I havn't played ... in years

I'm learning now that the game is never as good as you remembered it.  Games you loved years ago always seem even better now, because you forgot the crappy parts you couldn't stand.  Games you hated years ago got worse since then, because the few things you actually enjoyed were likely forgotten too.

So the point of the note today?  Give it a try again.  Reread that core book again, turn on your PS2 again, tug out that old board game and get some friends who all remember it to try a game again.  It's not what you remember, and frankly you're not who you were either.

Without an eidetic memory, nothing is how you remember it, really, and the more years that have passed, the more that changes, it's like playing whisper down the lane with yourself.  So get going, play it again, Sam, and see if it's really as bad, or as good, as you remember.