computer animations & nostalgia
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
i find this utterly amazing. computer animation has come a long LONG way since i was a kid. it also reminds me of the kind of video games that i play now as opposed wot when i was younger. i remember when my dad bought me my first game console. it was an Intellivision and was only 16-bit. compared to now it was horrible but i loved it. i remember imagining that the little shapes of blocks represented spaceships, dragons or whatever. it seems hard to imagine but i remember playing it like there was no tomorrow.
i never knew how much they cost back then but apparently they were being initially sold for $299 which was a huge amount of money back in the day. now for $299 you can get a Xbox 360 but that’s like comparing apples to monkeys. two totally different consoles and periods of time.
sometimes i forget how far we’ve gone with regards to technology but nostalgia helps. thanks for the Intellivision, dad. i wonder if i can find one on ebay…
music: be your own pet - the kelly affair
