[You know what they say: if you can't think of anything
else to write about, just find some article on the web
and make fun of that. Not that I'm saying that's what
I am doing here, of course. I'm just saying that's been
known to happen ;-)]
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone playsProbably?
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of those…
other… launchers
it's a stupid list.I can agree with that.
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of those…
other… launchers
Have you REALLY experienced the Official PCGamer PC Gaming
Experience(tm)?
So, yeah... it's a stupid list.
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of those…
other… launchers
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of those…
other… launchers
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:39:38 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
On this note, it occurs to me that I have spent well over 3 hours,
sometimes days and weeks, configuring Glide and DX wrappers, and
DirectInput to XInput interfaces, and fixing keyboard driver issues
trying to get old games to run.
I've been mostly lucky with the contemporary stuff, but getting Crimson
Skies to run led me to contact dege to get a custom exe built so that it >would run properly with dgVoodoo2. I was on Vogons working to get it
running with him.
And then, well, I haven't played it much. Basically not past the first
two missions. So, I guess it goes into the "modding a game you never
play," too. I just wanted to see it run.
By the way, if anyone wants to run Crimson Skies (2000) on Win11 for some >reason, I got you covered. Just respond here. It's a good arcade, >flight-stick game in steampunk planes.
Heh. Being a Real PC Gamer (tm) means not only that you do oodles of >troubleshooting, but that you've come to enjoy the process! ;-)
I've a Win98 machine with a Voodoo3 should I need to scratch that
itch, but post the info here anyway, for archival purposes (and in
case I might want to play the game on modern hardware ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
Oh, I love the examples for this in the PC Gamer article. "Hi MarkMan7,
I'm a Microsoft-approved third party tech support specialist. I'm sorry
to hear you're going through that. Have you considered turning your
computer off and on again?"
That (i.e. the ridiculous self promotion by
some clueless dork followed by useless advice) comes up just way too
often when looking up anything Windows related. Same with the "someone
asked your exact question on whatever but no one answered or the few responses didn't help."
On 11/19/2025 6:04 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
It really should be shut the system down, pull the power plug. If it's
a laptop hold the power button for a full 30 seconds. Plug it back in
and start it back up.
Unfortunately people lie about rebooting, or there's more updates in the >queue.
Always see "sfc scannow" which takes at least an hour, up to 3, and
never seen it do anything.
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:** - Been the victim of an incorrigibleI have had to deal with Mortal Kombat II difficulty algorithm that
griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBARCan't bond with you over all that ghetto-ass music playing over your
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked - 'Gotten gud' at aWe rate people as "fresh" in Splatoon 3 for no other reason than to
game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit holeUh? No idea what this is, but you usually get banned for anything other
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played itNah, I just added extra radio stations to Fallout New Vegas and enjoyed
- Spent three hours troubleshootingI spent 3 days troubleshooting. No internet to ask a search engine
- Not played a game because it was on one of those… other… launchersNo. I did not play it because it was not another launcher. It was
Sigh. At least PCGamer puts a decent show during the Not-E3. But let's
spin this: "You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've
experienced these 8 things"
- Getting an error message indicating that you don't have enough EMS
memory available.
- While playing a DOS game under Windows 9X, you pressed the Win key and
when you went back to the game, you were stuck with just sound and a
black screen.
- Had a fight with that playstation kid in school that insulted your
computer and said that Sim City and Civilization were not real games
because they did not have polygons or exploding things (Gandhi is
looking at you right now).
- Clicked the hell out of a unit in Warcraft II-III and Starcraft just
to hear every funny quote
- Had to leave the computer on the whole night to download Grand Theft
Auto IV from Steam, one of those games games that would take more than
10GB, on a 512kb ADSL line
- Shed tears of happiness the first time you saw a game with video
cutscenes running at true 640x480, non interlaced
- Attempted to convince your parents of why you needed a 3D accelerator
card or a RAM upgrade and how it would help with homework.
- Microwaved a Hamster
[You know what they say: if you can't think of anything
else to write about, just find some article on the web
and make fun of that. Not that I'm saying that's what
I am doing here, of course. I'm just saying that's been
known to happen ;-)]
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of thoseÂ…
otherÂ… launchers
The first thing that occurs to me that the first three of the items on
that list don't seem to have anything to do with PC gaming
specifically; they're just aspects of online gaming, good and bad. And
if you don't care for online gaming, you may not have ever experienced
these issues. I guess you're not a real PC Gamer!
The next two are similarly not limited to PC gaming, and --again--
don't really reflect the hobby either unless you're into specific
types of game.
The last three are really the only three that are really part and
parcel with PC gaming. If you've never had to troubleshoot a PC game,
then you are either extremely lucky, or extremely casual in your
gaming. Our PCs are such wonderfully finicky beasts; dealing with bugs
is half the fun! And the whole 'launcher' thing is equally as stupid
--and unavoidable-- a part of the hobby too. Unless you're sticking to
a tiny selection of games, you've bumped into that annoyance at one
time or another.
