Crazy I’d be interested to know why they did that 👀. I try to stick to second hand parts to keep the costs down but my only option is eBay really as there don’t seem to be many places that sell used PC parts round here

Yeah good point, would be pretty cramped in there. Saying that, sffs have basically no ventilation and they seem to manage 😅 if I had the money I would be attempting so many PC builds just for the fun of it.

Nice, there’s something so appealing about older cases. I wonder how difficult it’d be to fit modern hardware in one though. I want to build myself a decent budget PC one day, currently I’ve got an i7 4790k and gtx 980ti so very old! I don’t do much modern gaming though so im not in need of an urgent upgrade. I’ve also got a small form factor pc in my living room for emulation. It’s got a ryzen 5 pro 2400ge in it and I’m surprised how much it can actually run. Managed to get some switch games running on it🫨

Yeah my 3ds has broken unfortunately so no good way to experience those games😭 what’s your pc build like? Would love to see your battlestation

Yeah it’s a similar story with DS/3DS emulation. You can work with it but games feel better on original hardware. I think there are some dual screen emulation handhelds coming out now though

Yeah I’m more of an emulation guy too. I like upscaling and some of the QOL improvements that come with some ROM hacks.

Well put. Although I do use reddit it is information overload. Here it does feel slower paced and easier to digest 😅 feels more like old school forums in that sense

What’s your setup for playing retro titles? Do you own the original hardware or are you more of an emulation guy?

Mario Kart 64 is so comfy. Making me want to play it

Was also wondering what made you choose to do these posts on Lemmy rather than something like reddit? You’d get a lot more engagement there. Not that I’m complaining about you making Lemmy a lot more interesting 😅 just curious!

As in ruby of blue? I love that guys sonic adventure videos. I’ve fallen asleep to them so many times (I mean this as a very big compliment 😆). Would love to see him do a video on the dream sonic adventure 2 remake with all his artwork!

You could try refreezer which is a mod of deezer. Allows you to download locally. Not the highest quality you can get but it’s convenient and free

We lost our cat a very similar way a few months ago. A stray from the back of our flat that we adopted, also bullied by the other strays! All I hope is that we gave her a good life

Amazing I recently moved to a Sony phone. So I can change my OS to something open source now?

Yeah same, what are some good games to watch speed runs of?

Aww man at least you gave it a go 😆 I don’t know how people can get that good at games, it’s insane to a filthy casual such as myself

Yeah you ever watched summoning salt? Mk Wii speed runs look insane!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJ_LT8bUj0

Minecraft is always a great time. My last revisit I tried hardcore mode to see how far I could get. The devastation I felt after falling into lava and losing all my progress 😭😭 still hella fun, would recommend trying if you haven’t already. Makes you play a lot more strategically.

Also I love I am legend too! What other books do you like?

The online on mk7 was so broken at launch, everyone used that glitch to skip half the map on that Wii sports resort map😭

Yeah I get you, turn based RPGs can be difficult to go back to. I think once you have a few hours sunk in it’s not so bad.

Did you ever play the original? This makes me want to revisit it😭

Each of these entries has a reason to play them. Sure mk8 might look better but there’s still lots of fun to be had in the older titles. I’ll always have a soft spot for double dash and mkds

Nice, I’m jealous. I too have such a massive backlog but unfortunately no time to work through it 😆 maybe in the future I’ll have more time. Any stand out games that you’d recommend?