I remember the first time I saw gameplay from the Playstation 2. I hadn't been paying attention to it much since I was a Nintendo kid and never had a PSX. But oddly enough, my mom (who tolerated our enjoyment of video games but was never particularly keen on it) was the one who first showed me the possibilities of a next-gen system. She came into the room telling me to change the channel so I could see this new game system.
"It looks just like real people" she said.
I was confused since she never showed interest in that sort of thing, but I complied and switched over to a news channel covering the PS2, where I saw ESPN International Track & Field (though I didn't know the name at the time and still didn't know the game's title until I looked it up 5 minutes ago) in all its glory:
(I intentionally found a low quality video to preserve the quality in which I originally saw it that day.)
My first thought was "yeah ok it's the olympics." Then my second thought was "they're talking about the Playstation 2 but why aren't they showing any gameplay?" It wasn't until they showed that same clip again when I noticed the close-ups of the runners, which shattered that illusion rather quickly.
So, Era, when did you first have that feeling of "wait, this is a GAME?" (And yes, I realize some of you have never had that moment. My condolences.)
"It looks just like real people" she said.
I was confused since she never showed interest in that sort of thing, but I complied and switched over to a news channel covering the PS2, where I saw ESPN International Track & Field (though I didn't know the name at the time and still didn't know the game's title until I looked it up 5 minutes ago) in all its glory:
(I intentionally found a low quality video to preserve the quality in which I originally saw it that day.)
My first thought was "yeah ok it's the olympics." Then my second thought was "they're talking about the Playstation 2 but why aren't they showing any gameplay?" It wasn't until they showed that same clip again when I noticed the close-ups of the runners, which shattered that illusion rather quickly.
So, Era, when did you first have that feeling of "wait, this is a GAME?" (And yes, I realize some of you have never had that moment. My condolences.)