Yes, you are correct sir, a bad tweet is exactly the same thing as a unwanted pregnancy. Well done, you’ve outwitted us all. The logic of your argument is unassailable.

I was going to force myself through the slideshow, because the topic sounded interesting, and I was pleasantly surprised by both the lack of slideshow and the article contents.

So from a moral standpoint, it’s okay to steal, as long as you’re not a corporation? Morally, ethically and legally, the person should have asked for permission before trying to sell something they don’t own. For example, this Kickstarter (which I backed) had some designs with Mario Kart characters on them, which…

Consumer refers to the person buying something.

When thousands of good indie game developers are vying for my gamer dollars, shitty opinions like these help me pare down the list of possibilities to something more manageable. It has been probably said already, but I wish more of these scumbags would speak out, it would make choosing games on Steam a whole lot…

You cannot make money from someone else’s intellectual property without their permission. Whether it’s a huge company or a self-published artist. I would expect that if someone decided to publish their own Batman comic via Kickstarter, for example, they’d get similarly shut down. It’s really not that difficult of a…

Or they’d help out when the kids are actually born.

I mean you can go and leave a negative review, and make it clear why you’re leaving a bad review.

I got a Pi for Christmas one year, and when I looked up what I could do with it, I found I could turn it into a retro console. I’ve literally never made a single comment about the Raspberry Pi before today. I don’t think you know what Stan means.

I played most 8-bit, 16-bit era games on the original hardware, which I still own, and emulation is good enough for a quick fix. Thanks for replying like a normal human being. I had no idea so many people were so passionate about playing perfect recreations of games they mostly likely pirated. Software emulation works…

What does this do that a Raspberry Pi doesn’t do for a fraction of the cost?

Don’t give them ideas!

Thanks for the recommendation. I will check it out.

Here’s an article that summarizes the video: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/report-alleges-auction-and-grading-fraud-is-behind-recent-surge-in-retro-game-prices/amp/

That copy of Mario 64 was “allegedly” graded, auctioned, and bought by the same group of people to drive up the price of video games as collectibles. This guy does a pretty thorough deep dive:

I’ve only seen Ghostbusters 2 a total of 3 times, but I’ve seen the first one too many times to count. I agree with your assessment of the last one, I can’t remember anything about it either, but it was decently made, just not nearly as funny as the first movie, too much CGI, and a really forgettable villain.

Seems like this whole thing is a scam. This guy shows how the people grading, selling, and buying these overpriced games are the same people:

It’s a pretty obscure reference. I doubt most people who’ve only seen the movie once or twice, regardless of their age, would remember a line from a movie release over 30 years ago. In fact, people under 40 would be more likely to remember it as they would have seen the movie more recently. Also, the last one was…

I don’t remember, but your reply made me laugh, so you’re already one up on the internet TV guy with the dumb hat.

Back in my day, jokes were supposed to be funny.