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I don't know... I've had some tremendous idiots work for me. I'd feel bad using the same word to describe them as the delightful buffoons that we see in the movies.
I've got a few I can trust to do the job 80% as well as I would do if I had done it myself, and I was good at delegating to them and then just tidying up their work, but I keep falling into the trap of "just do it myself it will be faster" or closer to the truth doing it because it is more enagaging than whatever I don;t want to do.
He said that Microsoft games are going to be everywhere. So yeah looks like Switch is going to get a lot of their games.
He also basically said the next Xbox is a PC hybrid.
Sadly he also said that the best gaming position for them is one with healthy margins. So prioritising profit now they've bought the major players.
Luigi's Mansion was just released and I couldn't be happier. I've been waiting for this release.
Story time. In 2001 I just started my teaching career and moved two and a half hours away from home. I was lonely in my little duplex and really missed home. I would drive home every Friday and return on Sunday night just to be with my gf and family.
I knew I was getting a GameCube that November on release day. Everyone else was excited for Rogue Squadron. Not me, it was Luigi’s Mansion all the way.
During this time period, South Carolina had blue laws in effect on Sundays. You could buy groceries but no other items until 1:30pm that day. Of course the GameCube was released on a Sunday, so I couldn’t even get it at a midnight release.
So I made it to Walmart that Sunday at 1pm. The grocery side was open but the had a rope blocking the other section. All I could do was stand around and wait. Only I was too excited for the new console release and couldn’t stand it any more.
At about 1:15 I ducked under the rope and a woman noticed. She yelled out at me “Hey! Hey you! Where you going? Come back!” I scurried off as fast as I could, like a man who stole a marble rye from an elderly lady. I ducked and weaved through women’s apparel, determined to lose anyone tailing me.
When I made it to electronics, there was already an older man, maybe mid forties there as well. At 1:30, he got a black GameCube with Rogue Squadron. I got my purple GameCube with Luigi’s Mansion.
I was in heaven. That little machine and game saved me. Even though it was a short game, it provided many hours of fun. I got home from work and for the first time, didn’t mind living by myself.
Sorry, I copied and pasted that from my notes.
I got my Gamecube after launch with Wave Race Blue Storm.
I think blue laws were mostly a bible belt thing in southern states. The thought was you should be in church and keep the sabbath day holy instead of shopping. It used to be that stores were closed all day. The laws were slowly rolled back. It changed that grocery stores could open at 1:30 (after most churches were done). Then everything was open all day except beer and liquor stores. Now pretty much everything is open like a normal business day.
I looked up the Sunday Blue laws for Colorado. We did have that here for a while, but it was only restricted alcohol and car dealership sales.
If you go to Google.com today, they have a playable Halloween themed Pacman browser game. Pretty neat.