My Gpa had a GMC conversion van in the late 80s/early 90s that had a little CRT in the middle of the ceiling pointed towards the back, with an Audiovox VCR on one side and an NES on the other π
I don't believe in black or white thinking, but I have no problem saying that Palmer Luckey is a bad person and I'll have no part in supporting him or hesitation speaking the truth about him π and, I do not consider this a political position, but a moral one. Yes, as in right and wrong.
Welcome to TE π βοΈ
(Just a quick thought, "only shades of grey" is no better than "black and white." in fact, it's worse because you don't really stand for anything, nor do you draw the line anywhere. making firm, informed decisions does not itself make you a "black and white thinker," in my opinion.)
(I re-edited my post to include the words you were actually responding to. I hate it when people switch it out on me and I did not intend to do that to you βοΈβοΈ)
My point is that you clearly DO want to engage, or else you wouldn't have clicked, read, commented. βοΈ
Which is fine, I totally want to engage in this conversation, so long as it is happening. It's OK to be up front about that.
I tend to agree with you, "Retro" genres are either for people who have played em all and are looking for new experiences, or for interested people who "missed it the first time" but generally play "new" games on "new" consoles. IMO.
Personally I am pretty happy to just play the old faves while the world keeps on spinning. π I haven't played a "boomer shooter" yet that is anywhere near as enjoyable as Doom 2, Doom 64, Blood, Hexen, or Quake. βοΈ But I'm open to it!
This is a πΏπΏπΏπΏπΏ comment, and add a π€ for the Slayer lyrics. ππ
Have you heard Dystopia? They are my all time favorite metal band:
"This has been built for you and me
Maniacal annihilation machine
Using fear to keep you in control
"Every one else is the terrorist"
That's what you've been sold"
"And do you buy it?
Yes you f-cking do
You buy everything in sight
You eat whatever they are feeding you
You buy a piece of poisoned happiness
And suckle system's boob
Your freedom's nothing more than a lie
And America is killing you
Seems like we aid in every war
And we are friends with whom we abhor
Always at the expense of the poor
If it were the rich
There would be no more war"
"R-pe and conquest feed your kids
Gets you "things". Things you equate with freedom
If you want an SUV, we'll have to kill some children
And you don't f-cking care
As long as you are not impaired
Giving money to the system
To enlist the poor and kill them
It's the American way
And you're a f-cking slave
And the simple fact is this:
You're the f-cking terrorist"
"And I was trained like you
Dumbed down through church and school
In the end it's just my luck
I'm a product of where my parents f-cked"
"I'm American because my parents f-cked! (In America)
'Thank you, mom and dad!'"
Can we agree that opposition to genocide is a 100% apolitical position?
"it's feeling like I need to increasingly remove myself from the human element."
It's interesting you say that, because the guy you're totally OK with supporting but not ever talking about "feels the need to increasingly remove people around the globe from 'the human element.'"
See? Now I feel like I'm the only one enjoying our exchange. π
I wouldn't be so quick to assume the positions of others, fwiw. A person can asses correctly that something or other is ageist, or derisive, or anything else without taking personal offense or having any other kind of emotional response. Perhaps you lack objectivity in your own assessments. π€ In my case, I was using these points of fact among others to argue for one genre name over another.
I missed the part where I said I was offended. But, the irony of jumping out of the woodwork, pointing fingers and clutching pearls at the "offended millennial" is not lost on me. π
Respectfully, I think you are very wrong and that it means what I said it means. βοΈ I've never heard or seen your definition, and it makes even less sense than the nonsensical definition I was arguing against. So IDK what to say. π
EDIT - you broke seven straight years of lurking in silence just to say this to me π
I'm honored β€οΈ That is some seriously motivated pedantry, and, whether ultimately correct or incorrect, I am compelled to acknowledge it! β You only get so many of these in a lifetime π
I preferred the term "Doom clone," which was established decades before "boomer shooter," doesn't have derisive (read "ageist") and also inaccurate connotations. ("Baby boomers" were largely entering their 40's and 50's when Doom came out, so clearly gen x and even older millennials π were closer to the core audience)
Instead, it made inherent sense (so long as you were familiar w Doom) and also I believe subtly encouraged devs to NOT "clone Doom," something that is basically par for the "boomer shooter" course.
