{"id":1611,"date":"2012-12-31T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2012-12-31T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:01:57","slug":"geezertech-they-dont-make-video-games-the-way-they-used-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"Geezertech: 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>Geezertech<\/strong>:  \/<em>gee-zer-tek<\/em>\/ Wally just doesn&#8217;t trust a phone that seems to be smarter than he is. He&#8217;s sure it is constantly pulling a fast one on him. He is much more at ease with his geezertech cell phone that he uses to talk to people and maybe, if he has to, send a text message. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  geezer (an odd or eccentric man) + tech (technology) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nintension<\/strong>:  \/<em>Nin ten shun<\/em>\/ Jamie&#8217;s nintension was that all cyber games be as easy and fun as the original ones he had played non-stop as a boy.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Nintendo (Japanese video game,literally translated means&#8221;Leave luck to Heaven&#8221; since 1974)&amp; Intension (goal;aim;wish) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Segasnooty<\/strong>:  \/<em>SAY-geh-snoo-tee<\/em>\/ Elwood was thoroughly segasnooty, totally convinced that his old outdated video games were superior to even the latest and most complex games. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;Sega&#8217; (video game) and &#8216;snooty&#8217; (Snobbishly aloof; haughty) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/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) Geezertech: \/gee-zer-tek\/ Wally just doesn&#8217;t trust a phone that seems to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1611\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geezertech: 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":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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\/1611"}],"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=1611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}