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Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 11:03 am

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Keep pushing the BBC Model B, Micro Live!

(The war never ends)

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 1:54 pm

excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 3:17 pm

I'm surprised to see the MSX with 2% of the marketshare.

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 3:35 pm

some sort of rounding error

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 6:35 am

I have started playing Wordle

You'll never guess what today's word is

Post by **vom** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 6:47 am

excellent

Post by **endar** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 12:07 am

dng wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:09 pm but once it costs 84p i'll definity get it

It is currently 0p

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272 ... ir_Brante/

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:44 am

hooray

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:45 am

although oh no (windows only!)

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:45 am

also what was the other day's wordle word?

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:45 am

i'm trying and failing to think of any five letter words at all

Post by **endar** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:59 am

cockr

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 9:00 am

eggss

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 11:09 am

Xpiss

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 11:30 am

Mexan

Post by **Pual** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 12:34 pm

Post by **endar** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 8:31 pm

dng wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:45 am although oh no (windows only!)

wine is on Mac as well as Linux. Would that be any good? Does Steam do Proton compatibility for Macs?

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 8:38 pm

I dont know. I'm always sceptical about installing stuff like that on my laptop in case it ends up breaking everything

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 18, 2026 8:38 pm

Basically i'm scared of computers these days

Post by **endar** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 12:01 am

no idea how macs work but might be worth a look

Post by **endar** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 12:02 am

or just install linux on it instead of macos

Post by **endar** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 12:02 am

i hear that's a viable option as well

Post by **endar** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 12:02 am

or do a dual install

Post by **vom** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 7:35 pm

dng wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:45 am also what was the other day's wordle word?

it was CLACK

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 19, 2026 7:56 pm

Excellent. Hooray

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:00 am

I am never playing a video game again

Post by **vom** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 8:06 am

I'm trying Disco Elysium again. I got pretty far into it on Switch but gave up because it kept crashing and losing my progress. It was on sale for Xbox so I figured it was time to give it a proper shot, a few hours in it crashed and lost a good chunk of progress

I can see why this game has a vocal cult following but I'm surprised EVERY recommendation doesn't come with a "but it's absolutely fucking broken" disclaimer, like Deadly Premonition etc

Post by **endar** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 9:17 am

Damn, that ain't good

Post by **vom** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:10 am

it's seven years old, surely they should have fixed it

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:27 am

Instead they just sacked all the people that made it and stole their money

Post by **endar** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 12:36 pm

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 03, 2026 10:36 pm

Christ

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlvrd9e43o

The PS4 is going to be the last games console I'll ever have been able to afford

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 03, 2026 10:37 pm

I assume this means the ps6 and whatever impenetrable name the next Xbox has will cost a thousand pounds minimum

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 03, 2026 10:38 pm

If they ever come out and the entire games industry hasn't killed itself to death by then

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Aug 04, 2026 1:29 pm

dng wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2026 10:37 pm I assume this means the ps6 and whatever impenetrable name the next Xbox has will cost a thousand pounds minimum

About the same price (when adjusted for inflation) as when the Atari VCS 2600 console came out.

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:41 am

fucking hell

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjejyl34345o

at least this means EA will be dead in five years I suppose

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:44 am

fuck knows what the last EA game I bought was. Dragon Age 3 maybe?

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:44 am

actually its almost certainly FIFA 2018 for 10p in cash converters or something

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 05, 2026 3:04 pm

dng wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:41 am fucking hell

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjejyl34345o

at least this means EA will be dead in five years I suppose

Ves, this always end well:

"It is thought to be the largest leveraged buyout in history, meaning a significant part of it is paid for with borrowed money, which the company will have to pay back.

This is because as well as the $36bn it has already put into the deal, PIF needs to borrow $20bn from investment bankers JPMorgan to close it, with the business taking on the debt."

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Fri Aug 07, 2026 6:52 am

Did it always have to end up like this?

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 5:30 pm

I've been playing Yakuza: Infinite Wealth, and it's (inadvertently) the bleakest videogame ever made.

One of your mans gets cancer, so the rest of your team get him to make a bucket list so he can do everything he's always wanted to do before he dies. Then everything on this list is the same tedious grinding busywork you always have to do for minor exp bonuses.

"So what are the things that would give your life meaning in the days before you die?"

"Walk 100000 steps, use taxis 100 times, buy 20 pieces of clothes I don't need because they're inferior to the clothes I currently own, and pick 500 items up off the floor."

Post by **endar** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:03 pm

Christ

what about "Play Spikeout 10 billion times"

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:06 pm

Of course.

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:07 pm

I never managed to get past the first level so he'll die unfulfilled now

Post by **endar** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:08 pm

also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OohDyMcW0

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:15 pm

amazing

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 6:16 pm

its strange spikeout was never released on the dreamcast in that it seems like it would have been the most perfect dreamcast game ever

Post by **endar** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 7:55 pm

i know. It's such a sadness

Post by **endar** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 7:57 pm

along with Scud Race, also made on Supermodel 3

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 09, 2026 8:39 pm

they had scud race in the student union bar at essex university in 1996 or whenever (along with sega rally, although sega rally was just the stand up cabinet version, whereas scud race had the seat and the gears and whatever)