The Future of Video Games According to 80s Anime, Macross

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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-03 23:04

[video=youtube;28UeeJK2cWU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UeeJK2cWU[/video]

Yes that's a VCR display at the beginning
Too bad this anime was way off on the technology aspect
Video games are really portable now but we still don't have practical mechas.
Chockeh wrote on 2010-05-03 23:08

So corny.
Am I the only one who thinks that a''game'' is a different meaning in this Anime? Omg those gundams kinda looks like sp... Dx.
*Wait don't go this is the only chance to get your name and phone number*
*W/e just leave me alone*
No slap?
VitaminC wrote on 2010-05-03 23:10

Too bad games aren't that effective in telling if you are an ace pilot or not. Or is it?
EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-05-03 23:33

Wow, Macross is that old? Anime sure look strange back then. I didn't know they had color back in the 80s. I thought it was all black/white. I don't really know since I am not that old...

Quote from VitaminC;27242:
Too bad games aren't that effective in telling if you are an ace pilot or not. Or is it?

Not like being an ace pilot of a gundam-type machine would mean anything in terms of piloting something in real life, lol.
Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-05-03 23:40

I can't watch the vid right now, could you summarize it?
Arsik wrote on 2010-05-03 23:48

Quote from Mrlucky77;27319:
I can't watch the vid right now, could you summarize it?

Basically, a geeky guy sees a chick playing a game. He tries to impress her by beating her infront of a fairly large crowd. At first, the game is a simple game involving two mechas shooting each at each other on a 2D screen. After he beats her, they move it up to a 3D holographic version of the same game. When he still beats her, and she tries to leave, he asks her out. That's it in a nutshell.

And Cat, why is it "off" according to you? Because the holographic game is on an arcade machine instead of portable like the 3DS is going to be? If that's the case, then I call fallacy on the Jetsons, because they said that we should have flying cars that can fold up into suitcases and the human race is spread out throughout the solar system. It's the same thing, a far off possible future shows something when it was predicted more than 20 years ago, and yet it's bad because it's not how it's happening now. D: