History by Video Games

[ripburger]

I was writing on my frineds journal (archaeopteryx) that I can really only remember my past in relation to what video games were out at the time. I can remember when and where I got almost every game/or game system back to the Atari 7800, and I remember when I was friends with certain people just by what games were out and I played with them at the time.

Comments

[pastaqueen]

We moved several times when I was a kid, so I often timestamp memories by where we were living at the time. It's pretty handy actually. Consistently making and leaving friends sucked though.

[flitterflutter]

lol since 1996 my entire life goes by what movie was out, what theatre I was working at, and what auditorium said movie was in ... so I guess I'm weird too :-)

[ripburger]

Yea, when I worked at Blockbuster it was kinda like that, I knew all the movies, and I'd seen almost every new release from 1997-2000. Sure I just got the second run movies, so you were probably always cooler, but I have a lot of video game memories from Blockbuster, as that's what I base my past on. :)

We should quiz each other sometime... I bet it'd be hilarious.

[archaeopteryx]

I'm not really like that about video games, but I am like that about CDs, for some reason. I associate a lot of CDs I listened to in my teen years (The Offspring, Green Day, Third Eye Blind, Rancid, NOFX, etc) with certain people and places.

[ripburger]

I associate an entire summer to the Live - Throwing Copper Album. My friend and I both had that and listened to the cds and it was on the radio all the time, so you couldn't avoid it. I can kind of see my music progression though. So what was your 'Live' memory. I actually saw them in concert, they were one of the first bands I saw at Pine Knob

[usefullidiot]

I do that with music quite a bit. But I remember everything by what people were wearing that day. I can remember the clothes I wore on certain days, all the way back to when I was a little kid. It's pretty strange.

[ripburger]

Wow, I don't remember anything that anyone wears. Because I don't have a girlfriend (this is my excuse), I don't even remember what I wore 2 days ago, and if it smells clean I'll wear it. ;) I usually don't buy new clothes, as the few shirts I get for Christmas or my Birthday are usually enough for the year. I'd like to donate away some of this stuff but I don't know what looks good, I'm a guy. ;)

This is a pretty interesting thread so far though. Because I noticed this strange memory behavior in myself, I wanted to see how it worked with others. Music, movies, clothes... Strange indeed.

[she_falls_in]

Yes, you are crazy!