My term for the gamer that is not retro or current . . .
There are two people that led me to coming up with the yet to be announced word: Person One: I have a friend who is a bit behind the times. He is currently playing games from the PS2 and Xbox. He doesn't own any of the current generation's consoles. He can afford them, but he just wants to play these games before he moves own to new ones. I understand and respect that. He is getting the most ou...
There are two people that led me to coming up with the yet to be announced word:
Person One: I have a friend who is a bit behind the times. He is currently playing games from the PS2 and Xbox. He doesn't own any of the current generation's consoles. He can afford them, but he just wants to play these games before he moves own to new ones. I understand and respect that. He is getting the most out of his money. However, he is insanely behind the times, so I came up with a term for him.
Person Two: There was a guy at my friends work who was talking about really loving the old classics on PS1. He even called himself a retro gamer. I'm sorry, but PS1 is not really retro gaming to me, and I don't really think it is easy to go back to those games. I find it much easier to play an older 8-bit game than PS1 games, but that is besides the point. Because he is not retro, he needed a term.
My term is slowtro.
Slowtro: A person who plays video games from the previous one to two generations of consoles.
So that person who totally loves Final Fantasy VII and stills plays it is slowtro, just as an example. I have not decided my stance on the Genesis or Super Nintendo. I know I don't see those games as retro, yet I am more open to that argument than I am a PS1 game. What do you think?
Edit (10/18/10): I just wanted to add that it could also be applied to games themselves. Like FFVII could be called slowtro. Thanks for chipping in. This was purely for fun.