I’ve always maintained that it’s a library, not a backlog. A backlog is a chore, a task I have to finish.

A library is a catalogue of new, exciting experiences waiting for me to have them!

I also happen to live in a rural area with radio Internet so when I decide I want to play a game it’s many, many hours for it to install and be playable. Heck, sometimes I can order a physical game and it’ll arrive by delivery faster than I can install it.

Also some console games are still physically on the cartridge/disc and it’s becoming more and more of a rarity. As long as the media and systems hold up you can still actually own these games. It’s sometimes worth not sleeping on these because, as I’m sure we can all see, they’re a drying breed. Same thing with (most) GOG games: if you download and save the backup installers you can have actual ownership over titles purchased there.

https://www.doesitplay.org/ is a wonderful resource to find out if a physical game you buy is actually on the media it comes on.

And, unfortunately, some digital games are going somewhere. Delisted games have become a real problem for preservationists. You can find a whole list of them here: https://delistedgames.com/

All that said I support the notion of less consumption and more meaningful consumption when it occurs. Don’t let FOMO get the better of you, be aware that these corpos are not your friend, and take measures to secure the things you wish to have available to you! Host servers, seed torrents, and have backups.

Nice video! Well presented and thankfully on peertube. It’s a bummer you could only get the DOS version going.

Moving forward with the spacebar seems so silly when the up arrow is right there, but like you said this was early days. So many early 3D games tried to reinvent the wheel, it’s almost a wonder that the industry finally sort of standardized eventually. Even up through some PS2 games cameras and 3D movement were weird.

Oh weird! I’d be more suspicious of my phone permissions than Voyager/Lemmy, but s healthy degree of skepticism top to bottom is probably always in order.

Texan here. This is all correct.

That game seems to get picked on these days, but back when it came out my brother and I were all about it. How’s it hold up?

I have a startling revelation. Upon closer inspection it was a piece of wood.

I have lied to you all.

That’s a matter of perspective, I suppose. We’ve been doing it for about ten years so our vibe, sound, and structure have improved in that time. Not to mention equipment upgrades.

I’d say pick a topic you enjoy and start there, but I don’t think there’s a wrong route. But if it’s super early and we sound bad maybe give a newer show a shot lol

We talk about what we’ve been playing that week and retro relevant news stuff. We put the timestamp in for those that want to get right to the point.

I truly wish I had the mental fortitude to push through the issues I have expressing myself to just, via sheer willpower, precisely describe my emotional state while in the middle of grappling with it.

An easy way to say “I’m not, I’m not sure what is wrong, and explaining anymore than this is going to somehow make it worse in my mind. What I really want is for you to pick up on the fact that I’m struggling and just be supportive but explaining all that in this moment is overwhelming.” Even getting that out can be difficult in the moment because internally I haven’t unkinked the knot enough to figure it out. Sometimes I’m not yet aware that I’m not okay.

So “I’m fine” comes out.

Thankfully my wife is very used to paying attention to the nonverbal cues of her husband (me) after many years of happy marriage. Communication is so much more than just words. If you’re in tune enough to ask then it’s safe to assume something is up.

Sorry your relationships have been with people like me. Hope you find that right person for you :)

♥️

You don’t have to, you can just look at this one. It’s a visual experience.

Yeah I’m not sure that would fit under my tv either lol

A million times this. Retro games aren’t just still good, they’re better than they’ve ever been thanks to modern tools and emulation.

I have an i5 with a 1660Ti hooked up to this same tv. And an i9/4080RTX laptop that I do I lot of gaming on. Also a Steam Deck to the right of the Xbox.

I just thought it was cute and fun :)

Yeah, it’s not perfect. But it’s cute and adds some flair and I’m enjoying it regardless of the exactness of its historical accuracy. Still nicer than another black rectangle under my tv. From 12+ feet away it looks identifiably like “sort of like an old PC case,” which is enough for how cheap it was.

REMINISCENCE across the bottom kills me 😆

Device itself look okay, but I struggle to pick anything up until I know for a fact that the CFW scene is going to be robust and worthwhile. Once I know what kind of firmware I’ll be rocking and that it’ll be supported by the community I’m a thousand times more likely to grab one. Until then it’s just the waiting game.

I’m guilty of tossing plenty of stuff out over the years. So many boxes full of boxes, eventually the downsizing bug bites and I need to separate wheat from chaff.

But the idea that people pretend to have no idea that those things adds to the value confuses me as well. I’m also perpetually confused that people don’t understand the difference between something being listed for an amount and something selling for an amount. Anyone can list anything they want for any amount, but that doesn’t mean other people are buying it! I could list my copy of Low G Man for 10 billion dollars if I want to, but it’s sure as heck not worth that.

Some of it is just them getting hard to find for things that were made in smaller numbers. As time goes on there are less of them floating around.

But also: grading and internet hype has drawn the eyes of a certain class of investor that want to sit on these “assets.” Then everyone that sees a graded copy of a game sell for a high dollar amount assumes their grungy copy with no box and their name written on the cartridge is worth the same amount. You see the same thing across a lot of collectibles hobbies, unfortunately.

I’ve been on and off with Linux for about 15 years and just want to counter some of the people trying to troubleshoot or criticize to say: it can be really tough.

We need our computers to work and we expect things to function correctly.

I’ve used dozens of distros over the years. I was a super early Arch adopter, mained Gentoo for about three years, ran my own BSD server for programming projects, and still maintain several small home Linux servers. And even I sometimes want to pull my hair out trying to get semi-new hardware working right in my distro of choice. I spent three hours today fighting Nvidia and sound drivers and eventually just had to give up on that machine after being told that what I want just flat out isn’t supported in Linux on the hardware I have.

Take a breath, set it aside until you’re ready to take another crack at it, and know that it’s a journey. You’ll get there or the software will catch up and meet you halfway. No shame in being frustrated :)