You know you’re getting old when you read an article about “retro games” that includes Quake III. No I didn’t mis-type that. That’s the number 3.

The article refers to these as only ‘slightly retro’. I think modern gamers and retro-gamers alike would qualify these as “old games”–or at the very least games that are no longer current. Retro should imply “vintage” or “strongly smells of the days of my youth.” You decide:

• “Quake III” That’s right. And now it’s open source.
• “Unreal Tournament 2004” I don’t care what you say, this NOT retro. Yet.
• “Halo” What-ev.
• “Siberia” What what what?

“…four titles that will run and look great on modern hardware, can be bought for a couple dollars, and will provide you with several hours of pure gaming bliss.”

The article is here and it’s pretty cool that they are helping the average home user find some really great games to review on modren hardware. I just don’t think they can be called retro in any sense of the word.