r/TombRaider • u/Peridot-1893 • 4h ago
🗨️ Discussion I’m 33 and I’m officially old
I was at work this week and i overheard a group of people talking about “vintage” video games they’d played recently.
I’d actually just watched the second Lara Croft film, The Cradle of Life the night before (Why? You’re asking, it’s 2026! Why? I reply. Because it’s a fricking great film and will always be one my faves)
I wandered over joined in and made a reference to Tomb Raider and locking the butler in the freezer. AND NO ONE UNDERSTOOD. I asked what “vintage” games they were talking about. They were talking about games on the original DS… Specifically one of them mention Nintendogs and called it retro.
I asked if anyone had played any Sega or PlayStation One from the 90s. What was the response?
“Omg there’s a PlayStation ONE?” And “You had video games in the 90s?”
I learnt that I’m old.
I learnt that although I’m 33 and I feel like I’m 25, when you talk to a 25 year old they make you feel 50.
I also learnt the younger generation are a little stupid. Sorry bout it. But obviously. They knew there was a PlayStation three, four and five but didn’t realise there was a PlayStation one and two.
Side note: we found a floppy disk when clearing out the office and the intern asked if we’d “3D printed the Save icon”. 😂🤦♀️
I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT TOOK GREAT JOY IN LOCKING THE BUTLER IN THE FREEZER.
Make yourself known. We may not be super young anymore. Yes we may have back problems and knee problems and hip problems and breathing problems and have a general f*ck you I’m over it attitude to the world.
But what we do have my friends. Is locking that helpful little bitch in the freezer. For no other reason that pure malice. It was a special time. And kids these days can’t take that away from us.