In short, I believe that when we make trendy genre names, we end up with oversaturation, burnout, and eventually backlash, as we may be seeing here. Thank you.
I wish there were more mainstream stories about games as an art form and legitimate past time. How many of these "the kids are just going crazy over these 'vidyagames!'" pieces have they run over the last 50 years?
"As you'll probably already be aware, Cuphead never got an official release on the Wii U back in the day, with the Wii U being in a lot of people's rear view mirrors by the time the game was released on Xbox One and PC in 2017.
As a result, when its developer StudioMDHR decided to bring it to other platforms a few years later, in 2019, it made sense to port it over to the Nintendo Switch as opposed to the last-generation console, with the Switch representing Nintendo's most advanced system at the time."
this is a lot of words to say "it was ported to relevant hardware of the time (as is the custom)"
PS - can't see the point of this except as an exercise for the people involved, but cool they got it going ππ
I believe funding well our library systems, education systems, and various other public systems is our best shot at preserving videogames or any other kind of art. itll never be on the "business agenda" as someone above said, so it needs to be a public investment.
(private sector is sus y'all βοΈ)
(maybe jeff bezos and bill gates should pay some m*therf*cking taxes so we can do some things, yeah?)
"the platformy stuff destroys my suspension of disbelief"
I'm so curious for you to expand on this as I can't imagine what exactly you mean by it π βοΈ
a commenter above +1'd you, but then went on to talk about MGS and pixel graphics.. π€
I'm not sure if "suspension of disbelief" was ever a big part of my personal enjoyment of games, per se, unless you count getting emotionally wrapped up in the story of Earthbound or Xenogears for example. π its an interesting thing to ponder.
me too! and, im grateful to you and this site for bringing "western" gaming more to my attention, as I was pretty "japan focused" during the eras we generally discuss here βοΈβ€οΈ much love
why this wasnt or hasnt been copied one thousand times by other games has been a mystery to me since I first played this game way back π΅βπ« totally agree with your commentary π
(aaaand now the OST is stuck in my head
"I'll buy that for a dollar!")
"Even at the time, I remember the appeal of Loaded wearing off pretty quickly,"
I completely agree!
It's kind of a semantic turn, admittedly: if I play a game for one weekend rental when I was 11 and got my fill, but then remember it fondly enough to give it another shot some weekend 30 years later, is that short or long term appeal? π€
anyway sorry to waste your time with my nonsense lol π thanks for the review, and trip down memory lane! (and, I want to check out Hogs of War finally, I think this review put me over the edge at long last πβοΈ)
"The appeal of the Loaded games doesn't last long"
I know what is meant (and I probably agree to that extent) but given the target audience of the package (people that fondly remember this game from 30 yrs ago) I'm not sure this 'con' really holds water.
I get that you are reviewing the game, though, not people's feelingsπ
"A new fanmade port of the SNES RPG is currently being worked on"
something in a less passive voice, with WHO instead of WHAT as the subject, would be a lot more satisfying and enriching to read, imho βοΈ
"NicoMegadrive and Laurent Crouzet are hard at work" maybe as an example β€οΈ
or "skilled fans are working on just that" if you didnt want to blast their names in the headline.
@jygsaw
beyond nostalgia or completionism, IDK why anyone including children would play mystic quest instead of one of the "real" FF games on SNES, unless its literally their first RPG and they dont know better.
i cant imagine who this is for... a dig dug game made exclusively for children, in 2025, but they'll have to download an app and presumably subscribe to a service in the next two weeks in order to play it?
bit of a "happy 90th birthday, grandson!" situation.
