• 0 Posts
  • 138 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: October 24th, 2023

help-circle
  • I’ve actually considered starting a Friendica or other instance exclusively for friends and family to share pictures and communicate, invite only…

    … But even if I managed the insane technical aspects and convinced people to try it, I only fear the mainstream social media giants have already trained them to be their worst selves at this point. I can see the bickering drama threads now, eating up my gigabytes…

    I just hate how fragmented and walled the most connected Internet ever is…I felt more connection when I had everyone between Yahoo and MSN Messengers, or took the time to check out friends’ MySpace pages.




  • I love Roller Coaster Tycoon. It’s absolutely crazy how he managed to write a game in a way many wouldn’t even attempt even in those days, but it’s not just a technical feat, it’s a creative masterpiece that’s still an absolute blast to play.

    It still blows my mind how smoothly it gives the illusion of 3D and physics, yet it can run on almost anything.

    OpenRCT brings a lot of quality of life and is often the recommended way to play today, but the original RCT will always deserve a spot on any “Best Games of All Time” list.








  • Is it possible the display controller was broken? N64 joysticks weren’t the most resilient and hoo boy did kids abuse those demo setups 😂

    That’s actually a really cool thing we won’t see anymore: I remember those demo stands everywhere. Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, whatever.

    It was kinda cool walking up and just trying something… in my experience for like, 30 seconds before Mom was like “C’mon we have to go.” and I’d be hoping we passed by it again before trudging down the paper towel aisle or something… 😂


  • I’m still mad that Microsoft is deciding to just brick WMR devices. It’s such a scum move. They should require unlocking and open-sourcing the firmware at that point.

    “But muh companee seecrets :(” Clearly you’re done with them, M$ / HP / Samsung / Asus and friends!

    I’m happy Monado is a thing but right now it just feels like a very big “if” for these devices, and I refuse to give facebook any money for any reason.

    At least there’s hope with possibly lightly used Vive kits or something? Idk…