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Matt Barton
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What's so creepy about him?

What's so creepy about him? Seems like a nice guy to me, though I have a hard time appreciating this particular niche of videogaming (I don't think the Twin Galaxies types are representative of my gaming style). It's a special niche of folks who love the old "twitch" arcade games and who enjoy (or some might say obsess over) being competitive and achieving world records. I don't have any problem with TG and what it stands for, though I think sometimes they exaggerate its importance or influence on the industry or gamers in general.

I don't enjoy twitch games and didn't even really like them when I was a kid, always preferring role-playing, strategy, or adventure games. It kinda bothers me that the same old lineup of arcade or twitchy console games get trotted out every time somebody wants to talk about "videogames." Their role in the history was important, but mostly technical or technological. Indeed, I'd compare them to the old coin-operated "peep shows" and such; they were clearly an important step towards movies as we know them today, but I'm so glad we got beyond them.

Matt Barton, Managing Editor
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Email: matt@armchairarcade.com

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