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Re: Atari Is Bringing Versions Of Some Of Its Classics To Volkswagen Vehicles
The 1980's tech dream that just won't die.
My Gpa had a GMC conversion van in the late 80s/early 90s that had a little CRT in the middle of the ceiling pointed towards the back, with an Audiovox VCR on one side and an NES on the other π
We called it grandpa's pimp van, he hated it π
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@jamess
I don't believe in black or white thinking, but I have no problem saying that Palmer Luckey is a bad person and I'll have no part in supporting him or hesitation speaking the truth about him π and, I do not consider this a political position, but a moral one. Yes, as in right and wrong.
Welcome to TE π βοΈ
(Just a quick thought, "only shades of grey" is no better than "black and white." in fact, it's worse because you don't really stand for anything, nor do you draw the line anywhere. making firm, informed decisions does not itself make you a "black and white thinker," in my opinion.)
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@jamess
Whoops I edited sorry. π
(I re-edited my post to include the words you were actually responding to. I hate it when people switch it out on me and I did not intend to do that to you βοΈβοΈ)
My point is that you clearly DO want to engage, or else you wouldn't have clicked, read, commented. βοΈ
Which is fine, I totally want to engage in this conversation, so long as it is happening. It's OK to be up front about that.
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@jamess
"I just donβt want to engage with it."
you politicized this conversation from your very first comment, before anyone had said a thing.
OG comment before edit:
it's abundantly clear that this is not the case. Pure posturing, from the very first post.
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@Blast16
Actually they are called "Boomer Shmups" because things go "boom" in them π
PS - I heard they are called "First Person Shooters" because you are supposed to shoot the first person that you see π
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@Honkshot
I tend to agree with you, "Retro" genres are either for people who have played em all and are looking for new experiences, or for interested people who "missed it the first time" but generally play "new" games on "new" consoles. IMO.
Personally I am pretty happy to just play the old faves while the world keeps on spinning. π I haven't played a "boomer shooter" yet that is anywhere near as enjoyable as Doom 2, Doom 64, Blood, Hexen, or Quake. βοΈ But I'm open to it!
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@Daniel36
It seems they've gone back to sleep π but I appreciate you weighing in π
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
"Are these the Nazis, Walter?"
"No, Donny, these men are Nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of"
"Are they gonna hurt us, Walter?"
"No, Donny, these men are cowards."
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@Hexapus
I thought you might appreciate! π
Even with the internet, I feel like Dystopia is criminally underexposed! They may be my favorite band, full stop βοΈβ€οΈπ€
(...but My Bloody Valentine is the all timer and really hard to beat ππ)
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@Quick_Man
"Gee, I really miss when people were more generally ignorant to or supportive of the genocide going on all around them."
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@Hexapus
This is a πΏπΏπΏπΏπΏ comment, and add a π€ for the Slayer lyrics. ππ
Have you heard Dystopia? They are my all time favorite metal band:
"This has been built for you and me
Maniacal annihilation machine
Using fear to keep you in control
"Every one else is the terrorist"
That's what you've been sold"
"And do you buy it?
Yes you f-cking do
You buy everything in sight
You eat whatever they are feeding you
You buy a piece of poisoned happiness
And suckle system's boob
Your freedom's nothing more than a lie
And America is killing you
Seems like we aid in every war
And we are friends with whom we abhor
Always at the expense of the poor
If it were the rich
There would be no more war"
"R-pe and conquest feed your kids
Gets you "things". Things you equate with freedom
If you want an SUV, we'll have to kill some children
And you don't f-cking care
As long as you are not impaired
Giving money to the system
To enlist the poor and kill them
It's the American way
And you're a f-cking slave
And the simple fact is this:
You're the f-cking terrorist"
"And I was trained like you
Dumbed down through church and school
In the end it's just my luck
I'm a product of where my parents f-cked"
"I'm American because my parents f-cked! (In America)
'Thank you, mom and dad!'"
