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- Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time 1 week ago:
My favorite sci-fi game is probably Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. ME1 was the only game in the series that I enjoyed, but it still felt like a de-StarWars-ified KOTOR game.
- Comment on GUNTOUCHABLES is Free on Steam, Today Only 2 weeks ago:
Nice, thanks. The Steam backlog must grow.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 2 weeks ago:
lol, no of course not, unless that changed later. I would have noped right out.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 2 weeks ago:
Not all of us. I just read what it said on the main page “A community of privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers” and thought that sounded good. I’m sure a lot of people that were new to lemmy figured the instance run by the devs themselves would be a safe bet. There also wasn’t nearly as much drama around .ml back then, but it honestly hasn’t been enough of an issue to make me create an account on a new instance and switch.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Sceptre was more of a TV company in the past, but over the last decade or so have definitely moved more into the monitor business. I have actually owned 5 different Sceptre TVs over the last 20 years, but back in the day it was because they were some of the least expensive LCD televisions on the market.
- Comment on ICE agents pointed guns at a US citizen when she walked out on to her yard to ask why they were arresting her (legal immigrant) partner. 2 weeks ago:
That number needs to be at least ten times higher.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
I also bought a Sceptre “dumb TV” within the last year or so and highly recommend it. I had been recommending it over and over, but recently I found that the model I bought was no longer offered. I hope Sceptre didn’t abandon them.
- Comment on Jack Black 2 weeks ago:
They probably use the proprietary Face Off ™ technology.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 weeks ago:
Civ 3 was the first game in the series that didn’t feel like a big improvement (graphics aside of course). but you always love your first Civ.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 weeks ago:
I had that game for the Atari 2600 and unlike E.T, it was a great game.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 weeks ago:
I still have my copy in my own little museum in my office with some of my favorite (or in this case most notorious) games. Does that count?
- Comment on Think about what today is considered next level vs what it used to be 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’m a little jealous of that cool ass setup. I used to have something like it, though not as nice.
- Comment on Cheat Codes Activated 3 weeks ago:
I like that “Name” was on there. You know, in case he forgets.
- Comment on Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON 3 weeks ago:
Gross.
- Comment on Microsoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop, to clean up its AI mess — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissions 4 weeks ago:
I’m surprised they had to outsource that as they have been producing so much shit for decades.
- Comment on Every time 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, life would be improved if people brought everything on fancy wooden planks. I would replace FedEx and UPS in a heartbeat if my stuff arrived like that instead of being spiked onto the ground like a volleyball.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 5 weeks ago:
I oddly enough do have a working floppy drive, but that doesn’t seem like a solid solution lol.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 5 weeks ago:
Interesting, I never saw either Thexder or Socerian in local stores at the time, nor I had even heard of them. It doesn’t look like GOG has them listed, but I’ll keep an eye out so I can possibly give them a try.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 5 weeks ago:
Come to think of it, I think it was parallax scrolling that Id Software figured out that hadn’t been done properly before. I had never encountered any of the Japanese DOS games in the DOS days. I imagine there just wasn’t distribution of then in the US I guess. I would have loved to see some Nihon Falcom games.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 5 weeks ago:
I loved both for what they were. There were a bunch of great arcade games ported to NES they were just totally different, but awesome games and both Ninja Gaiden and Double Dragon are on that list. Strider was a notable one too, where the NES was great, but so hard most people couldn’t get to see much of it.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 5 weeks ago:
I don’t feel that those ports, or this Ninja Gaiden one, were horrible or “mistakes” (I owned this game and Megaman 3 for DOS). The PCs at the time didn’t have the specialized hardware to do smooth side scrolling, and John Carmack and crew’s novel way to do it without the hardware was still their secret. It was honestly the best side scrolling game you’d find on PC despite the jank.
- Comment on It's just loss. 5 weeks ago:
This is highly depressing to see first thing in the morning.
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 5 weeks ago:
I have to admit, the GBA SP was pretty hot. I still have mine.
- Comment on found my Civilization ][ poster while going cleaning 1 month ago:
I made so many mods for Civ 1 and Civ 2. Civ 2 is also my second favorite (4 being my favorite)
- Comment on "This Is The ONLY Home Server You Should Buy" Or, why older computers may be better for the environment | Hardware Haven 1 month ago:
A 33MHz DX 486was great. If you got stuck with a slower SX CPU, things were frequently not so hot.
- Comment on "This Is The ONLY Home Server You Should Buy" Or, why older computers may be better for the environment | Hardware Haven 1 month ago:
I’ve had great luck using Intel NUCs and home servers and HTPC boxes. Since those are now gone, I have found that Beelink is the most cost effective replacement when I needed to revamp the setup. My biggest complaint on them is that the cooling fans on them are not super reliable and it is not easy to find compatible replacements. I had to order them direct from China and there are a few wiring incompatible variants. I ended up with one of them being the wrong type and I had to resolder the leads to match the existing broken fan.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 1 month ago:
I just assumed they hired the same person that was previously in charge of naming Street Fighter games from Capcom. I was sure the next Xbox would be named something like Xbox X 360 Series X Alpha Championship Edition with Hyper Fighting
- Comment on What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? 1 month ago:
I like the way you think.
- Comment on What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? 1 month ago:
It doesn’t count as non-violent, but every kid I have played it with has thoroughly enjoyed the TMNT arcade game (as well as the Simpsons game that plays similarly. If you play with them you can essentially carry them through the game and they are just along for the ride, but feel like they are part of the team.
- Comment on Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts 1 month ago:
From what I understand there are better dongles now than that they can perform better than the Apple dongle, but the one everyone raves about that was $20 - $30 or so is now hard to come brand is going for closer to $80 (I think it is the Jcally JM20 Max). I don’t see a reason to bother spending more money chasing this crap now that I’ve had to buy both my wife and I standalone music players. What I do know is that the first company that releases a decent phone that has a headphone jack that fits my other needs is getting my Money. If Fairphone has brought it back, it would have been them since they have decent ROM alternatives (though not GrapheneOS).