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@RootsGenoa

"you are only allowed to play a copy of a game you owned if the original game doesn't work anymore, so technically, it's still illegal"

I could easily be wrong, but my understanding of the spirit of the law here is that you would make/have a backup available of the software you own. since your software has to work to make a backup, isn't it a bit of a catch 22 to say you can only have a backup if your purchased copy no longer works?

@h3s

I'm opposed to warlords and also scarcity. I don't really see the relationship between the two tbh.

the reason Palmer Luckey is singled out is because he has put himself out there the way he has. deplorable views + punchable face = viral sensation, I think is the math.

@Hexapus

I'm very interested in doing what you did, to my PS classic. I LOVE the thing on a purely physical level (lol get your mind out of the gutter 😅)

@h3s

"I don’t agree with the politics of modretro or the actions of the Saudi Crown Prince. But at least if they make something they put up the money design it."

"Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos!"

btw, thanks for the review! we have been watching this one together for a long time, and my excitement for it personally has doubled or tripled now that its here and I've read your review and seen these wonderful pictures! Honestly I wasnt sure I wanted one but now I am!

Thanks Damo!

@Martin_H

good points! I can't disagree with what you've said. 👍

The AI apologist apologiseth too much, methinks.

"The actual reason most of you are upset; because you see a new technology and are afraid of the skills you spent decades mastering suddenly becoming obsolete. I sympathize, but this has been an argument against every new technology in history."

your argument seems to be that every new technology to ever come along has been an objective victory for humanity. which is lol. 👍

@RootsGenoa

yes I was thinking of that, too. For example my Steamdeck + emulation is objectively better than NSO on my Switch in many ways, but it's either almost like cheating or is literally cheating depending on who you ask 😂

"This $210 FPGA PlayStation Puts Sony's PS Classic To Shame"

sure, at more than double the price, years after the latter went out of production.

I'm not saying the PS classic is perfect (or even good lol) but the comparison between the two makes less than zero sense to me.

I see this a lot online, "the Lenovo Legion Go puts the Steamdeck to shame" etc. like, yeah, it's a lot more expensive. 😅

@FrowardCoast440

I'm sorry, I've reread my comments 3 times and I can't figure out what part you are responding to 😵‍💫✌️

@DestructoDisk

I don't really support the "walking on eggshells" side, either. It's not really a black and white issue, imo. ✌️

@slider1983

I can agree with that. the magazines definitely peaked in the late 90s. 👍

crossplay is fine, but what I really want is for each console to have its own awesome exclusives that motivate me to eventually (if not immediately) get that console.

what I yearned for (back in the goodle days) were even more awesome exclusives, not more cross platform games.

remember when we had lots of incredible third party console exclusives? So many of the big series' of the current era began life as third party console exclusives, and almost all put out their most timeless, classic games during that time.

anyway. I'm tired, y'all.

@N64-ROX

that is pretty dope, I'm glad you pointed that out!

it also occurs to me that a wifi card could be added to a console "& knuckles" style, has that ever been done?

Cartridges are/were so awesome. the potential to augment the stock hardware on a per-game basis obviously hasnt even been fully explored yet, after all these years.

"Given the cost of developing the custom cartridges, the Neo Geo and Sega Saturn versions aren't exactly cheap and will likely be outside the price range for everyone but the most dedicated of collectors. The Dreamcast version, meanwhile, is priced at AU $79."

so, is it an "if you have to ask..." type thing? why aren't we reporting the prices?

DX ball is my personal favorite brick breaker type game. though there was a 3D variant on Mac in the early/mid 90s that I thought was pretty damn cool (wish I could remember the title.)

"...features a colourful futuristic aesthetic inspired by the 1982 Hollywood movie Tron."

I'm curious, is there an original source for this, or is everyone getting it from the unsourced Wikipedia page?

@slider1983

I'm certain the rise of internet journalism and social media had more to do with the fall of that print mag than the relative lack of women on its cover. Or am I missing your point?

@slider1983

whoops, you are right, i was putting a bit of stank on that one. 😅👍 suffice to say, the scene at that time, by numbers, was dominated by teenage boys, by and large, and everyone else's influence was vastly marginalized by comparison. the marketers knew this, and capitalized on it, until the demographics changed and so did their strategies.

@Sketcz

I did have one more thought:

"But I have seen both [art nudes and sex ads] being criticised, sometimes by the same random social media users. "

I, too avoid social media entirely (and have since 2011.)

