Anders

I kind of torn on this one. On the one hand, I also love collecting and playing on original hardware, but sometimes emulators are extremely convenient. I absolutely do agree that in almost all cases, playing real, physical games on original hardware, on a CRT feels the best. For me, the exception is handhelds. Playing GBA games on something like my phone with a controller does make for a better gameplay experience than playing on my old frontlit GBA SP, or even my original GBA with no light at all. Playing PSP games on my phone with an actual analog stick also feels better than the little nubbin-stick on my original PSP. But let me tell you, playing PS2 games on a CRT hooked up with an RGB-scart cable? Chef's kiss *mwah*

From what limited research I've done it looks like the pink one only released in Japan and Europe, so if you're from anywhere else that might explain why. I know they released quite a few colors, but a most of them were Japan exclusives I believe. The only ones I've seen in person are black, silver, and the pink one. The pink edition also came in the most 2006-ass box you can imagine. Unfortunately I don't have the box for mine.

Mine was the GBA SP. Didn't own another Nintendo product until I bought a 3DS in 2013. I was a Playstation kid.

Mine was yoyo9348. Yoyo because I had a phase in my early teens where I though yo-yos were really cool (I knew like 3 tricks), 93 because it's the year I was born, and 48 because I guess I just thought it was a cool number. Makes perfect sense, I know.

I also own every single Playstation, but not every model. My collection currently consists of 2 PS1s (original), 4 PS2s (3 slims, one fat), 2 PS3s (one super slim, one original) PS4 (original) PS5 (disc) PSP (1000) and PS Vita (original). My pride and joy among these is my pink PS2 Slim. Absolutely love that thing.

I'm way deep into the whole Google ecosystem, so for me it's Gmail all the way. I use Outlook at work, and I strongly prefer Gmail. I just find it a lot easier to use. I did experiment with having my own domain a few years ago, but it didn't really work out. I registered the domain *my last name*.pizza, so I had the email address anders@*last name*.pizza, which I of course found hilarious at the time. I did however learn the hard way that unless I paid an extra fee, the built in email provider on my domain service would delete emails after 30 days. Did not end up renewing that domain.

I certainly used to think so. I had an RGB strip inside my PC case, one on the back of my desk, as well as a full RGB keyboard and mouse. I'm now pretty much officially past that phase. My mouse has no lights, my keyboard just has a white backlight, I just have a normal desk lamp, and the stip inside my case has been disconnected. I still think RGB can look pretty sick in certain setups, but I personally prefer a more clean look nowadays.

Absolutely, I've played a ton of emulators on my phone over the years. Way back in like 2012 a friend of me showed me him playing Pokemon Firered on his phone, and I was totally sold. A little later I bought a PS3 controller (even though I didn't own a PS3 at the time) and a special clip to attach to my phone just to play PS1 games. Last summer I spent a lot of my time playing PSP games on my phone using a Razer Kishi controller, which honestly is a perfect combination. There was also a time a few years ago where I kind of stopped giving a shit at my job at the time, so I would bring a bluetooth controller to the office and just play GBA games on my phone for large parts of the day.

I bought a Wii U back in 2013, and I loved that thing. Being able to play on the gamepad alone without the TV was honestly kind of mind blowing for me at the time. Besides the obvious Windwaker, Mario 3D World and Smash Brothers, my favorite game on the system was probably LEGO City: Undercover. It was a Wii U exclusive when it launched, and it was so much fun. I also remember playing a ton of CoD: Black Ops 2 of all things, which actually had a surprisingly active community at the time. That game also had a very neat feature where you could play local Zombies multiplayer with one player playing on the TV and the other on the gamepad. Show me another console that can pull off that trick, I dare you.

I want to know your most controversial opinions about games, the kind of stuff that will make your friends laugh at you and get you banned from certain groups on the internet I'll go first. What inspired this thread was me scrolling through old posts from a few months ago here on the forum, and coming across a thread about Devil May Cry. I actually really, really like the 2013 Devil May Cry reboot. Yes, the one with hipster Dante with the bad haircut. That one. I like the combat, I like the music, I even like Dante's little quips and jokes. To make matters worse, it's the only DMC game I have played that I actually enjoyed. I haven't played played many of them to be fair, but I played a bit of 3 and 5, but I didn't have nearly as much fun as I had with the reboot. I'm probably the only person on the internet that really wanted a sequel to that game. I'll just be over here, waiting to be crucified.

