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Appreciation post: How a random stranger at a retro game convention got me to try a genre I always hated
I went to a local retro game con last month in Austin. I was standing at a booth looking at a stack of old RPGs, and I mentioned I never got into turn-based stuff. Guy next to me starts telling me about how he felt the same until he played Chrono Trigger on a whim. We talked for like 20 minutes about pacing and story vs action. He convinced me to try it. I bought a copy from the booth for $40. Played it that weekend. I actually liked it. Has anyone else had a random con conversation completely flip your opinion on a whole game style?
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nathan_patel4d ago
Jumped into a conversation about EarthBound at a con in Pittsburgh a few years back. A younger guy was raving about it, and I always wrote it off as too weird. He let me try his handheld for ten minutes. I got hooked on the quirky humor and the way it pokes fun at RPG tropes. Now it's one of my favorites. Sometimes a real quick hands-on talk is all it takes.
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