The Blackangel

Yeah but there's always a lemon in everything. Like I said it was all I could afford. TracFone royally sucks, but it's the only thing I could find that was within my budget. Also, this phone was all but impossible to carry. But that said, it was a hell of a lot easier for me to find in my purse than my iPhone.

There was this song as well:

It doesn't matter who it is. I still look at them with suspicion. Even @Rain Dew gets that look. Until I was an adult I had never gotten a compliment. Not one that wasn't a lie and had ulterior motives. It's been that way my whole life.

Macaws aren't built to ride around in cars. They need space to be free in. As for being a handful, they're on the same level of a 3 year old child. They typically only get destructive if they're not getting enough stimulation. They need attention, and they need things to do. They also need to have toys to play with. You need to keep them on a schedule as to things like bedtime. When to get up, when to go to sleep. They have the same emotions as people. Happy, sad, afraid, angry, content, etc. So yes, they are definitely a handful. If you have a bird, they will eventually bite you from time to time. My conure bites everyone who isn't me. Yet she still bites me from time to time. With a macaw, they will bite from time to time, but sometimes it's a bit different for them. They're like a baby and experience the world through their mouths. Unless the bird is angry or scared (or just a mean bird), they usually don't bite hard enough to do real damage. But if they do bite with intent, they can remove body parts. Their bite is strong enough to pulverize bone, and their beaks are sharp enough to shred skin. So you could easily lose a finger under the circumstances at that moment. I don't know if I have mentioned it (probably have) but we used to have a blue throat. He hated men but was ok with women. Except me. He loved @Rain Dew and was unwilling to give her a moments peace. Blue throats are an endangered species with an estimated 300-500 left. We loved him, but when Covid hit we couldn't afford him anymore. So we had to let him go. It broke both our hearts.

I'm not familiar with the Raspberry Pi. What is it? Is it like an external hard drive? Or is it something else? I'm curious.

Get a good console and have someone who is able to hack it load as many games as they can on the hard drive. Some people can make games have a little less file size and get thousands on one machine. If you find the right hacker you could end up with the entire NES, SNES, and N64 library's on there. If you take an Xbox One, you could get the entire Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One library's on it. The same with PlayStation from PS1 to PS5. You may be able to get games from all of the big 3. It just takes some good hacking skills. Which I unfortunately do not possess.😢

Go to the Rockstar Store and check it out. They have a hell of a lot of collectables. I bought a bundle deal a couple years ago, and got a lot of awesome stuff. I've been wanting to hit them up again (the bundle deal is gone) and pick up some more stuff. They're doing a site wide 40% off right now (9:34AM 12-22-2022). So if you're wanting to buy, now is definitely the time.

You can also build your own cabinet. It's not hard at all. I've built several, despite my limits. You just need the wood for the frame, paint, a TV, and a console. It works best with digital consoles if you don't want that open disc drive on the side of your cabinet. Download a lot of games to the console, hook it up to the TV, run cable wires to the inside of the cabinet, splice the wires between a joystick and buttons, then also give yourself a game controller if you want that option. It's child's play really.

True, but this is Microsoft we're talking about. They're one of the biggest liars in the tech world, not just the gaming industry. They take back promises, and lie their asses off all the time. It's part of their business practices to make their investors happy, and keep that worm dangling on the hook just above the water where we can almost reach it. Despite using a PC, I've never been a fan of Microsoft in general (Bill Gates is an ass). Both before and after they entered the gaming market, and thus becoming one of the best selling consoles in the world.

I have to concur with @Shagger on this one. I prefer unconventional racing games and kart games. F-Zero is a longtime favorite of mine. I've played a few over the years, and while fun, they just weren't my thing. I ended up with Ford vs Chevy at some point, but it just couldn't get its hooks into me. Racing games are wildly popular, but it's such a small niche that a lot of gamers either overlook them, or just aren't into them.

