No snark: Thank you for this piece. Masterfully reported, incredibly well-written, utterly important.

I would, in all honesty, say that if those are the games that you are intending to play, you could most definitely make use of the 1050, but could in fact use something even cheaper. The games noted aren’t graphic intensive and would require far less to run. That being said, if you go for the 1050, you most definitely…

As someone who is paying for the entire product I have the right to complain about aspects of said product. If I buy a product I have the right to complain about aspects of said product if it isnt up to snuff. I would also find it disingenuous if the producer deflected criticism by saying, “oh well odorimasenka, that…

Lol, thanks for the laugh... I mean honestly... Those “features” you’re talking about are not premium features. They’re common, basic quality of life features.

This describes my situation perfectly. I was a subscriber to PS+ since they started the whole “instant game collection” thing on PS3. And later on Vita. I had both, and it was awesome. Online was free, so Sony actually needed to offer pretty good deals and cool games to make the service attractive. And it was. Quite a…

I pay for multiplayer, even though I rarely play with others. There are just some games that require online connectivity.

The problem with that reasoning is that before the ps4, the online was free, so the ps+ games were actually the only thing worth subscribing for. That the the ps+ deals. They use to give us good games and deals but now that we have to pay for online they shifted the free game to a bonus feature and haven’t given us…

If only everyone could understand this. Instead we have bitching and moaning every time the game lineup for the month is announced.

This happened to me when I tried to get the TG-16 at launch. I ended up spending that money and more on renting the darn thing from the video/game rental place. Bonk and Splatterhouse for life!

This is one of my earliest memories, oddly enough. I remember going to TRU with my dad and older siblings to pick up SMB3. Reading these posts takes me back.

It was a transcending moment in gaming, the joy of reaching the counter, handing over the ticket, and watching someone pull the game from the stacks of games neatly arranged and/or hot out of the box back there.

The glass case wall too. I miss that from the old Toys’R’us alongside the paper flaps. Nothing like seeing what consoles and stuff looked like in the flesh before you got it.

Even in the 80s as well. I remember I saved up enough of the Big Bear/Gold Circle Stamps to get Pitfall for free right after it came out, and the “I’m going to bust out of my skin” anticipation for the cashier to ring up the transaction, and then running to the cage for the guy to fish out my copy of the cartridge.

Nope; the saddest was when there *was* a ticket, and the cashier would tell you it was a mistake, and that the game was actually sold out.

I miss that, too! I also miss those old kiosks that would play videos of certain games when you pressed the button for it.

Really excited to read this when I’m not at work, but felt compelled to raise a Toys “R” Us tangent:

@Kevin Greene: so if you have a lot of money, you shouldn't be concerned about someone else negligently pissing it away?