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
@Sketcz
"I could not care less about beardy's actions."
I literally just don't know what to say π¬
Can we agree that opposition to genocide is a 100% apolitical position?
"it's feeling like I need to increasingly remove myself from the human element."
It's interesting you say that, because the guy you're totally OK with supporting but not ever talking about "feels the need to increasingly remove people around the globe from 'the human element.'"
(Murder. He murders them.)
Re: WayForward Distances Itself From ModRetro's Re-Release Of Sabrina: Zapped! On Game Boy Color
"Politics?" Who cares? It's 100% about his actions. π
Re: Interview: "It Felt Very 'Computer-y' To Give English Names To Things" - Hitoshi Sakimoto On Creating His Famous 'Terpsichorean' Sound Driver
One of the very best, I can't wait to read this after work!!
Thanks, Damo!
Re: Another Former Sega Arcade In Akihabara Is Set To Close
@slider1983
Are they really opening that much? If so, where? (genuine questions, no serious arcade has opened near my area in a v long time. π)
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@rpgaymer
See? Now I feel like I'm the only one enjoying our exchange. π
I wouldn't be so quick to assume the positions of others, fwiw. A person can asses correctly that something or other is ageist, or derisive, or anything else without taking personal offense or having any other kind of emotional response. Perhaps you lack objectivity in your own assessments. π€ In my case, I was using these points of fact among others to argue for one genre name over another.
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@rpgaymer
I missed the part where I said I was offended. But, the irony of jumping out of the woodwork, pointing fingers and clutching pearls at the "offended millennial" is not lost on me. π
Respectfully, I think you are very wrong and that it means what I said it means. βοΈ I've never heard or seen your definition, and it makes even less sense than the nonsensical definition I was arguing against. So IDK what to say. π
EDIT - you broke seven straight years of lurking in silence just to say this to me π
I'm honored β€οΈ That is some seriously motivated pedantry, and, whether ultimately correct or incorrect, I am compelled to acknowledge it! β You only get so many of these in a lifetime π
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@Hexapus
Nice π
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
I preferred the term "Doom clone," which was established decades before "boomer shooter," doesn't have derisive (read "ageist") and also inaccurate connotations. ("Baby boomers" were largely entering their 40's and 50's when Doom came out, so clearly gen x and even older millennials π were closer to the core audience)
Instead, it made inherent sense (so long as you were familiar w Doom) and also I believe subtly encouraged devs to NOT "clone Doom," something that is basically par for the "boomer shooter" course.
In short, I believe that when we make trendy genre names, we end up with oversaturation, burnout, and eventually backlash, as we may be seeing here. Thank you.
Re: BBC Recently Covered The Rise Of Retro Gaming - See If You Can Spot The Problem
I wish there were more mainstream stories about games as an art form and legitimate past time. How many of these "the kids are just going crazy over these 'vidyagames!'" pieces have they run over the last 50 years?
Re: After Last Month's Leak, Anbernic Presents An Official "First Look" At The Anbernic RG477M
@Carck
Oh, my π
Re: After Last Month's Leak, Anbernic Presents An Official "First Look" At The Anbernic RG477M
"we expect this probably won't be the first time you will be seeing the Anberic RG 477M in the flesh"
this is an odd usage of "in the flesh" on two different levels.
1. The device is not made of flesh.
2. We are not seeing the device in person, either time. βοΈ
my suggestion, omit the phrase:
"we expect this probably won't be the first time you will be seeing the Anberic RG 477M"
π
EDIT - ππ
Re: Random: Did You Know About This Strange Sonic 3 'File Select' Bug?
@Mario500
Personally I like it better WITH the profanity, so to each their own π yum yum, give me all the profanity my ears eat it up like sweet sweet candy.