Myself, I think I'd count myself amongst the number of Real PC Gamers
(TM), with thousands of games and decades of experience under the
belt... and yet there are a number of items on that list I _haven't_ experienced. An incorrigible griefer? No, not really. I mean, sure
I've experienced some assholes but I usually just mute them, or they
get kicked, or I find a different server. I don't really feel
victimized by them. I've never played a game only to mod it. I've
played a lot of games that people here may never have experienced, but
have I 'gotten gud' at them? Not really. And I _hate_ reading text in computer games.
So, yeah... it's a stupid list. But that of course is the purpose
(much like this response): it's designed to inspire conversation
rather than actually saying anything insightful. So I guess it
succeeded there.
Have you REALLY experienced the Official PCGamer PC Gaming
Experience(tm)?
----
* here's the story https://www.pcgamer.com/games/you-havent-experienced-pc-gaming-until-youve-done-these-things/
** I rearranged the order for my own nefarious purposes. Muahahaha.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:39:38 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of thoseÂ…
otherÂ… launchers
Have you REALLY experienced the Official PCGamer PC Gaming
Experience(tm)?
I have never been the victim of a griefer and I do play MMOs so I
guess I failed already at the first one on the list. But #2 and 3 on
your list have happened to me. Honestly, I think those two are going
to happen sooner or later if you play any online game.
I don't care about getting gud. I play games to relax, rarely for the challenge.
I have never gotten that engrossed in the storyline in a video game.
It is secondary to me. I prefer reading books, not video games.
I have spent hours modding a game (Baldur's Gate 1 and 2) but I have
played them excessively, so I guess I failed this one as well.
Anyone who has been gaming as long as I have been on the PC and says
they have never had to troubleshoot, I am going to call bullshit on
that. I don't and won't believe you.
As for the last one, I have six launchers ready to go (I actually--
needed to check) Steam, Epic, GOG, UbiSoft, EA Games and BattleNet.
I think that means I failed this last one on PC Gamer's list as well - because, apparently, I will install anything to play more games.
I mean, it's a bit biased towards people who've been playing thirty+
years, but I love your list. No, I'll be the first to admit that you
can be a REAL PC GAMER (tm) even if you've not experienced any of
those things, but damn if your selection didn't make me smile.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:31:17 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 11/19/2025 6:04 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
It really should be shut the system down, pull the power plug. If it's
a laptop hold the power button for a full 30 seconds. Plug it back in
and start it back up.
Unfortunately people lie about rebooting, or there's more updates in the
queue.
I recall a trick to 'solve' that issue that went something along these
lines:
"There is a discontinuity on the power-socket causing a
periodic interruption in the electrical voltage. (or similar
sounding technical nonsense to bamboozle the user). It's usually
a tiny bit of dust. Unplug the PC, shake the plug to dislodge
any dust, then plug it back in and restart."
If the device uses a Type A or Type C outlet, you could also just ask
them to unplug the thing and then plug it back in rotated 180 degrees.
;-)
But in the end it was all just a ploy to ensure the device actually
got restarted when you asked them to do it..
Always see "sfc scannow" which takes at least an hour, up to 3, and
never seen it do anything.
It works but it's not the panacea it's made out to be. It's sort of
like how "run SCANDISK" or "Defrag your drive" used to be go-to
answers for all problems. These tactics CAN catch issues --I've had
SFC scannow-- find and repair things... but usually these are only
when core Windows functions are having problems. Which isn't really
that often anymore.
But sfc is a useful tool, it can catch otherwise hard to diagnose
issues and --especially importantly to tech-support-- it LOOKS
complicated and technical, and --because it (like Scandisk or defrag)
often takes hours to finish-- can be used to get people off the phone.
"Just run this thing and your problem will be solved, 'kay? Bye!" ;-)
On 11/19/2025 6:04 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
Oh, I love the examples for this in the PC Gamer article. "Hi MarkMan7,
I'm a Microsoft-approved third party tech support specialist. I'm sorry
to hear you're going through that. Have you considered turning your
computer off and on again?"
The number of times that's worked when I'm the tech support is
remarkably high. Worked with another tech who said, reboot 3
times. The number of times *that* worked, also remarkably high.
Always see "sfc scannow" which takes at least an hour, up to 3, and
never seen it do anything.
"There is a discontinuity on the power-socket causing a
periodic interruption in the electrical voltage. (or similar
sounding technical nonsense to bamboozle the user). It's usually
a tiny bit of dust. Unplug the PC, shake the plug to dislodge
any dust, then plug it back in and restart."
