Nintendo was my primary all the way to the Wii. During the Wii U era, the PS4 was my primary console. I guess the Switch was also my main console so every one of Nintendo's consoles except Wii U.

I've officially rounded the 120 hour mark in Tetris99 which I believe makes this my most played game of the generation.  Maybe Splatoon3 tops it, but I doubt it.  I've played 1273 games, which equates to a game lasting me 5 and a half minutes on average and I've won 37 times or 3%.

I've noticed that for some reason competition has been more fierce over the last month or so, with more lines being sent my way in quick succession.  Or it could also just be that I've not been at the top of my game as I've been feeling a bit down in general.

robio said:

I've always wanted to give the Phantasy Star games a go, but I think without the benefit of nostalgia they're just too old for me to enjoy at this point. The few times I've tried I've given up pretty quickly. That said if a new PSO game out, I'd jump on that.

The remakes have quality of life improvements. Do your own research but I've heard good things about them that value your time.

RIP George Wendt
George Wendt, Cheers Actor, Dead at 76

Cheers alum George Wendt, the uncle of Jason Sudeikis, has died at age 76

SupremeAC said:

76.  I can't decide if that's considered a good age to go these days or not.  Seems like people in their 70's are still very active now.

What do you guys feel is a good age to go. At what point does 'he was still in his prime' becomes 'he had a good life'?

I think if you are into your late 80's you get the "he had a good life" territory.  My dear mother died prematurely at 80 of cancer, other than that loathesome disease I would not have been surpised if she made it to 115 as she was as active as I am and healthy.

I've always suspected I'd be lucky to get to 83.

Anything with a 7 in front of it seems "too young" to me.

aspro said:

Randy Pitchford keeps Take 2's PR people in active employment with this tone deaf statement (someone delete his social media accounts!)

Worried the impending arrival of $80 games might price you out of your favourite hobby? Well if Borderlands 4 follows suit, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has suggested the community should just suck it up and deal with it. "If you're a real fan," he recently told a potential purchaser, "you'll find a way to make it happen."

aspro said:

Ravenprose said:

So I've been playing Phantasy Star 1 (SMS) on Switch during my hour lunch at work the past two days. This is the Sega Ages version with the auto-map and reduced random encounters.



I'm going to chip away at it during lunch for a long while, I think. It's about 15-20 hours long and I've always wanted to complete it, since it's the first RPG I'd ever attempted.

Wait what, "since it's the first RPG I'd ever attempted."?

For the record I beat it on SMS and the second and third on GBA.  Please clap.

robio said:

And on a related observation, when I went to scratch off the download code, it took me about 5 minutes to find a coin in this house. Gone are the days when I can just open up a junk drawer or stick my hand in the couch to find a penny or quarter or whatever. Money is a changing.

Yes.  Due to inflation money is shrinking not only in value, but also in physical size, making coins much harder to find.