Typo. Fixed.

Well, I was gonna go into a whole complex bit about "Duck Hunt" being your pet name for a friend ("Shit for me, Duck Hunt"), but then I figured simplicity's best. =)
Ah, what a difference a single comma (and the placement thereof) can make!

One thing that was different : gaming magazines were huge, especially since they came with CDs (later DVDs) with a whole bunch of demos, drivers and apps. In fact, I relied on these discs for my graphics driver updates.

Another thing that I miss: expansion packs. Lots of games had huge expansion packs. None (at least from what I saw) of this 1/2 missions DLC content packs.

PC gaming in the 90s.. that's like a 'Nam flashback.
Not the game, although that was also released in the 90s.

Ah yes, the days of my Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I wasn't really interested in any consoles until I happened to demo Super Metroid in a Toys 'R Us. That was my downfall. I picked up a few more carts from Funcoland because they were used and cheap, and I could sell them back for credit. Also, I worked at Blockbuster Video and employees could rent movies and games free. I think that's the only reason I wanted to work there =P Even though it was an employee perk, the manager didn't like employees renting too much and would find ways to "fire" them.

Very true. Some achieved truly cult status, shaped the gaming community in ways no current website could dream of. What magazine(s) you read defined you as a gamer as much,if not more so, as the games you played and the platform you played them on. It broke my heart to witness the downfall of gaming press, it's quality, quantity and influence.

I miss the 90s :(

Perhaps someone mentioned it already, but one thing that we did all the time : LAN parties! Nothing beat an entire school weekend's worth of HL deathmatch on the Crossfire map :D

How very Jeffrey Bernard of you :D

Ditto.

Yeah...and they were generally at least 40% advertising by page count. =)

I wonder if he means LIFE and Rolling Stone. They were literally fucking huge.

Me too. Being geek became socially acceptable and the rise of geek chic.

As a pen an paper role player it was a great time.

And don't forget the first attempt at VR.

didn't say that it was a bad thing, it's just as I said that it was more of a hobbyist thing.