Then and Now

This is what we have NOW

The EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour is actually powered by the Weather Channel with real-time weather conditions which have a major effect on gameplay. There's also dynamic crowd reactions and precision putting. Yada, yada, yada.

This is what we had THEN

This is what we have NOW

This is a freaking video game - not an image from an actual hocky match. It's got block passing lanes with 360° control of your stick or kill an opponent's one timer game by lifting their stick just before they receive a pass. There's a dynamic 3rd person camera as you play the role of one player on a team. Etc., etc., etc....

This is what we had THEN

Are we better off ? In other words, are we any MORE happy today with our video games than we were back then? Will people thirty years from now mock the video games of today? Hmmmm.

[Note 1: Images of golf and hockey video games obtained from EASports]

[Note 2: Feel free to insert your own Tiger Woods joke. I've heard 'em all, and didn't laugh at any of them.]