(Jokes aside: If you want to "decrease profanity on the Internet" you can install a browser extension that replaces the words. βοΈ)
Re: ModRetro's Chromatic Is Back In Stock, Alongside Sabrina The Teenage Witch
@slider1983
" would not play any video game if I decided based on the politics of someone involved with it."
i wasnt aware "arms dealer" was a political stance.
Re: Cuphead Is Now Playable On Wii U, Thanks To A New Unofficial Port
"As you'll probably already be aware, Cuphead never got an official release on the Wii U back in the day, with the Wii U being in a lot of people's rear view mirrors by the time the game was released on Xbox One and PC in 2017.
As a result, when its developer StudioMDHR decided to bring it to other platforms a few years later, in 2019, it made sense to port it over to the Nintendo Switch as opposed to the last-generation console, with the Switch representing Nintendo's most advanced system at the time."
this is a lot of words to say "it was ported to relevant hardware of the time (as is the custom)"
PS - can't see the point of this except as an exercise for the people involved, but cool they got it going ππ
Re: "They Told Me To Destroy It" - Fallout Creator Explains Why He's "Mad" About Game Preservation Being Ignored
I believe funding well our library systems, education systems, and various other public systems is our best shot at preserving videogames or any other kind of art. itll never be on the "business agenda" as someone above said, so it needs to be a public investment.
(private sector is sus y'all βοΈ)
(maybe jeff bezos and bill gates should pay some m*therf*cking taxes so we can do some things, yeah?)
Re: Iconic Arcade Chain 'Chuck E. Cheese' Launches New Locations Aimed At Nostalgic Adults
@KimRuggeri
"Dont you pirate dreamcast games?"
I think I'm supposed to ask for a lawyer before I answer such questions... π€
Re: NES-Inspired Metroidvania 'Cathedral' Is Getting A Prequel, And It Looks Incredible
"the platformy stuff destroys my suspension of disbelief"
I'm so curious for you to expand on this as I can't imagine what exactly you mean by it π βοΈ
a commenter above +1'd you, but then went on to talk about MGS and pixel graphics.. π€
I'm not sure if "suspension of disbelief" was ever a big part of my personal enjoyment of games, per se, unless you count getting emotionally wrapped up in the story of Earthbound or Xenogears for example. π its an interesting thing to ponder.
Re: Iconic Arcade Chain 'Chuck E. Cheese' Launches New Locations Aimed At Nostalgic Adults
happens to be one in my town, I have already made plans with a friend to check it out, will report. π
Re: Ridge Racer Type 4 Is Getting A Fanzine From The Writer Of Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion
type 4 is one of the only games I cant think of for which I really want a remaster. ππ
Re: This Year's BitSummit Will Feature Nobuo Uematsu, Chip Tanaka, Hideki Kamiya And Kaz Ayabe
holy ***** what a ***** lineup! π€©
Re: Myst Studio Cyan Announces More Layoffs Just Three Months After Making Half Its Staff Redundant
@Deuteros
I was going to say the same thing: sounds like they did some hiring in the interim, or they are down to -2 employees, surely? π€
Re: OneXPlayer's OneXSugar Handheld Can Transform Into A Next-Gen Nintendo DS
@The_Nintend_Pedant
"that's possibly the worst looking handheld I've ever seen in my entire life"
came here to say this π
Re: Street Fighter's Worst Character Has Been Cast In The Upcoming Live-Action Movie
"Donald Trump was one of his guests in 2024"
π¬
btw - i will beat you with Dan. π
Re: "The Situation At Square Was Awful After He Quit" - Nobuo Uematsu Pays Tribute To Final Fantasy Creator Hironobu Sakaguchi
"Uematsu is quick to praise the way the company has evolved since the merger between Square and Enix in 2004."
is there anything specific he has enjoyed about this period?
Re: More Amico Games Release On Switch & Steam, As The Company Still Insists Hardware Is The Goal
"a new sister company" to Amico that will "adapt Amico games for other consoles and PCs".
he means put them out at all lol. adaptations are when a piece of work is released, then released again in another form.