I've never encountered anyone IRL or on this website that is offended by art nudes, ever. Have you?

Admittedly, obviously, I wasn't acutely aware that this perspective existed online, but I think we can safely dismiss secondhand accounts of anonymous random social media accounts of dubious intent as straw men, in this or any other context, frankly.

PS - I will watch the butter ad and let you know what I think. ✌️

@Sketcz

I don't have anything really else to say, thanks for clarifying! 👍

well, except

"I have only one rule which governs my views: between consenting adults there are no rules"

obviously this isnt true if you take it to logical extremes but I think I can agree in spirit. I wouldn't say I have ever in my life consented to be advertised to, or manipulated sexually by corpos to sell their wares, OTOH.

@slider1983

"See how it works? "

yep, everyone gets an opinion 🙂👍

(EDIT - It would really help bolster your opinion if you were pointing the finger at someone specific, rather than "these woke people." in this way, our statements are not equal.)

I have in no way stereotyped 90s gamers (i am one, born in 85.) I was saying inventing "evidence" (lying) to "prove" a point is pathetic. Sorry if I wasn't clear or if I offended you, personally.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7273180/

Some interesting related text, if anyone is interested. ✌️

@Sketcz

"For anyone offended by images of nude women, do you feel the same about the various art galleries around the world, featuring nude paintings and sculpture? A sincere good faith question."

I'm not offended by images of nude women (far from it,) but surely you aren't equivocating fine art nudes with hypersexual advertising, and insinuating that someone must appreciate one to appreciate the other.

FWIW I really don't believe that the people objecting to sex in advertising OR these fake ads are just plain offended by the female form, itself.

For example my mom was offended by them in the 1990s (more in a 🙄 way that a 😡 way) and she definitely can appreciate the female form and fine art. 👍

@Ruka

I was answering your question, "what does woke mean."

There are more boobs in media than ever before, by far, i'd reckon. you can feast your eyes on novel boobs every second of the day for the rest of your life and never run out, if you wish. If it was still a good strategy for selling games, it would still be happening, because that's how the world works. That's my take. 👍

@Ruka

quoth the wiki:

"Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag #staywoke. Over time, woke came to be used to refer to a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism and denial of LGBTQ rights."

maybe it has nothing to do with it idk, but theres the definition for what it's worth ✌️

personally, I don't need boobs or sex in ads (or ads at all,) but I don't really care. the idea that things were more interesting or creative because sex was constantly being used to manipulate and confuse our pleasure centers to sell unrelated wares is ridiculous, but it's the "what we lost" message that actually bothers me. ultimately, we "lost" it because roughly 50% of the gaming population is female, where it was a sweaty, undersexed boys club in the 1990s.

The VMU slot was a genius feature, and we only realized a fraction of its potential during the Dreamcast's short life

these anti woke people are beyond pathetic. "what we lost," give me a ***** break.

I want so badly to return to simply judging something as good or bad, before AI was in question.

OTOH let's all make the most of the fact that you can still tell AI writing from bad human writing, while it lasts.

cyber sled was definitely one of the first 3D games I ever played, and was a highlight in my young life in gaming. when I got my psx a short while later, I rented Cyber Speed and was very disappointed 😆

I just feel like chiming in to say that the SNES pad is a crowning achievement, and the NeoCD pad is just OK overall.

I wish someone would make a full size 6 button pad with the neogeo pocket stick. 🤞

@WaveBoy

I completely agree on all points, and I'm on a similar trajectory. I used to post multiple times a day, every day, but since that Starfox Poster followup "article" the spell has just been broken for me. I've posted a few times since, but the joy is gone. really, it was "a thousand tiny cuts" but that article was truly the moment something snapped.

my plan is to continue to use NL forums, mostly on the "general discussion" section, because some of my favorite lifers still seem to check in over there, and just kinda "give up" on the actual content. OTOH, i still like TE and I plan to stick around here and follow along with Damo for the foreseeable future. 🙂

I hope to still see you in those places, and I'm glad you reached out! I do hope to not lose touch completely as I enjoy your posts and our interactions around here ✌️

PS - I just realized you are both WaveBoy and NeonPizza 😂 have you been switching back and forth the whole time? 😵‍💫

@Peteykins

i was aware of each as a 12/13y.o. (and bought a NGPC shortly after release) so they must've at least made a blip ✌️

this was such a great game at the time! i really would have enjoyed a sequel.

no need to wait for a remaster, as this game plays and looks great as it is 👍

@Memblers

[refuses to answer opening question]

"well I can see this conversation is going nowhere!"

