Do you remember the thrill of playing games when you were a kid? Do you? Or can you not remember that far back, because all the stress and hell you've endured since is getting in the way?
Here's a gallery of gamer children from the 70s and 80s enjoying games before that whole adult thing kicks in.
It might just be the most harrowing thing you ever see.
Here's a gallery of gamer children from the 70s and 80s enjoying games before that whole adult thing kicks in.
It might just be the most harrowing thing you ever see.
THIS BOY WOULD BE IN HIS 40s BY NOW. IMAGINE ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS HE MUST HAVE SUFFERED IN THE YEARS SINCE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. IMAGINE ALL THE BAD CHOICES HE'S MADE. ALL THE GRIEF.
THAT'S ASSUMING HE'S STILL AROUND OF COURSE. LET'S BE REALISTIC; HE DIDN'T LOOK IN THE BEST HEALTH EVEN THEN...
THAT'S ASSUMING HE'S STILL AROUND OF COURSE. LET'S BE REALISTIC; HE DIDN'T LOOK IN THE BEST HEALTH EVEN THEN...
THIS LAD HAD HIS OWN ARCADE CABINET. HE WAS A VERY LUCKY BOY. UNFORTUNATELY, WHOMEVER BUILT THAT CABINET WAS SETTING HIM UP WITH UNREALISTICALLY HIGH EXPECTATIONS FROM LIFE.
ADULTHOOD ISN'T ALL ARCADE CABINETS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM AND PEOPLE DOING NICE THINGS FOR YOU, SEE.
NO. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A LOAD OF OLD SHIT.
ADULTHOOD ISN'T ALL ARCADE CABINETS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM AND PEOPLE DOING NICE THINGS FOR YOU, SEE.
NO. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A LOAD OF OLD SHIT.
KEEP STARING AT THAT SCREEN FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN, BOYS; A FEW MORE YEARS AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE ONE LONG STRUGGLE. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER SO THAT YOU CAN REST!
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THERE ARE SUPER NINTENDOS IN HEAVEN - BUT AT LEAST THERE WON'T BE UNREALISTIC SOCIAL IDEALS OF BODILY PERFECTION, GLOBAL RECESSIONS AND BROKEN PLUMBING (WHICH IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET FIXED) EITHER!
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THERE ARE SUPER NINTENDOS IN HEAVEN - BUT AT LEAST THERE WON'T BE UNREALISTIC SOCIAL IDEALS OF BODILY PERFECTION, GLOBAL RECESSIONS AND BROKEN PLUMBING (WHICH IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET FIXED) EITHER!
SUCH AN INNOCENT YOUNG CHAP, OBLIVIOUS TO THE SORT OF DAY-TO-DAY GRIND HIS PARENTS MUST ENDURE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS NES.
THE EXACT SAME SORT OF STRUGGLE, IN FACT, THAT IS JUST A DECADE OR TWO AWAY FOR HIM TOO...
IMAGINE THIS POOR THING TRYING TO COPE WITH CREDIT CARD DEBT, OR OFFICE POLITICS, OR NAVIGATING THE EMOTIONAL MINEFIELD THAT IS A RELATIONSHIP...
THE EXACT SAME SORT OF STRUGGLE, IN FACT, THAT IS JUST A DECADE OR TWO AWAY FOR HIM TOO...
IMAGINE THIS POOR THING TRYING TO COPE WITH CREDIT CARD DEBT, OR OFFICE POLITICS, OR NAVIGATING THE EMOTIONAL MINEFIELD THAT IS A RELATIONSHIP...
A BOY, AN NES, AND A BARE ROOM. THE ONLY THING MORE BLEAK THAN THIS PHOTO IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
:-(
THIS KID ISN'T EVEN LOOKING AT THE SCREEN.
REASON? HE'S JUST BEEN TOLD ABOUT MORTGAGES, DINNER PARTIES, AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTHOOD.
HE'S BEEN SAT LIKE THAT FOR OVER AN HOUR.
REASON? HE'S JUST BEEN TOLD ABOUT MORTGAGES, DINNER PARTIES, AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTHOOD.
HE'S BEEN SAT LIKE THAT FOR OVER AN HOUR.
AS FORCED AS THAT SMILE APPEARS, IT'S STILL A SMILE, AND UTTERLY HEARTBREAKING WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW OBLIVIOUS SHE MUST BE TO THE SEARING MONOTONY OF THE 9-5 TREADMILL, AND SQUEEZING IN SOME SORT OF TIME FOR HERSELF BETWEEN THE DEMANDS OF AN EMPLOYER AND HER FAMILY.
EXHAUSTION? SHE'LL NEVER HAVE TIME FOR SUCH SELF-INDULGENCE!
EXHAUSTION? SHE'LL NEVER HAVE TIME FOR SUCH SELF-INDULGENCE!
LET'S ASSUME THIS KID IS STILL ALIVE. HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS 50s. EVEN IF HE WORKS OUT AND EATS HEALTHILY, HE'S NO DOUBT TIRED AND ACHEY THE ENTIRE TIME.
HE HAS STRUGGLED TO HANG ONTO HIS YOUTHFUL PHYSIQUE. HE MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING THE FIRST SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE, AND HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM IS WEAKENING, MAKING HIM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ILLNESS.
SORRY, BOY - IT'S HARSH, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES FOR ALL OF US.
HE HAS STRUGGLED TO HANG ONTO HIS YOUTHFUL PHYSIQUE. HE MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING THE FIRST SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE, AND HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM IS WEAKENING, MAKING HIM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ILLNESS.
SORRY, BOY - IT'S HARSH, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES FOR ALL OF US.
ANOTHER 30 YEARS AND HE'LL BE TURNING THAT GUN ON HIMSELF.
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