I used to upgrade every two years. In the last decade though, it’s been 3-4 years, because hardware can keep up with new games and tech as they come.

I am glad I bought two PC’s in late 2024, though, before billionaires decided they were going to force people to rent PC’s for life. I should be set for a while, maybe even as long as we end up waiting for a crash.

Seriously is. You can have whole console collections of Roms and they only take up a speck of your external hard drive. Glorious.

This is relevant.

I was looking at the exclusive titles for Switch 2… and it’s beyond me to understand why I need another Mario Kart or Smash Bros, especially with that dumbass entry price.

Fuck yes.

Ironic that you say that.

I play Bioshock every 3-5 years and finished my latest playthrough today. It has a puzzle mini-game you play often in order to hack into things and lots and lots of shooting.

If you haven’t played Bioshock, you can pick it up for almost nothing now. Savor the first 30 minutes. I wish I could play it again for the very first time.

AI Slop.

Just, no.

That’s rad!

Just one more turn, bro.

Then you’ll totally go to bed.

100%

I don’t buy anything from EA, but I’m curious: Is it difficult to acquire their games via the high seas?

I’m glad that feature’s int here for you, in that case.

I wanted to like it but I hate the parrying mechanic so much.

TG Sims me with its banger of s demo.

That’s good to know. I built my first structure the other day: a log cabin. The roof is butt ugly, but I’m proud of it.

I REALLY like Enshrouded. Played about eight hours of it over the last two weeks, but liked it so much I’ve decided to put it down until full release.

Good so far. I’m doing a lot of the side quests, but the prologue was good without being unduly difficult, and did force me to think a little creatively.

Yup, the launcher is now optional and there’s an offline mode. My biggest annoyance was that, when I launched it the first time, it played an ad for the new DL game featuring the main voice actor.

I wouldn’t be playing it otherwise. They added a Dark Souls-esque invasion mode where you can jump into other people’s games as a zombie, and I HATE that mechanic. I am very much a single player, “jump in when I feel like it” type, and don’t want to have to depend on online play or coop to succeed.

Dishonored 2 is awesome. You’re in for a treat.

I think 3 was the last one I played too. Amazing game, but they feel like Madden or Dynasty Warriors to me. There just isn’t enough difference between the various entries to make it interesting for me, so I never bought any of the newer ones.

Love that we’re all finding cool stuff we forgot about in our backlogs and saving money this year. :)

I’ve heard a lot of good about NMS. I’ll have to give it a try sometime.

It’s worth every penny even at full price.

All keys have been claimed, but, Origins is really really good. You’ll probably be able to get it super cheap in the steam sale here in a week.

Nah, just giving away stuff I’m never going to use. Hopefully it’s a fun time for you!

All yours. :)

Yep, sending it to you!

You’re welcome. :)

Sure thing, sending!

All yours. Sending!

Yup, sending!

Sure, it’s all yours!

Actually, apparently I can create a gift link, so I’ll PM that to you. Enjoy!

Oh sure thing! I just don’t want them to go to waste.

You’re welcome to it. PM me your email address and I’ll send you the gift key.

Sure thing. Sent! Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

I do! Send me a private message with your email and I’ll forward it.

It’s just fan speculation at this point, but yeah. I’ll be thinking about it before I buy, if I do.

Yeah, feels like an overreaction to me, especially given the economic upheaval affecting the world since 2018.

Devs gotta eat and the game is not only good but fairly priced already.

Apparently in 2018 the devs stated publicly they’d never add paid content to the game. At least that’s what the fans state. I dunno.

I bought it a year ago, played it for ten hours. It’s a fun little game.

I don’t buy a lot of the big company games anyway, but if this becomes commonplace, what’ll happen is I’ll buy my big-company games second-hand so the benefit to the perpetrators is lessened.