@Sketcz

man, I totally get all your points, and I'm with you to varying degrees.

but the first time I used a Wavebird, I knew I didn't want a cord ever again 😂

I don't prefer bluetooth, but I find it reasonably reliable and very convenient if I stick to the same few controllers, and I don't change anything! It gets somehow confused when I get new controllers, or try to use different controllers for different games.

honestly, I think 8bitdo's setup with the 2.4ghz usbc dongle in the charging dock is the best thing ever, and I wish all my controllers were exactly like that.

I use many bluetooth controllers and wired too but I'm reaching for the Pro 3 and Ult 2 most often by far.

Ok. So, "none" then?

@Porco

Which "american-based" developers are owned entirely by US leadership?

@NeonPizza

are you saying the former joystick had lag, wired? 🤔 that's a new one for me!

I'm not particularly sensitive to latency, until it hits a certain threshold, and then it becomes unbearable. I don't know what that threshold is but I know it when i feel it (like when i play Switch at almost anyone else's house, it seems 😂✌️)

is there a way that you test for this, like an app or a special process?

@Sketcz

No aversion! I own and use a number of bluetooth controllers. My motivation for asking/assumption was that BT would be the only way that I could use that stick with my setup.

That being said, I've noticed using my Ultimate 2 controller that the 2.4ghz mode is just faster enough compared to BT that it does make a difference, so now I'm a little less likely to use my many BT only controllers in favor of the Ult 2 and Pro3.

I'll ask you, then, in return: what is your aversion to bluetooth? ✌️

"Tyranny of virtue," 🤣👍

Zero sympathy for people wanting to mindlessly consume while having zero awareness of subtext.

Lot's of "whataboutism" BS going on in here. if you wanted to buy the shiny thing with a smooth, information free brain then you are on the wrong website, plain and simple.

Seriously, throw a rock and you'll hit someone shilling whatever product you want with zero context.

Good article, Damo. ✌️

the buttons on the pad look wrong. Might actually be an improvement for all I know, but they aren't like the original for what that's worth.

ps - i don't remember this version of the stick as well (i prefer the other version personally) but was the concave for the buttons this pronounced before? 🤔 it's interesting that they would bother to make changes at this point, in any case

@X68000

too bad! I'd really like that stick for my steamdeck. ✌️ thanks!

the stick supports "wireless..."

does that mean bluetooth?

PS - the amazon link didn't work.

always wanted a local multiplayer arcade dogfight game. this looks kinda bad for a DC game though. still, interesting! 👍

I'm with others here that bad tweets do not rise to the level of worthy dissemination or discussion beyond their native platform. This isn't Twitter and if I wanted Twitter I could be there instead. Just my opinion.

How about "updating" that awful name.

I still dont really understand why a light gun cant be made that works essentially like a normal light gun but is calibrated to function with modern tvs. I'm a tech idiot so that's not shocking tbf.

@metaphysician

I was making a different point but yeah that's also true. To be fair, the "blank killer" trope has been around as long as I've been paying attention to gaming journalism, and no doubt longer, and it has always been more hyperbolic and/or aspirational than anything. The number of handhelds that were supposedly "Gameboy Killers" for example.

it is a bit surprising that no one has made anything nearly (imo) as compelling as the steam deck in the category in the years since, but not entirely as the deck is a very compelling and thoughtfully designed piece of hardware, which isn't saddled with Windows and all the bs that comes with that platform. its the most "first party" PC gaming device that I've ever seen which is ultimately why I got one, I think.

@N64-ROX @AnonUser

isnt it possible that things simply continue to change, and we end up with something profoundly profitable for "them" but decisively worse for "us," for example subscription and cloud based gaming or mobile becoming the "mainstream" option that "casuals" and new/young players adopt without knowing any better and the rest of us are just out in the cold? does that make sense?

certainly, we have seen major shakeups in gaming that I personally feel are objectively for the worse yet looking around other people (Nintendo fans for example) seem oblivious to or even in favor of.

isnt calling anything a "steam deck killer" at this point a bit like calling something a "SNES killer" in 1996?

"Those who have already pre-ordered the device will still get their units, and AYANEO is keen to stress that this situation is only temporary. "If storage prices return to more reasonable levels in the future, we may consider resuming the sale of NEXT 2"

To me, what they are actually stressing is that the situation might be permanent. "If" and "may" are not exactly the most assuring words afterall. ✌️