I played for a few hours because I got it for free. I’ve been begging my gaming buddies to give it a shot but the initial impressions and reviews still have them scared.

Seemed pretty cool imo

No it’s kinda great because there’s already a banging catalog of games and they’re dirt cheap!

Yup, I take the train and everyone who’s gaming is on their phone or a retro handheld. In the airport is a different story though.

Exactly. I’ve put more hours on my retro handheld playing ps1 and SNES games in the last year than I’ve spent on my desktop. It was $26, and I’ve hardly even dented the library it’s got.

The core gameplay is solid. The story is fucking wack.

I actually use a 3d printed device that holds a switch joycon on either side of my phone. It works in both horizontal and vertical orientations and leaves the entire screen open. I only really use it for DS games and still prefer standalone devices, I’ve been killed by a notification blocking my phone screen too many times!

I had a whole thing typed out about why this thing feels inferior to a standalone. Then I realized it could be used for games developed for mobile, not just emulators. I get it now lol

But for $35 I can get a r3x variant which has a screen, why would someone choose this over that?

Yup, that’s why I said a part of me. The other part understands that ultimately it would be twisted and used as a barrier against “the undesirables.”

Education is definitely a great weapon to combat the oligarchs manipulation but we’re not even funding it correctly currently in the US. It’ll take generations to rightsize and we’d still be dealing with a large amount of stupid people who no amount of education would help.

This is why a large part of me wishes you had to pass some kind of baseline intelligence test to vote. I regularly go on nextdoor to discuss local politics and basically every argument with a conservative feels like arguing with a mentally handicapped person. They only read headlines and aren’t smart enough to question their sources of information.

Recently they were up in arms because the conservative paper claimed the mayor’s office wasn’t being transparent. Actually reading the article it says the reporter requested an interview on the spot and halfway through it an assistant told the mayor they need to move on. Not even noteworthy but it was enough to get the trolls riled up

That little floating copilot icon in excel is the devil’s work. I’m not a violent person but whoever came up with that should be flogged (IDK what flogging is but it sounds appropriate lol).

The amount of consumers who get a chub for overpaying is way too high. “Look at how much money I have! I can pay $3000 for a $400 product and not bat an eye!” Absolute schmucks.