[Last Game Played]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

[Fictional sports you wish were real.]

Have you ever seen a made-up sport in a show you were watching and thought, "Man, that looks so cool. If only it were real"?

What fictional sport do you wish were real? I'll start with the obvious: Quidditch.

[Videos show Trump allies messing with Georgia voting equipment.]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/politics/surveillance-footage-coffee-county-georgia-fake-trump-elector/index.html

"Both parties are the same, guys!".

[Remember to register to vote.]

As you know, America is having some VERY important midterm elections this year, so remember to register to vote!
And if you already are, get everyone you know to register to vote!

https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote

[Worst business decisions ever.]

What are the worst business decisions you've ever seen?

Blockbuster passing on Netflix has to be up there.

[Favorite currently-running comic strips?]

Mine are Baby Blues, Zits, Crabgrass, and I’ve recently gone back to reading Wallace the Brave.

[Things you remember, but don't remember the name of.]

Ever have a game or a TV show that you remember playing or seeing, but just can't remember what it was called? Well, maybe we can help.

Describe a thing in media that you remember playing or seeing, and maybe people can guess what its name is.

[Nintendo's consoles vs. Nintendo's handhelds.]

Why haven't any Nintendo consoles, except for the Switch and Wii, sold 100 million units like their handhelds?

[Things you remember, but don't remember the name of.]

Ever have a game or a TV show that you remember playing or seeing, but just can't remember what it was called? Well, maybe we can help.

Describe a thing in media that you remember playing or seeing, and maybe people can guess what its name is.

[Will Esports ever be as popular as regular sports?]

Do you think Esports will ever become as popular as football, basketball or baseball? Will the finals of say, an Overwatch tournament be viewed by as many people as the Super Bowl? Will people at work gather around the water cooler, talking about last night's League of Legends match?

[Major injuries you had as a kid.]

On 5/13/2022 at 10:25 AM, The Blackangel said:

Broken bones and concussions were standard. Dehydration and malnutrition were also standard. Hypothermia was as well. I don't know which of them would have been the worst ones. There are others, like my uncle trying to kill me, but that isn't really a physical injury, but more of an emotional one.

Holy shit, dude. I'm sorry you went through that.

[Redeeming qualities of the south.]

Does the south have any redeeming qualities besides food?

[Major injuries you had as a kid.]

What was the worst injury you ever had as a kid?

When I was a kid, I touched the hot part of a gas heater and got 3rd degree burns.

[Nintendo's consoles vs. Nintendo's handhelds.]

Why are Nintendo's handhelds so much more successful than their home consoles?

[What if Nintendo and Sony had stayed together?]

39 minutes ago, Shagger said:

Just in case anyone reading this thread is unaware, the PlayStation started it's life as CD based add-on for the SNES. They even got so far as developing and manufacturing an number of prototypes (that are now VERY expensive collectors items). Nintendo were quite big dicks about it actually because just as Sony were preparing to announce the console and without telling Sony, Nintendo publicly announced thier partnership to produce thier CD add for the SNES... with Philips (I'm not even kidding, that actually happened). Of course, that add-on never happened either and ended up becoming the miserable failure known as the Philips CDi, so yeah, it's safe to say Sony had the last laugh in the end.

 

Anyway, back to the topic. It's almost impossible to imagine what gaming would be today if the Nintendo PlayStation came out out as opposed to the Sony PlayStation. I do agree it does seem unlikely that this partnership would have lasted beyond the CD add-on, but it is possible Sony could have kept going and further developed thier own gaming/console technology without Nintendo, but they may have been behind the curve by the time they did. I Find it unlikely that Sony's own console would have been as popular if that CD add-on come through.

 

So in the end, I have offer thanks to Nintendo for being such ass holes.

You make it sound like Nintendo ditched Sony for no reason.

Sony was going to make most of the money from the add-on. The deal was HEAVILY in Sony's favor.

And Sony would have entered the console race with or without Nintendo. Part of the deal was that Sony would make a standalone console.

I don't think the SNES CD add-on would have even been successful, seeing how badly the Sega CD did.

[What if Nintendo and Sony had stayed together?]

How would things be different if Nintendo and Sony stayed together for the SNES CD add-on?

I don't think the partnership would have lasted. The past almost 30 years have proven that Nintendo and Sony have fundamentally different philosophies regarding video games and business as a whole.

[Consoles You Bought]

I got a Dreamcast for $60-$80 earlier this year, and an original Xbox in December.