The same can be said for many games. The thing that was a draw for Pac-Man was that it was originally an arcade game like you would see in bowling alleys, drug stores, and restaurants in those times. People would get playing it and want that high score. So there was a hell of a demand for a turn playing. That fueled"Pac-Man fever" as it has been called. Then when it was released on home console, people were so into the game, that it sold like wildfire, and had a shitload of spinoffs, such as Ms Pac-Man, and Pac-Man Junior. Then there were a lot of spinoffs like Ladybug on the Colecovision. Everyone wanted their slice of the Pac-Man pie, and most got it. It also can't be forgotten that a lot of people bought their Atari for that one and only game.

Considering that this is Microsoft we're talking about, I see the protests doing absolutely nothing but wasting a lot of people's time. It's no hidden fact that Microsoft has been trying to get as close to a monopoly as they can without actually creating one. Buying Activision is just another step up that ladder. And if they do lease games to other companies like Sony and Nintendo, they're going to demand vastly more than the damn game is even worth. Yet people will pay it because they want that game on their preferred platform.

What's the difference between a northern faerie tale and a southern faerie tale? A northern faerie tale begins "Once upon a time...." A southern faerie tale begins "Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit...."

First off, that's my business, not yours. Secondly, who said I wouldn't use them if the situation called for it?

My Switch log isn’t even all the games on it. I have several carts as well. Also you have to consider the other systems I actually play, not just own. NES SNES N64 Atari 2600 Sega Genesis PS1 PS3 PS4 PS5 Game Boy Xbox One There’s easily 1,000 games in that list. As for systems we own that we don’t actually play, there’s Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, Game Cube, Wii, and DS/3DS systems. We don’t play our Xbox’s very often, but we do play them on occasion.

A common conversation in Texas goes like the following: PERSON 1: “Hey are you religious?” PERSON 2: “Yes I’m deeply devout” PERSON 1: “What religion are you?” PERSON 2: “Fullback”

True, but my mind always goes to the most extreme things in a lot of situations. It's just part of my twisted thinking I guess.

@Rain Dew has a shitload of Skylanders figures. I think she actually has every single one for all the games. She also has those oddball ones like the train and whatnot. She also has some Tomb Raider figures and FF7 figures. As for me, I have 2 Master Swords, one of which is a much higher quality than the other one. I also have some collectible Zelda coins. I'm pretty sure I have something else, but I can't remember what. If I don't remember it, I'm sure @Rain Dew will and will mention it.

I've seen several that I would like to have, I just never had the money for them. They're about half the size of arcade cabinets that you would see at a public arcade, but that doesn't mean they're not a blast to play on.

I gotta say, when they showed Splatterhouse, I honestly thought it was a Friday The 13th game, for obvious reasons. All I can really say at this point is that I'm glad it wasn't.

This is a hard one. I play 8 bit graphics all the time, but then again I play games like RDR2 all the time as well. I think it all depends on the era your playing and what you're playing. I can't imagine SMB on NES having graphics like we see in RDR2. But then the reverse is also true. I can't imagine RDR2 having graphics like we have on the NES. So it just depends on the game and the era it was released. Which also means it can vary wildly from game to game.

I subscribed to Nintendo Online for a while, but got no enjoyment from it so I cancelled my.... "subscription" I guess you would call it. The only ting I do online with my Switch is buy and download games. I have so damn many DDL's that I haven't even gotten around to playing them all. There's 124 DDL's on my switch right now. So, yeah. A lot to get to.

While I'm not a Fortnite player myself, this needed to be done. If Epic is stealing information on children, what exactly do they plan to do with that information? Are they a front for human trafficking? Are they trying to steal a 7 year old's credit card information? There's just too many questions unanswered (as far as I can tell) and too much going on behind closed doors with them. Stealing the information on adult is one thing. Stealing the information on a child is quite another and needs to be STOPPED NOW.

I've had it happen a few times. Usually it means the console itself is off balance, or hot for some reason. Or it just thinks it's hot or unbalanced. The PS3 is a weirdo. You can try unplugging it, count to 20 or 30, whatever, then plug it back in. That usually solves the issue for me.

I nominate @Shortie for member of the month. Her posts are always insightful, and she really keeps things going well. She's a true asset to the forum.