The Old vs. The New

The Old vs. The New

Hey guys, Episode #107 is now available in the feed. Big props to Drew Wicks for appearing on the show once again. It appears that Switchpod is back on their game this time and is allowing us to upload shows again, what a relief. Though John and I were very pleased that we heard from Timothy Sundberg again, which means that at least one person downloaded the show manually and gave it a go.

Now as far as Episode #108 goes, we'll be talking about old game systems that seemingly "just worked" as opposed to today's systems which require constant downloaded updates, may or may not be compatible with certain games, and so on. Now, I know that John is excited to back me into a corner on this episode because he seems to think that "problems" like these have existed since the beginning, but I'm not so sure.

As usual, I've got a few homework questions for you guys out there, so please take a few minutes to mull over these and leave your thoughts in the comments below. And while you're at it, be sure to check out GameNerd and Better Blood Sugar.

1. What was your first game system that you remember?
2. Do you remember ever having to jump through any hoops (such as buying extra hardware) to play any of your favorite older games?
3. Do you think that if a system ships with *any* extra peripherals on Day One that it should continue to ship with those peripherals for the lifetime of the console?
4. In the last five years do you recall ever being frustrated with an incompatibility between a game you bought and the console you planned to play it on, such as not having an extra piece of hardware or not having an updated system?
5. Has the advent of the internet made things better or worse for these scenarios?

Thanks everybody!

-Phil