I’ve always been a mid-range gamer. When I was younger, that’s just what I could afford. As I’ve grown older, I didn’t see the point of spending more for high end. Mid-range already feels too expensive. But luckily, the parts last for 5 years easily.

When I was 5 or 6, my grandmother got a NES and three games. One was Crystalis.

Me and my two cousins played the game in turns, and we eventually got to the first boss, which was quite an achievement because there are puzzle elements to the game.

We could not beat this boss. Several years later, I have my own NES and I borrow Crystalis. I’m pretty sure I got to that boss again and realized something. Hitting him produced a sound that no other monster had. It sounded like hitting solid glass. I finally intuited that I wasn’t strong enough and leveled up to level 3, and wouldn’t you know it, I beat the boss.

It’s one of my all time favorite retro games. It was so ahead of its time. Worth playing if you’ve never tried it.

The Deck does not “obliterate” the Switch 2

For me it does. But I know that’s not objective fact. Just my subjective opinion.

The truth is, if what you want is “newest Nintendo games”, well, the Switch 2 is amazing.

I adjusted my mindset on games years ago. There are lots of games that I’d love to play, but because they aren’t on PC, I don’t play them. Because I already have more games than I could ever play. Hype and FOMO are powerful drugs, ones that I’m not immune to. But I am at least resistant to them.

While the Switch 2 has better hardware, that’s only a tiny piece of the value proposition. The Deck is leagues better in value. I guarantee it will be able to play new release games for another 10 years. You can’t say that for the Switch 2. It won’t be able to play all of the new releases, sure, but thousands more than the Switch 2.

And that’s not to mention the tens of thousands of games the Deck can play now that the Switch 2 will never be able to play.

The truth is that hype and FOMO are powerful drugs that push gamers to constantly shell out their hard earned money to chase the newest things.

And, to an extent, I get it. There is something to be said about playing games when they come out and experiencing that moment with other gamers. There’s a sort of fraternal feeling about it.

But if you can step back from that and be patient, you can play all the games you have time for and not play into their trap.

That’s part of the issue, though. Sometimes they sell trash for high prices, too. Sometimes they sell the same game across three console generations and increase the price.

There are way more issues with Nintendo than just whatever your beef with Smash is.

I fucking teared up when Tarn smiled and showed the camera his secret in the final episode.

They’re all such sweet and genuine people who deserve to be happy.

No, it’s because Nintendo bad. They are incredibly anti consumer.

MK 8 is also a previous generation title that Nintendo got to double dip on already.

MK night be a good value proposition for some folks. It’s still too expensive. I have games that I’ve paid $20, $10, sometimes even less for that I’ve gotten more play time out of. Play time to cost is not a good argument.

Let me also contrast with some of Nintendo’s worst practices, like selling 3 old Mario games with no enhancements, that are just emulated, for $60.

FOMO is a helluva drug.

I think they’d receive more flak for regarding the game in it’s current state. As it is, they’re giving you exactly what they say they are: a still in development game. People who are still buying into the game do it knowing the game is still in development.

I’m an early backer of the game. I got suckered into a ship upgrade during a “sale” within a year of backing the game. I’m not upset about that. But I think people who got suckered into spending hundreds of dollars on ships early on have more legitimate complaints than folks buying in right now. Early on, it wasn’t known how it was going to go down. There was a lot of hype. But now, you know what you’re getting.

And yes, I fully understand that backing games is risky, and we shouldn’t pre-order games. I’ve changed a lot in my buying habits in 10 years.

I think the legacy of the game will entirely depend on how it turns out. If they end up releasing a game that people love, all will be forgiven.

I’m no fan of Apple, but Nintendo is worse.

Because they are one of the most consumer hostile gaming companies. The only redeeming quality is their games are usually top notch. I personally refuse to give them any more money.

Because of Proton and also how shit can just break on Linux (see the current glibc fiasco), it might be better to have just a Windows version.

I when I play a game, I don’t even notice if it’s Linux native unless the game specifically tells me it’s a Linux build.

Just play NMS. Get it on sale if the price is a concern. It’s neat.

Look at your banks and credit cards features. Some of them have virtual cards that you can use. They’re temporary numbers you can use to buy things.

Good to know. I thought it was behind on features.

The free version is out of date because they’ve been putting all of their effort into the steam version. It’s with every penny.

I can’t speak to what it was like pre steam, but they have updated it in the past to be much better. It’s in the patch notes somewhere.

Diablo 3 has nearly infinitely scaling difficulty. If it was too easy, you were playing on too low of a difficulty.

I didn’t think it’s just Arch , though. IIRC it’s also immutable.

I was also using Fusion 360 in Windows, but I recently learned FreeCAD. The new version of it is great.

I switched to dual boot in 2024. As soon as I was comfortable in Linux, I stopped using Windows completely. I still have the Windows install on a separate drive, but it sees no use.

Caves of Qud. I was playing it when the clock hit midnight because I lost track of time.

Satisfactory.

Not to mention the most viscerally satisfying puzzles in a game. And also a wonderful ambient soundtrack.

Valve bootlickers

It ain’t like that, kiddo. I support other stores like GoG, too. I just refuse to ever use EGS unless they completely change.

The 1.0 update has a new UI.

I picked it up for the release and I’m thoroughly addicted.

Nice, I just heard it in my head, thanks!

Fanboying consoles and platform exclusives are old and lame. Get with the times, grampa.

It’s actually even worse than that.

That one’s tough. I went in blind when the steam version released and had a blast. The actual “game” part is not challenging once you figure out the basics. The fun of it is the stories that spring up that are mostly out of your control.

So, I’d say going in blind, but being open to asking questions or googling specific things is a great way to play it.

single issue voters like you

Proof you either aren’t arguing in good faith, or you have the reading and comprehension skills of a dehydrated snail.

I have no interest in continuing this.

So even if I were to grant that on Israel/Palestine they were no different (which I don’t), we’re going to throw all of those other groups and causes under the bus?

An unironic “both sides”. How original.

I have no intentions of looking at your profile, so I’ll assume you’re joking. Because I prefer that option.

In either case, one of those candidates will be worse for Palestinians, LGBTQ folks, women, the climate, etc… I actually care about those groups and causes.

As if I have any control over genocide. I voted against the fascist, at least.

Get your unwashed gamergate ass out of here.

I was so excited for the game that I got ahold of a leaked alpha before the game released and played that. And then of course pre-ordered the game and played it immediately​ when it released.

I was really excited for Otherworld.

Yep, it’s crazy how easy it is.

I’m also loving immutable. It took me a while to get the hang of it, though. And it can be confusing to someone who doesn’t know anything about Linux if they read instructions online for a different distro.

I started on Bazzite, but later installed Aurora instead. I then rebased back to Bazzite for a while because I thought it would help with a very specific piece of software. I have since rebased back to Aurora, hopefully for good. But I love how easy it is to rebase.