Two fun $2 facts to share:

We’re kind of counting that Sony’s going to support this ecosystem for a while to come.

I... think I bought one of your shirts.

Can’t complain about crunch and broken releases in one breath and complain about delays in the next, so I’m more than fine with moving release dates in favor of working conditions and product quality.

While very cool, it was not the first extraterrestrial audio recording. Venera 14 recorded audio on the surface of Venus 40 years ago! 

Oh, buddy... That’s a lesson for everyone. Sorry that he found out the hard way. Shame to lose one of the good ones. 

“I sure wish I didn’t have any annoying family members to worry about anymore...”

Auction house Christie’s has pulled a Tyrannosaurus rex specimen from an upcoming roster after a paleontologist expressed concerns that some parts of the dinosaur might belong to another T. rex specimen [named Stan].

“Psych.” Please stop perpetuating this ridiculous misspelling.

When I got my Series X, I moved my old Xbone into the bedroom as a media player and casual ‘in bed’ gaming machine. It didn’t take long for me to get fed up with the load times (going Series X and PS5 spoiled me bigtime) and the thing taking up soooo much space. I picked up a Series S and it’s just perfect. They…

I’m replaying the first GoW reboot at the moment, and while on a side quest the kid remarks “why are we doing this” and Kratos is like “we need to gather resources for our journey, do you have a problem with it?” and the kid is like “no, man, it’s all good, I like exploring, you usually don’t!”

Here are some non-“weird” justifications:

That seems crazy to me, and appears to be a limitation not an advantage. I would be pretty pissed if I was forced to use the ‘lesser’ version. I made a clean break between PS4 and PS5, and this apparently isn’t an issue between my Series X and One, so it’s strange that it’s such a hot topic.

Well that sounds like a Sony issue. I’ve never heard of save compatibility being a problem with Xbox. I regularly play between my Series X and OG One (and cloud, for that matter) with no problems. The system doesn’t even seem to have “versions,” it’s basically a PC. The game is just turning settings on and off. If the…

Why is it an advantage? Can you point to any specific reason why someone would prefer to play the the PS4 version on PS5? In this case, the developer is literally asking people to upgrade.

Would a newcomer to the series who doesn’t particularly care about the lore and just wants to play a new game enjoy this? There’s not much discussion of the actual game here.

I’m a judge of elections in PA this year. The primary was very quiet, but needless to say I’m a little nervous about Tuesday. As far as I know, there are no additional measures or procedures for security at our poll location.

What do you mean? Sony has a great track record of longterm software support for their non-primary hardware... Oh wait.