I hate this argument. Everything was cheaper back then. I purchased tacos at Taco Bell for the change in my couch ($0.39). The simple truth was that your dollar went further because wages had not stagnated quite as badly, and the enshittification of everything hadn’t really picked up steam so companies weren’t just…

My top three probably are:

Well, that was when I followed instructions on how to run Linux on it, and my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro is now an Apple branded Ubuntu 20.04 LTS that will be supported for much longer.  For apple services, I make use of icloud.com and music.apple.com.  Along with a few proprietary applications like Chrome and Steam and it…

While I am hesitant to wade into this, I feel compelled to point out some misunderstandings that too often get thrown around. The gospel of Christ is one of grace, love and redemption; but it is also one of self-denial and sacrifice. Everyone walking planet earth currently falls short, hence the need of a redeemer.…

I’ve gamed on a budget for a while now, and here are the various ways I handled it: First stop reading gaming news/reviews for new games (and other systems you do not own), as you cannot be envious of what you don’t know about.

You would think there would have been more Square titles since they produced so much on the console. Final Fantasy Tactics, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Vagrant Story are odd ones missing to me; but so are games like Tomb Raider 2 (which was much more polished than the first), Legacy of Kain, Silent Hill, Symphony of the…

Dual Screen was innovative, but it can only go as far as developers are willing to take it. World Ends with You, Affordable Space Adventures, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (yes dual screen started in the Gamecube era), and dozen of other games saw innovative uses of the ability. However, when developers just want…

Most games have three release dates now: Pre-order, pre-release corporate whale hunting day, actual release date (for people that know what they are getting and cannot wait; and those too stupid to wait), and when it falls in a bargain bin for $30 or less (when most sane people purchase it).  About the only company…

Dragon Quest (or Dragon Warrior as it was when I was introduced to it) was the start of my love of JRPGs. Who would have thought that a free game given out in a magazine subscription deal could cause me to lose so many hours in a single genre? I loved the first four, but during the SNES era I found Final Fantasy IV…

My counter to that is this, at what point have I paid my dues for a game? I have purchased Super Mario Bros for example on NES, GBC, SNES, GameCube (via Animal Crossing), Wii VC, and Wii U VC. The truth is I probably will continue to purchase it on every system I own that see a release of it. I see zero harm in…

Little Computer People, G.I. Joe, Defender of the Crown, Hacker, Test Drive, Karateka, Space Taxi, Project Space Station and The Last Ninja would all be on my list to add.

It also should ship with GEOS just to maintain the authentic feel, plus for it’s time it was a pretty impressive windowed OS with basic office…

Little Computer People, G.I. Joe, Defender of the Crown, Hacker, Test Drive, Karateka, Space Taxi, Project Space…

I need to find some popcorn because IGN’s NVC should be very interesting this week. Hopefully IGN will go with journalist first and YouTube personality second (and probably integrity before both) for their next editor.

If you describe 500 level database engineering problems, and I come at you with “have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?” Feel free to tell my stupid, ignorant ass that my opinions on how to do your job are not warranted, necessary or appreciated.

No, but outside of Phantom Menace none of the other movies suffer as much from destination matters more than journey syndrome. Episode I and Episode VIII both suffer from the writers/director having specific things they wanted to happen/see which superseded plot, character development or logic. In Episode I, Lucas…

It’s a Star Wars movie, but it shares more of it’s DNA with Phantom Menace than with anything else. The plot requires you to completely shut down your brain and disregard everything that came before it.

I have a pile of games that I don’t necessarily walk away from but frequently get very distracted by “America’s #1 war-themed hat simulator” and the never ending quest to collect another hat. 

Grew up in the northern panhandle and now travel the state as part of my job. Honestly, there are large sections of the state that already look like fallout. All along the Ohio River are the skeletons on steel mills idle and decaying and entire towns that are slowly dying out due to those mills closing. Then there are…

Don’t worry, they will come up with another scheme quickly to get people to download their games.

I always find it interesting when those that advocate no absolute truth and morality get upset when someone chooses morals that disagree with them. They always seem to get the most bent out of shape because what they mean is no morals or rules for me, but my arbitrary rules for everyone else.

It still to this day puzzles me why Nintendo didn’t pay to put Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on the Wii U. They desperately needed games that showed the value of the gamepad as a second screen and games that could be played online.