Fecundpossum
@Fecundpossum@lemmy.world
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 4 days ago:
Yeah man, the prices are unfortunate, but supply and demand is definitely a thing. Items are only worth what people are willing to pay, and I’m fortunate to be able to justify some of my expendable income on growing my collection here and there.
If you really want your head to hurt, look up some of those really popular games sealed and WATA/PSA graded. Old graded consoles still sealed can sell for 6 digits.
I definitely have several of my favorites ripped for a rainy day. It’s definitely not a hobby for everyone. I have more modern emulation machines that can easily run all of my backups, but there’s really no replacement for the real games on real hardware. Just like some people are audiophile vinyl collectors who thumb their nose at Spotify and a pair of ear buds.
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 4 days ago:
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Selling games from 10-20 years ago isn’t scalping.
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I have 15 Nintendo handhelds on my last count. 2 of the 3ds are modded.
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I have a pretty sizable collection and I’ve not had a game die on me yet, aside from save batteries that I’m capable of changing. I know the games can eventually die, I know it’s on the horizon, but they all still work for now, and I think even after they die I’ll enjoy the memories that the physical media provided me.
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- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 5 days ago:
This. My bad log of physical DS and 3ds games is extensive and grows a little every time I remember I have the eBay app on my phone. Sorry wallet.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 5 days ago:
I have a beefy gaming PC and spend way more time on retro handhelds. Nintendo 3ds, DS, GBA. Gives me a nerd hobby to collect games, and you can enjoy keeping them nice, picking them up when you want and putting them down when you’re done. Soooo many good titles too.
- Comment on Dreamcast controller 2 weeks ago:
I imagine that would hinge on the specific emulator you’re using and whether it’s has developed support for it.
- Comment on Dreamcast controller 2 weeks ago:
I’m sure it would likely work fine on Linux, but yeah, isnt cheap.
- Comment on Dreamcast controller 2 weeks ago:
Here you go.
Do a little research and make sure it’ll work for you, but I think this might be your magic bullet.
- Comment on Is AsteroidOS usable? Should I get an old smartwatch and install it? 5 weeks ago:
I’m into other forms of retro electronics and I must warn you. It sounds like you’re veering into hobby territory.
You found this thing. It might be neat. But let’s say you pick it up and find that the batter doesn’t hold a charge very long. Do you buy another one, or do you invest in new tools for tiny electronics, maybe some jewelers style magnification and lighting, and invest time into learning how to service this device, building skills and knowledge from the experience.
To me this sounds great, assuming you can afford a hobby, or find ways to make the hobby affordable. What other interesting directions could the new skills and tools take you in?
- Comment on No one else in the world matters but me 2 months ago:
Yep. Stay in those.
- Comment on No one else in the world matters but me 2 months ago:
The correct way to refer to the left lane is “the passing lane”
Get in it. Pass someone. Get the fuck back out. If you aren’t passing, you have no business in the passing lane, simple.
- Comment on Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting? 3 months ago:
Don’t be in debt.
- Comment on Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Now Available for Download 5 months ago:
I’d say RAM is going to be the largest performance bottle neck for a desktop environment on an older machine. 4gb of RAM? don’t bother with cinnamon, you’ll likely have a much better experience with Mate or XFCE. 8gb is about where I’d even bother to test out cinnamon.
- Comment on 4th dimension doesn't exist because even 1D or 2D themselves are not real. 5 months ago:
They hated him, because he spoke the truth
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 5 months ago:
Yep, I have the same story verbatim dude. Fuck Rockstar, permanently. Haven’t played one of their games in like 5 years, and I never will again.
- Comment on Was I born as a singularity built need and desperation? 6 months ago:
It’s a particularly fitting line from the movie Idiocracy.
- Comment on What should I get my online friend for their birthday? 6 months ago:
Ohhhhhh shit you’re right. I still stand by my statement lol. If you don’t own Stardew you should.
Hollow knight is another one like that. Absolute must play.
- Comment on What should I get my online friend for their birthday? 6 months ago:
Definitely Stardew. Everyone should have Stardew.
- Comment on Why is Lemmy attempting to radicalise people to enforce class wars? 7 months ago:
Precisely. I’m a millennial, and this place has a decidedly millennial vibe. Linux nerds, privacy advocates, people seeking an alternative to the slop of mainstream social media. I would imagine people under 25 are a rarity here.
- Comment on Actually I will be happy to do it for you once a day 9 months ago:
Those are called Zerks. Zerk fittings. My god if I called them nipples at work I’d never live it down.
- Comment on My sister’s AMAB friend likes to look like a girl and even said she wanted to be a “Japanese woman”, why would conservatives think using she/her pronouns for her is forcing an agenda? 10 months ago:
I think it’s pretty fucking obvious what their problem is. They don’t want the newfound visibility that trans people have gained over the last few years to present a visible option for their kids and grandkids. They didn’t care about trans people years ago because they were largely in the shadows. Now that the language and culture around trans people is becoming visible to the average American, it has become the perfect shibboleth for the right wing to rally around no different than when the Christian right pulled abortion out of thin air as a rallying point to drive right wing voters. Don’t want your daughter to embarrass the fuck out of you at social functions when they introduce themselves as Xe/Xer/Xim? Vote Republican. That’s the point of the manufactured outrage. A way to drive funding and votes for fascism. And it worked. Trans visibility is the golden egg dropped in trumps lap that put him back in office.
This isn’t just mindless theorizing. I work with these right wing jackasses. It’s all they talk about.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
There’s a lot more incels than femcels, and they’re all equally insufferable, toxic, and broken.