nostalgia
What makes you feel nostalgic?
For me one thing would be old videogames,
Like ape escape, or tomba.
Don't you sometimes wish you were a kid again? Back when everything was simple, and your only worry was about what toy you would play with next? How your dad used to chase you on his knees and tackle you when you were 2?
Ah well. Such is life.
Sometimes I wonder if that's why time seems to go faster the older you get. Cuz you only get childhood once.
For me one thing would be old videogames,
Like ape escape, or tomba.
Don't you sometimes wish you were a kid again? Back when everything was simple, and your only worry was about what toy you would play with next? How your dad used to chase you on his knees and tackle you when you were 2?
Ah well. Such is life.
Sometimes I wonder if that's why time seems to go faster the older you get. Cuz you only get childhood once.
Tom and Jerry.
Sonic the Hedgehog. Dragon Warrior. Animorphs. Groo the Wanderer. The Orlando Magic. Lunchables Pizza. Disney's Aladdin. Dink Smallwood.
Watching walkthrough of classic video games.
I still remember the first PC game I became in fact addicted to, it was the Commander Keen series, some time ago I even found and downloaded all of its parts and finished some levels which I didn't as a kid. Some of these parts are difficult to play nowadays because of entirely different hardware & software requirements, especially when it comes to memory, but after figuring how to enable it and play it again... priceless
Seeing/playing old games is big. But also, hearing music from the best old games gives me that tingly feeling.
When a game is absurdly good it doesn't have to be old to make me feel nostalgic.
When a game is absurdly good it doesn't have to be old to make me feel nostalgic.
Sometimes I wonder if that's why time seems to go faster the older you get.
There are two reasons. One has to do with how the brain processes information, the other has to do with math.
1) Your brain pays more attention and devotes more energy and concentration to new experiences than familiar ones. When you're an infant and a toddler, almost everything you experience is new and exciting. As you grow older, the number of novel experiences diminishes rapidly, to the point that many of your days are probably entirely driven by habits and routine. Such days don't register very strongly in your memory, and when you look back at the last 6 months, they probably seem like they flew by, because you have so few memories to look back on from them. You want to feel like life moves slower? Do something new and exciting as often as you can.
2) As for the mathematical explanation, look at it this way: When you turn 4, that previous year was 1/4 of your whole life experience. That's quite a large part of your life. When you turn 20, however, that previous year was only 1/20 of your life experience. That's nowhere near as much, and thus it doesn't feel as long/large/important.
As for what makes me feel nostalgic? Music tends to be the strongest trigger for me. I associate various kinds of music with various periods in my life. Video game music included. I had a strong bout of nostalgia when I came across a YouTuber who made remixes of my most cherished childhood game, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. If you were as big a fan of that game as I was, just try to give this a listen and not get the feels.
There are two reasons. One has to do with how the brain processes information, the other has to do with math.
1) Your brain pays more attention and devotes more energy and concentration to new experiences than familiar ones. When you're an infant and a toddler, almost everything you experience is new and exciting. As you grow older, the number of novel experiences diminishes rapidly, to the point that many of your days are probably entirely driven by habits and routine. Such days don't register very strongly in your memory, and when you look back at the last 6 months, they probably seem like they flew by, because you have so few memories to look back on from them. You want to feel like life moves slower? Do something new and exciting as often as you can.
2) As for the mathematical explanation, look at it this way: When you turn 4, that previous year was 1/4 of your whole life experience. That's quite a large part of your life. When you turn 20, however, that previous year was only 1/20 of your life experience. That's nowhere near as much, and thus it doesn't feel as long/large/important.
As for what makes me feel nostalgic? Music tends to be the strongest trigger for me. I associate various kinds of music with various periods in my life. Video game music included. I had a strong bout of nostalgia when I came across a YouTuber who made remixes of my most cherished childhood game, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. If you were as big a fan of that game as I was, just try to give this a listen and not get the feels.