Would anyone be interested in participating in a sort of retro gaming "book club" style group?
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Would anyone be interested in participating in a sort of retro gaming "book club" style group? Basically, picking a console era, voting on a game, then playing through it together and discussing it? (Emulation is fine, we don't all have real hardware)
It seems like a fun idea. I want to call it "The Retro Retreat."
Wide open to ideas to bring it from conception to reality.
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Tobias Hellgrenreplied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm Count me in! I tried this with a couple of mates a while back when we had small kids. We picked a game, checked how many chapters it had, checked howlongtobeat and calculated how much we had to play each 1.5 weeks and then had a discussion about what we thought about the chapter or chapters
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:spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmosreplied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm Absolutely in! If it happen please let me know!
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@killyourfm That idea is very appealing. I would like to try and join in!
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@killyourfm this is a really cool idea, but some games may be quite difficult to come by without spending enormous amounts of money these days.
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Zergy :verified: :redpanda:replied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm
If I'm right the hashtag #VideoGamesClub have this idea in mind (cc @remidu ) -
@killyourfm I'd be interested to know more. I used to host a retro gaming podcast and I miss that sort of experience.
What are you thinking for group size, discussion forum, sync or async, etc?
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@killyourfm Yes!
By Retro, how retro are we talking? 
Pong? (I do still play arkanoid), currently playing the Fables & Alice: Madness, & OG Mass Effect 1. 
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@killyourfm I don’t think I’d participate because I’m hit and miss when it comes to having enough time to play games, but I absolutely love this idea.
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@killyourfm Interesting idea. I would possibly be up for it.
Might push me to finish some games, too.
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Rémi du Nordreplied to Zergy :verified: :redpanda: last edited by
@Zergy yes, it already exists as the #VideoGameClub by @GaymerGeek, every month or two months we vote for a game (retro or not) and we share our progress, you are welcome to join @killyourfm
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to Tobias Hellgren last edited by
@thanius Sounds like a great way to gauge the time investment! How did you and your friends carry out the discussion? Was it in person, a forum, email, video chat?
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos last edited by
@ReverseModule YES! Hell, if you're in then we HAVE to do it.
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@nausahaver Ok, awesome! We'll keep bashing out some structure and ideas here, and then round everyone up and get organized (somehow, haha).
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@necrophcodr A very valid consideration. I think we can get by on emulation of games that are no longer for sale by publishers.
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@lyonsinbeta I hear this, loudly. I *sincerely* miss having fun discussions about games, and I also miss podcasting (especially without the pressures of work or a deadline to stress about).
Admittedly, I don't have many answers yet in terms of groups size or discussion platform. I'd like to decide those with everyone who wants to participate. I do think a lot of it should be async, as that just fits easier into people's schedules. Maybe with a monthly group podcast/check-in chat?
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@DEDGirl Pong was the first "console" I ever owned! But no, not quite that ancient. I think everything up to the 6th generation of consoles would be fair game (and maybe even some DOS classics?)
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@mike Maybe it would be cool if you could enjoy it from the sidelines somehow? Like an irregular podcast or after each game is finished or something.
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@TeamLinux01 HAHA! "Project Backlog" is yet another idea I've wanted to execute for awhile. Too many ideas, not enough clones of myself. Stay tuned, I think this is going to generate a lot of discussion.
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@killyourfm a podcast would be cool. Or maybe a blog post that summarizes the group discussion?
