Retronauts and Hardcore History.

Retronauts gives perspectives on old games. They try to be informative, but sometimes it’s more casual too. It’s good, nostalgic stuff. And it’s a small thing, but the way they intersperse samples of game soundtracks really sets the mood well.

As for Hardcore History, Carlin is just such a good host. Sounds so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about whatever the topic. It’s history, in particular military history, though so it obviously gets pretty dark and depressing sometimes.

Even though it’s hard to go back, I think Gen I is still quite good. I replayed Red maybe 3ish years ago, and had a great time. It’s just that it’s very rough around the edges until I’m used to it again.

The main thing that made me bring it up actually was remembering going back after playing GSC, and really missing the in-battle exp bar.

I’m surprised to hear you didn’t like the physical/special split, I think it makes much more sense the new way.

That split was great, the sp. atk/def split is very good, hold items and abilities added a lot. Inventory management got a lot better in later games. And monster sprites did too, although the bad sprites in Gen 1 have a lot of charm and nostalgic appeal of their own.

Fair point, some games are very big. FFVII Rebirth and Baldur’s Gate 3 shipped on 2 discs though, it’s not unheard of.

Yep! And it’s really surprising to me that so many people are OK with that sort of defective-by-design anti-feature. It’s a single player game, why would it have any dependence on networks or servers of any sort?

Not to say that I’m against digital distribution altogether, I think that’s a perfectly valid preference w/ pros and cons.

But if you are going to sell the video game on a disc? Shipping a whole playable game seems like a pretty low bar to meet. Most games (that get a physical release) in [current year], for every year that exists so far, don’t have a problem managing to do this.

Game seems cool, but it requires a download to play. They don’t meet my basic requirements for a game I’d even consider buying.

I’d say TES as well, but with Oblivion > Morrowind. I had trouble getting used to it being more toward the RPG side than Action. But it’s rewarding if you see it through.

The early Pokemon games are pretty rough, after you get used to improvements from the GBA era. Particularly the remakes.

Likewise, the original NES Metroid after playing Zero Mission? Takes some getting used to.

Pretty late… but hopefully that makes the online more approachable.

My wife prints a lot (and needs color, cardstock support), and this is what we went with. Had it about a year now, and it’s been fairly reliable. A couple streaks and minor issues, but nothing major. Get a good amount of prints per ink refill.

If anyone else was confused by the typo, difficult > default.

I’m not sure what to think. On one hand, yes, Google is of course slimy. But if Mozilla loses it’s big source of funding (and crumbles as a result), that may put things in a worse place?

Then again, it’s a shame that the only major competing browser engine is funded by the dominant browser’s company. Maybe Mozilla can be fine without it?

The funny thing is, having full control of it doesn’t fully make it better. You’d think that’s objectively just an improvement, but there’s peculiar value in channels curating what’s shown and when.

Even moreso, it’s was wonderful to know that the TV didn’t keep a bookmark of what you’ve watched or how far you got, and if you miss something you miss it. You could just stop watching something, or miss several episodes and pick up on it, and that’s fine - liberating in retrospect!

There’s a more direct version of that, I guess from KDE, called KdirStat.

I hadn’t heard of the one in the op. But if I had to guess, it looks like it’s a different take on the same idea.

I don’t have any better tips for getting involved, but I just want to say thanks! OSS clearly needs help from skilled designers all over the place. Any time someone like you steps up, it’s a good thing. n_n