Look - There Goes Technology
01/12/2011 08:55
I finally understand how old people get such an awful reputation for being techno-dolts. I'm not old, only 32, but somewhere recently technology left me in it's wake. Maybe it is because I don't have a job where I need to thinkAdobe9A0-129exam in any way. I am basically allowing my brain to slowly atrophy. Or maybe I am just too stubborn to try to learn anything new. Anyway, the reasons why don't matter, here are a couple of things that have passed me by:
Video Games:
Ah, the good old days
I can't be 100% percent sure, but I think my downfall in video games started when I made the transition from Playstation 2 to Playstation 3. This is around the time that the games became so unbelievably complicated that they started to cease being fun. Back in the Sega Genesis and Playstation 1 days, there were basically 3 or 4 active buttons. My favorite games were the NHL series. I would argue that NHL '95 is still the greatest game ever made. It was simple, hit B to pass, A to shoot and C to hit someone. That was it. Simple, easy, and awesome. Nowadays, you need to execute a 4 button combo to accomplish anything. Up, R1, L2, X, and that's probably just to take a slapshot. There are spin moves, jukes, and all kinds of other things that require aAdobe9A0-129exam 140 IQ just to remember. Not to mention, you must use the analog control. I despise the analog control. I can never go from pushing up to pushing down smoothly. It's such an awkward move that I always almost drop the stupid controller.
Twitter:
Where is the send button?
The first time I saw a Twitter feed, I felt like I was driving through Chinatown. All kinds of symbols and abbreviations. It was total gibberish. Hashtags, @ signs, retweets, its enough to make your prostate burst. After some studying, I have finally started to get the hang of all the smoke and mirrors. Here is my main problem with Twitter: it is impossible to get followers. No matter how many funny or insightful things you tweet, nobody retweets or follows you. Of course I think the main reason for that is nobody actually reads other peoples tweets. Which is understandable, because does anyone really care what @EntitledDoucheyTeenager thinks about "So You Think You Can Dance"? "Tweet, look at me, look at me, make me feel important, GE0-702Tweet Tweet." Yuck.
Video Games:
Ah, the good old days
I can't be 100% percent sure, but I think my downfall in video games started when I made the transition from Playstation 2 to Playstation 3. This is around the time that the games became so unbelievably complicated that they started to cease being fun. Back in the Sega Genesis and Playstation 1 days, there were basically 3 or 4 active buttons. My favorite games were the NHL series. I would argue that NHL '95 is still the greatest game ever made. It was simple, hit B to pass, A to shoot and C to hit someone. That was it. Simple, easy, and awesome. Nowadays, you need to execute a 4 button combo to accomplish anything. Up, R1, L2, X, and that's probably just to take a slapshot. There are spin moves, jukes, and all kinds of other things that require aAdobe9A0-129exam 140 IQ just to remember. Not to mention, you must use the analog control. I despise the analog control. I can never go from pushing up to pushing down smoothly. It's such an awkward move that I always almost drop the stupid controller.
Twitter:
Where is the send button?
The first time I saw a Twitter feed, I felt like I was driving through Chinatown. All kinds of symbols and abbreviations. It was total gibberish. Hashtags, @ signs, retweets, its enough to make your prostate burst. After some studying, I have finally started to get the hang of all the smoke and mirrors. Here is my main problem with Twitter: it is impossible to get followers. No matter how many funny or insightful things you tweet, nobody retweets or follows you. Of course I think the main reason for that is nobody actually reads other peoples tweets. Which is understandable, because does anyone really care what @EntitledDoucheyTeenager thinks about "So You Think You Can Dance"? "Tweet, look at me, look at me, make me feel important, GE0-702Tweet Tweet." Yuck.
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