I'm really bummed out by this, I was actually really looking forward to this game. I guess I should have seen the writing on the wall when they first announced that there would be no shared progress multiplayer (me and a friend of mine had been looking forward to playing together), and then announced that it would be capped at 30fps on the Series X at launch. Honestly, for a game to come out in 2023 on current gen hardware and only run at 30fps is a complete deal breaker for me. I will tolerate it for games like Tears of The Kingdom because at this point the Switch is basically a phone with controllers strapped to it, but not on the Series X or PS5. Since it's on gamepass I will probably still give this game a go when/if they release the 60fps patch just to experience the train wreck for myself.

This gave me a good chuckle Are you serious? There is a god damn button mashing mechanic for stealth kills? I don't think I got that far, but that sounds absolutely absurd.

Very understandable, it's definitely a time suck. I started playing it again about a month ago and have spent quite a few hours on i since.

I've tried multiple times over the years to get into Rocket League, but it's never really clicked for me. I can never seem to actually have any real control over the ball 😄

I played about an hour, maybe an hour and a half of this game through gamepass, and I really did not care for it. It just felt really sloppy in my opinion. The controls didn't feel great, the start of the story was all over the place, and there were either two or three on rails vehicle sections in the first 15 minutes or so, which I just found really annoying. The main character is also really insufferable. It might be better in the original Russian, but in English he sounds like a complete ass

I was really into earning achievements and collecting gamerscore back in the 360 era, but not so much any more. If I've beaten a game and see that I am just missing a few, easy to get achievements to 100% the game, I might go back and do them, but not if it involves something I wouldn't consider fun.

I got an Xbox Series X about two months ago, and for me the absolute biggest next gen thing is quick resume. I absolutely love being able to switch between the last couple of games I've been playing in a matter of seconds. I love my PS5 as well, but I really wish it had a similar feature.

Does anyone else here follow F1? If yes, what drivers and teams do you support? Let's talk!

There are still microtransactions, but they are really easy to ignore. It just purely cosmetics, like weapon and armor skins, ships, mounts and emotes. You can still unlock cool ships and mounts just by playing and getting season XP, and you still get cool weapons and armor from just playing the game.

I have, but not much. It's definitely nowhere as good as Diablo 3, and it's clearly just made as a cash grab. Diablo 4 doesn't come out for another month, on june 2nd. I'm very excited for it.

Does it count as a letdown if I never actually played the game? Many years ago now, I saw an early trailer for a game a new game that was coming out. It looked absolutely awesome. It had an open world, and was focused around a motorcycle gang. You were supposed to be able to customize your bike, and earn respect and work your way up in the gang. At the time, my favorite TV-show was Sons of Anarchy, so this game was right up my alley. Time went on, and I didn't really follow the progress of the game until I suddenly saw that it was coming out in a few weeks. On release day I went to my local game store, but sadly that hadn't gotten it it. I think I ended up buying something else that day, but I can't quite remember. That game was little game called Ride To Hell: Retribution, and it's probably one of the worst games ever made. As I said, I've never actually played it myself, but I've seen enough gameplay to know that it's an absolute clown show. I guess at some point in the development process they ran out of money or something and scrapped the whole open world game that I had been excited for, and instead cobbled together the absolute mess of a game they ended up releasing instead. I guess I really dodged a bullet that day.

Thank you! Turns out that I actually did make an introduction post when I first joined, I just hadn't checked my whole post history. Just wanted to mention that before someone checks and calls me out for being a fraud.

I have what I like to call a dumb smart watch, and I love it. It's called the Amazfit Neo, and it's basically an old school Casio with fitness features. I does not have most of the features that a modern smart watch has, but it tells the time, shows me how many steps I've walked, and the battery lasts for about a month between charges.

Wireless all the way baby. I recently got a wireless mechanical keyboard and cable managed my whole desk setup, so there are finally no visible wires on my desk. My keyboard lasts for about 2 weeks before I need to charge it, my headset for about 30 hours, and my mouse lasts for months upon months on one battery, so I very rarely need to have a cable there to charge anything. Both my mouse and keyboard are made by Logitech, who have damn near perfected wireless transmission in my opinon, so there is absolutely no noticeable input lag. The only thing that I do prefer wired, as others have pointed out, is internet. My PC and consoles are all wired up with ethernet, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I really don't mind it at all. I have been playing it a lot over the last month or so, so I decided to pick up the past 3 expansions (not including Lightfall) as there was a bundle deal 50% of at the time. I've been having a lot of fun, so I got a friend of mine to download it yesterday and we played through a few Vanguard missions together. It was a lot of fun, but he probably would not have bothered to pick up the game if it was not free to play.