The Blackangel

I've been thinking this for a while. I'm not shy about putting my 2 cents in on topics. I've done it damn near 3000 times here. But when I look around a lot, everyone is talking about games that I don't know or understand, due to me being a classic gamer. And in the PC board, people talk about specs ad parts, and I feel like a complete idiot even trying to read it. I don't understand half of what people are talking about a large amount of the time. The only game that I can relate to anyone here on is RDR2. It seems I'm the only one that plays an actual NES or SNES. The flashback shit doesn't count. Everyone is talking about their PS4's and Xbox One's. They're talking about the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X. I don't understand half of that. People are dropping the current/previous entry in a series for the new one, even though they raved about it for years. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the wrong place. I'm playing 1985-1998 while everyone else here is playing 2020 onward. There are gamers here who have never even seen or touched a NES, SNES, and N64. Yet here I am playing them daily. Maybe I'm just beginning to have a mid life crisis. I did look at a corvette, so....

The market for old games is bigger than most people think. As old gamers like myself age, we start missing the days of our youth. Which includes the games we played. I'm virtually a classic gamer exclusively. I rarely go past anything from the N64 era, with the exception of some Switch games. For example the first Diablo game is in high demand, both PC and PS1. I have the PC game, but it's old enough that I can't play it on my current PC. Also I don't think it would run right through an external disk drive.

If I thought I could get my old Windows XP computer up and running I would hook it up just to play some of my old favorites. But to be honest, I don't really even remember where the hell I put it. I've upgraded 3 times since I last used it.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

I wish people here in the US could understand that. If everyone who travels more than 100 miles would just take into consideration that they may be asymptomatic, or just not showing symptoms then we could have had a chance at beating this a couple months ago. And if anyone cared enough to wear a mask, and not party like a bunch of drunk college kids at a fucking house party that would help a hell of a lot too. But we're the most defiant entitled country in the world. "I'm not gonna get Covid, so I don't have to worry." "Fuck your policy! I'm an American so I don't have to wear a mask and you can't make me!" And my all time favorite: "I will not wear one! Masks are illegal and a violation of my constitutional rights!" These are actual statements that I have personally heard. It's why even Walmart has security guards at the doors authorized to take people to the ground, and cuff them until the cops get there to take over, if things get serious enough. They have batons and pepper spray. They're not technically authorized to use lethal force, but I wouldn't complain if I saw one of them packing heat. But then again, while I don't like it, I wear a mask. Hell, Walmart has even closed off one entrance, and people still try to sneak in through it, even though the doors are shut off and locked.

The closest to social media I will ever use is YouTube.

My girl is subscribed to Game Informer. I think it's a GameStop mag, but I'm not sure about that. I personally don't read it, but she enjoys the hell out of it.

True, but the problem is boys seeing these oversexualized depictions of women, and then that's what they expect us to look like. When they find out that that's NOT what a woman looks like, then they typically become jerks that just use a woman for a quick fuck and move on to the next one expecting to find Lara Croft tomorrow night. At least in TLOU2 the women were depicted realistically. But I just can't get my head around Lara. Especially after Angelina Jolie played her.

He was no one that I recognized from the clip. And I know everyone in the gang quite well. He was just a random NPC.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a specific title, but I'm going to say games that had no actual end, or ended too quickly. For example, while it's an awesome game, Excitebike could be one. There is no end to the game. It just goes on and on forever. Now one that ended too quickly was Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers. Very few areas to complete and you're done. Now I'm not saying that either of them were bad games, because they weren't. They were great games. They were just used as examples of what I was talking about.

I can't really say I do. I have ended up with a few, but I don't specifically look for them.

I have no problem with the game itself, but I hate Lara. No woman has a 10 inch waist with DDD tits. It's not going to happen. I'm not a DDD, and my waist is more than 10", but the depiction of the "perfect woman" sickens me. If that's what gets boys horny, then they need to rethink their priorities, because that kind of physique does not exist. Lower your expectations because you will not find a woman that looks like that, unless you're a pedophile that wants to force a tit job on a 5 year old. If you can't be happy with somewhere between a A-D cup woman, then marry your right hand, and subscribe to Hustler. At least there you get edited pics that try to give you what you want.

My girl had an Acer, and she had nothing but problems with it. She hates the whole brand now. I've never used one, so I can't comment on it, but she won't go anywhere near them.

Absolutely not. I hate it. I will not in any way be adding a concrete block to my gaming setup. It's hideous and I absolutely will not allow such a monstrosity into my house.

I'm sure they'll think up something. They always do. They'll make a more compact version of it and release it a year or two after the initial one launches. I'm curious as to what it would look like, as they always change it up a bit. But I'm absolutely positive that they'll do it.

I'd like to see Castlevania SOTN on Switch. I've always loved that one, and it would be great to have it portable. Also Diablo and Diablo II would be great ones. There's a whole host of NES and SNES games I would like to see on it without having to subscribe to Nintendo Online.

Cooking. I absolutely hate doing it. I would much rather eat cheese and biscuits as opposed to cooking a full meal.

I used to have a diary, but don’t really write anymore. I did try a video diary for a while, but don’t do that anymore either.

For those of us who are permanently wheelchair bound, there’s not a whole lot of options. I have very few options to keep myself occupied. So I’m in front of a screen all day.

Jimmy Johns isn’t bad, but Subway is number one.

I don’t think about it. It’s like making plans. I don’t plan, I improvise. I have no idea if I’ll be alive 10 second from now. So there’s no point in planning anything. Whatever happens, happens. If I don’t like it, tough shit.

I just use a TV as a monitor. I think it’s a 32” TV but I honestly don’t remember off the top of my head.

I felt lost and alone after finishing RDR2. It felt like my only teal family was suddenly gone forever. I had a broken heart. I didn’t think I could ever play the game again, but I had no choice. I had to see everyone again.

Arthur was intentionally written to be both cold and a roughneck. Had he been picking daisies and singing Kumbayah, he would have completely ruined the game. To make the game, the main protagonist had to be a cold, unfeeling, hard ass. He’s a killer, and a big league thief. He was written perfectly for the part in my opinion. Micah on the other hand, was a truly worthless piece of shit. I wanted to knock him out every time I was near the asshole.

Today’s episode is brought to you by the number 139. What the hell.... 139? That can’t be right. Seriously? It is? Then what the hell is the damn letter? Some ancient Chinese script?