xDragonWarrior Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) does it wear off or does it become harder to acquire new nostalgia or does it just take time? Edited January 6, 2014 by xDragonWarrior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I think the fact generation Y is discovering the 2600 is proof nostalgia can be acquired. I'm constantly discovering systems that I hardly knew as a kid. Why can't I imagine I was rich enough to own a Sinclair QL back in the day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) You just need to give it time. Edited January 6, 2014 by Gabriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I've been collecting on and off for over 20 years and the original reason was nostalgia. Since I've been collecting for so long I'm actually nostalgic about those first years of collecting. I'm getting nostalgic about my original nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Nostalgia is I think defined by good memories from an era. You acquire nostalgie as you get older; but discovering a new old system isn't nostalgia. It's more of a simple joy and emotion of being dragged in the past, but in a past you never knew. A kind of "pseudo-nostalgia" if you really want to go that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I tend to jump in and out of my hobbies. I will likely collect video game stuff for many years to come (rest of my life) but other collections will take the priority off and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 In 5 years time it is possible to gain new nostalgia for now if you give yourself good enough times and your life starts to suck or be different later. Or if you move that can trigger it too when you start to miss your old place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I don't know about nostalgia because I never had one of these systems originally, but I always wanted to try an Atari 2600 by myself and I ended collecting a lot of cartridges and several consoles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I've been collecting on and off for over 20 years and the original reason was nostalgia. Since I've been collecting for so long I'm actually nostalgic about those first years of collecting. I'm getting nostalgic about my original nostalgia. Retronostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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