neighborhood on my bike with friends, playing street hockey, baseball, football, soccer. Climbing trees, collecting reptiles and amphibians. Maybe I'm out of touch, but I don't think the kids these days do stuff like that.
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I agree. I was born in '81 and video games were huge when I was a kid and we played them quite a bit, but we spent much more time riding bikes, skateboarding, playing ball, shooting BB guns, etc. I can't really think of any kids I knew who played video games all the time. However, things have changed. Video games are much more accessible these days. Back then, to play the REALLY good games, you had to go to an arcade and pump in a ton of quarters. The graphics were just so much better in the arcades. We lived in a small town, so going to an arcade was a rare treat. But now you can get the best games right in your living room on big HD TVs, and the games today are much more engrossing and realistic, which means they are also more addicting. These days, I know several kids and young adults who spend all their free time playing video games, which was something I personally didn't see back in the 80's. I'm sure there were kids who did, but it seemed much more rare.