"other consoles" lol
Re: 50 Cent Appears To Confirm He's Balrog In The Upcoming Street Fighter Movie
is 50 a little old for the role? no disrespect.
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
@Damo
me too! and, im grateful to you and this site for bringing "western" gaming more to my attention, as I was pretty "japan focused" during the eras we generally discuss here βοΈβ€οΈ much love
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
@Guru_Larry
"look at Smash TV on the SNES"
why this wasnt or hasnt been copied one thousand times by other games has been a mystery to me since I first played this game way back π΅βπ« totally agree with your commentary π
(aaaand now the OST is stuck in my head
"I'll buy that for a dollar!")
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
@Damo
"Even at the time, I remember the appeal of Loaded wearing off pretty quickly,"
I completely agree!
It's kind of a semantic turn, admittedly: if I play a game for one weekend rental when I was 11 and got my fill, but then remember it fondly enough to give it another shot some weekend 30 years later, is that short or long term appeal? π€
anyway sorry to waste your time with my nonsense lol π thanks for the review, and trip down memory lane! (and, I want to check out Hogs of War finally, I think this review put me over the edge at long last πβοΈ)
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
"The appeal of the Loaded games doesn't last long"
I know what is meant (and I probably agree to that extent) but given the target audience of the package (people that fondly remember this game from 30 yrs ago) I'm not sure this 'con' really holds water.
I get that you are reviewing the game, though, not people's feelingsπ
Re: 'Final Fantasy Mystic Quest' Could Soon Be Playable On Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
"A new fanmade port of the SNES RPG is currently being worked on"
something in a less passive voice, with WHO instead of WHAT as the subject, would be a lot more satisfying and enriching to read, imho βοΈ
"NicoMegadrive and Laurent Crouzet are hard at work" maybe as an example β€οΈ
or "skilled fans are working on just that" if you didnt want to blast their names in the headline.
@jygsaw
beyond nostalgia or completionism, IDK why anyone including children would play mystic quest instead of one of the "real" FF games on SNES, unless its literally their first RPG and they dont know better.
EDIT - hey, look at that! βοΈ much better
Re: "It's A Middle Finger To Everybody" - Producer Behind Netflix's Castlevania And Devil May Cry Series Is Working On Duke Nukem Next
@tameshiyaku
I really like your idea π
Re: "It's A Middle Finger To Everybody" - Producer Behind Netflix's Castlevania And Devil May Cry Series Is Working On Duke Nukem Next
"It's A Middle Finger To Everybody"
the secret door in LOZ that almost nobody found
Re: A Fan Translation Is In The Works For The Japan-Exclusive MSX2 RPG 'Burai'
@RaeDawnChonglingBay
"Wait, the intro is 42 minutes long?"
i was all, "no way"
then i checked for myself
Re: A Fan Translation Is In The Works For The Japan-Exclusive MSX2 RPG 'Burai'
im creating a bookmarks folder called "later this year."
Re: A New Dig Dug Game Has Just Been Released, But It's Only Playable For 2 Weeks
i cant imagine who this is for... a dig dug game made exclusively for children, in 2025, but they'll have to download an app and presumably subscribe to a service in the next two weeks in order to play it?
bit of a "happy 90th birthday, grandson!" situation.
Re: You Might Want To Download These Free Sega Games Before They Get Delisted
i bought crazy taxi on there for like 2 dollars a long time ago. it seemed like a fever dream then, and it does now.
Maybe I'll get the shining force in before its all gone. βοΈ
PS - if you have an android phone you should have downwell, SOTN, and Huntdown on there π
Re: A New Dig Dug Game Has Just Been Released, But It's Only Playable For 2 Weeks
what a ***** sandwich.
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
@PHEAL
you are welcome to shop around, there are even some alternatives linked here that you may enjoy. βοΈ