The best thing about mankind's constant quest to envision our own future is how totally and utterly wrong we constantly are. The Jetsons had suitcases that turned into cars. Back to the Future II had flying skateboards and a town built around a clean pond. Barb Wire thought it was a good idea to let Pamela Anderson hold a firearm. Not to be left out of the nonsense, video game developers spent the better part of the '80s, '90s and 2000s predicting a totally wrong future that would never actually happen. How can we prove that? Because in most cases, we've already passed the eras where these ridiculous visions were supposed to take place. For example...

Remember how good you felt after watching Spider-Man 2? Like the world was a bright and friendly place? Or when the rover Opportunity discovered that water had once been on Mars? That was such a great moment! Humanity was watching “LOST” and preparing for that trip to the Statue of Liberty, which had finally reopened after years of security concerns. Times were good, right?

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/1...to-video-games