Seasons of Jason
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?
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.
Tobias Hellgren
@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
necrophcodr
@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.
Seasons of Jason
@ReverseModule YES! Hell, if you're in then we HAVE to do it.
Stay tuned!
Cosmic Kokiri
@killyourfm Absolutely in! If it happen please let me know! :)
lxnauta
@killyourfm That idea is very appealing. I would like to try and join in!
Seasons of Jason
@nausahaver Ok, awesome! We'll keep bashing out some structure and ideas here, and then round everyone up and get organized (somehow, haha).
Seasons of Jason
@necrophcodr A very valid consideration. I think we can get by on emulation of games that are no longer for sale by publishers.
Seasons of Jason
@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?
Lyons
@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?
Seasons of Jason
@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?
Seasons of Jason
@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?)
DEDGirl
@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. ☠️
Seasons of Jason
@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.
Mike Rockwell
@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.
Daniel Melzak
@killyourfm Interesting idea. I would possibly be up for it.
Might push me to finish some games, too.
Seasons of Jason
@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.
Seasons of Jason
@mike I would sincerely love to do a strictly hobby podcast. No deadlines, no pressures, no extra polish, no marketing, etc.
Mike Rockwell
@killyourfm a podcast would be cool. Or maybe a blog post that summarizes the group discussion?
Tobias Hellgren
@killyourfm First IRC, later group chats
Seasons of Jason
@Radgryd The big hurdle is that organization is not my strength! If done right though, I think this could be an absolute blast. I'm wide open to ideas.
Radgryd
@killyourfm This is a really cool idea. 🤔
Seasons of Jason
@Alain @chris Yea, and I'd prefer to avoid forcing anyone onto Discord.
Alain
@killyourfm @chris retrohandhelds is doing it, but apparetly it is all on discord.
G-Squirrel
@killyourfm Sounds great! I'm trying to complete more games this year and revisit some classics I've missed, and this sounds like an ideal motivation. Please add me to your list :)
Seasons of Jason
@gsquirrel Done! This little club can probably also double as your "Project Backlog" :D
Seasons of Jason
@CleanDesign Consider it done!
Clean Design
@killyourfm I’m in if someone can give me a tap on the shoulder when it starts.
Seasons of Jason
@wiredfire Awesome! I'd love to structure this in a way people can easily pop in and out when it's convenient for them. Or even follow the discussions from the sidelines.
Wiredfire
@killyourfm love it! Not in a position to participate right now so I won’t muddy the vote but I hope this takes off and I get join in when life affords the opportunity 😊😊
Seasons of Jason
@wiredfire NOTED! (Now to just figure out how to do that...)
Wiredfire
@killyourfm definitely the sort of thing I’d love to read-along to ^_^
Seasons of Jason
@aks I'm honestly not sure! I have a personal interest in exploring many that I never got to check out as a kid.
Akseli :quake_verified: :kde:
@killyourfm will there be DOS and other old PC games? :D
Seasons of Jason
@jeffpalmer Thank for this! (Also, wow, Libsyn is STILL around...)
I really dig the added insights game developers bring to the table.
Jeff Palmer
@killyourfm If you haven’t listened to this podcast, you might like it. They do basically the same kind of thing: play older titles and discuss their experiences, with the additional benefit of being game devs. Very cool.
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