{"id":1262,"date":"2011-07-25T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2011-07-25T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:00:07","slug":"technoldogy-they-dont-make-video-games-the-way-they-used-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"Technoldogy: They don&#8217;t make video games the way they used to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, A belief that the contraptions of yesteryear are superior, in almost every way, to modern, present-day technology. <em>v.<\/em>, To wish that the today&#8217;s technology was just as good as it was in the past.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/nes.gif\" alt=\"They don't make video games the way they used to...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technoldogy<\/strong>:  \/<em>tek nold ojee<\/em>\/ Barry &amp; Irma are firm believers in technoldogy. They drive classic restored automobiles.  They still use their 8 tracks; their hi-fi and they still play on their Atari.  According to their philosophy, Noah was the only one who knew how to build a boat and the Wright Brothers were the Right Brothers! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Technology (the practical application of science to commerce or industry) &amp; Old (ancient,just preceding something else in time or order)  <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antigizmania<\/strong>:  \/<em>ant\u00c4\u201cgizm\u00c4\u0081n\u00c4\u201c\u00c9\u2122<\/em>\/ Herb just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand the way his tech toys are constantly and repeatedly upgraded and replaced. It gets harder and harder to even find service providers that will allow him to use his 56k dial-up modem. His antigizmania even includes his car. If the Nash Rambler was good enough for Mom, its good enough for him.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  antique (belonging to ancient times) + gizmo + (a gadget) + mania (an excessive enthusiasm or desire) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=nes\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=nes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n., A belief that the contraptions of yesteryear are superior, in almost every way, to modern, present-day technology. v., To wish that the today&#8217;s technology was just as good as it was in the past. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Technoldogy: \/tek nold ojee\/ Barry &amp; Irma are firm believers in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1262\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Technoldogy: They don&#8217;t make video games the way they used to&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}