OldGames4OldGamers, a Kbin instance I've cooked up

[ArugulaZ]

Old Games For Old Gamers - kbin.social

Discussion of retro video games (circa 1972 to 2013), from the perspective of those who played them the first time around. Pull up a chair and share your experiences. What was your first game console? What retro games have you played lately, and what recent homebrew titles hope to fill gaps in...

kbin.social

If you're abandoning Reddit for a less corporate social network, but still need your hit of video game reviews and commentary, you'll find it right here on my new Kbin magazine. All systems are covered up to 2013 (including the Xbox One, recently discontinued by Microsoft), along with all classic games on modern consoles, so check it out if you're in a federated mood!

 

[Falselogic]

Is kbin a reddit alternative?

 

[SabreCat]

Is kbin a reddit alternative?

'Tis! kbin is to Reddit what Mastodon (or maybe something like Misskey) is to Twitter. Various people running servers that have their own subreddit-esque communities, all of whose users can interact with the other servers' content.

There's also "Lemmy" in the same space. I haven't used either very much yet, so I'm not familiar with e.g. the "magazine" setup Arugula's using here on kbin, but it's been exciting to see these things gaining popularity as Reddit keeps digging.

 

[ArugulaZ]

Sabre's explained it pretty well. Evidently Lemmy is growing much faster than kbin, but they're interoperable to some degree. Still, you can't read everything on Lemmy with a kbin account, one of the annoying peculiarities of federated social media. It's all connected! Unless someone decides that they don't want to interact with another community, then the whole thing kind of falls apart in practice.

 

[ArugulaZ]

Computers? Video game systems? What's the difference? - Old Games For Old Gamers - kbin.social

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kbin.social

What's the difference between home computers and video game systems? Quite often, very little.