Part of it seems to stem from people’s excitement to infodump about how federated social media works.

That’s relevant and interesting to learn about, but the average person just needs to hear “make and account here and start browsing memes” first.

I’ve never heard of this before, but that’s a pretty neat idea.

I don’t know the story, but that’s the genuine cartridge art they used for the first Mega Man in the US. It’s just terrible and looks nothing like the game.

They really must have had some pros on their art team.

For anyone who hasn’t seen it: wtfhappenedin1971.com

I always debate whether to put these in c/tenforward or here, because they’re Trek characters, but the jokes aren’t technically about Star Trek.

Today I had two of them, so I put one here and one there.

People were predicting this a while back as a way that reddit would make themselves more “advertiser-friendly”.

I also wonder if there were some legal concerns in those states that now require porn sites to check IDs.

I’ve had a successful Ironman run on Commander difficulty in XCOM 2 (WOTC), but Legendary Ironman continues to elude me. I usually get back into it once or twice each year and try again. Maybe one of these days!

This looks right up my alley. Thanks for the rec!

Those old NES games broke my fear of failure, so roguelikes, soulslikes, and similar games where you have a real chance of losing are my jam.

This also applies to games with permanent roster losses like XCOM or Darkest Dungeon. I can’t get enough.

You could do what now?

I think I also hear Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden laughing.

I heard that there was a way to do this in GoldenEye too, but I had no idea back in the day.

Elden Ring and souls-like games really take a certain mindset to enjoy, and if you get stressed too much from failures, you’re probably not going to have fun.

Alternatively, if you’re someone who craves the challenge and can laugh off losing, it’s the best thing ever.

Amazing! Teaching her the old ways.

This show looks funny. I should give it a watch.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is the accusation that they collect keystroke data from outside the app if you have it installed?

I think you’re absolutely right. When these studios go public and start having pressure from shareholders, it starts the gradual decline in quality.