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I mean, it's a bit biased towards people who've been playing thirty+
years, but I love your list. No, I'll be the first to admit that you
can be a REAL PC GAMER (tm) even if you've not experienced any of
those things, but damn if your selection didn't make me smile.
Yep, I knew I was stuck in the past, but even like that I needed to pull
a "You weren't a real PC gamer in the 90s". Something about usenet tends
to move my brain back in time (or maybe modern PC gaming does not feel
that much as PC gaming, but getting the leftovers of console gaming
unless you aim for true indies). __What annoys me about PCgamer's list is >that half of it is "online multiplayer gamer" than "PC gamer".__ Maybe
it's just me, since I was never able to get into online gaming. By
the time I had internet at home I was too busy with work to play online >games, and all the friends I had were absorbed by Xbox Live.
The "windows key" one especially. Ohmigod, was that SO annoying.
Especially since a lot of games (and not just the ones running in a
DOS command shell) of that era didn't handle being pulled out of
full-screen very gracefully, and you were lucky if the computer didn't blue-screen itself when that happened. Microsoft even released an
applet to temporarily disable the key, it was such a problem.
One of the few things I liked about working at Apple (contractor, not >actually employed by them at their helpdesk) was they had metrics for >callbacks within some time period. I had the lowest of anyone working >there. I actually fixed things.
It would've been much better if they actually used that for rewards or
who they were hiring into Apple, than whatever they were doing with
them, if anything.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
"There is a discontinuity on the power-socket causing a
periodic interruption in the electrical voltage. (or similar
sounding technical nonsense to bamboozle the user). It's usually
a tiny bit of dust. Unplug the PC, shake the plug to dislodge
any dust, then plug it back in and restart."
Discontinuity indeed. Sometimes it's all too real. I remember there was
once this office where a power outlet was right behind my desk, in the >middle. And *of course* one day I was stretching my legs and managed to
pull it. Desktop computer back then too so instant power off. Sigh.
I think I moved the desk and added some tape to avoid further >discontinuities.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:31:12 +0200, Anssi Saari ><anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
"There is a discontinuity on the power-socket causing a
periodic interruption in the electrical voltage. (or similar
sounding technical nonsense to bamboozle the user). It's usually
a tiny bit of dust. Unplug the PC, shake the plug to dislodge
any dust, then plug it back in and restart."
Discontinuity indeed. Sometimes it's all too real. I remember there was >>once this office where a power outlet was right behind my desk, in the >>middle. And *of course* one day I was stretching my legs and managed to >>pull it. Desktop computer back then too so instant power off. Sigh.
I think I moved the desk and added some tape to avoid further >>discontinuities.
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following:
I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a >surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally
pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the
computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
The solution, of course, would be to either move the power-bar, or
cover the button or just, you know, STOP STUPIDLY PUSHING THE KEYBOARD >AGAINST THE FUCKING BUTTON!!!1!!! but I've done none of these things,
so it is only a matter of time before it happens again.
Don't tell me I don't like living dangerously. ;-)
* like this one! >https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Under-Monitor-Protection-TMC-6/dp/B0000AKA90
[You know what they say: if you can't think of anything
else to write about, just find some article on the web
and make fun of that. Not that I'm saying that's what
I am doing here, of course. I'm just saying that's been
known to happen ;-)]
PCGamer (remember them?) posted an article the other day entitled,
"You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8
things".* So the question is: have YOU truly experienced PC gaming?
Let's look at the list:**
- Been the victim of an incorrigible griefer
- Bonded with squadmates as everything goes FUBAR
- Teamed up with strangers and somehow clicked
- 'Gotten gud' at a game barely anyone plays
- Went down the flavor text rabbit hole
- Spent hours modding a game and then not played it
- Spent three hours troubleshooting
- Not played a game because it was on one of those…
other… launchers
The first thing that occurs to me that the first three of the items on
that list don't seem to have anything to do with PC gaming
specifically; they're just aspects of online gaming, good and bad. And
if you don't care for online gaming, you may not have ever experienced
these issues. I guess you're not a real PC Gamer!
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following:
I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a >>surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally
pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the >>computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
Take a small pill bottle, cut it down to make a cover, and duct tape it
over the button.
Maybe the pill bottle thing won't work, or will have to be cut way down. >Maybe a little strip of metal taped over it?
On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:14:45 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following:
I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a >>>surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally >>>pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the >>>computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
Take a small pill bottle, cut it down to make a cover, and duct tape it >>over the button.
Maybe the pill bottle thing won't work, or will have to be cut way down. >>Maybe a little strip of metal taped over it?
Or just two raised edges on either side of the button so the keyboard
impacts that rather than the button itself.
Over the years, I've
thought of all these ideas and probably more.
I've implemented none of them.
'Cause I live on the wild side! ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:14:45 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following:
I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a
surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally
pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the
computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
Take a small pill bottle, cut it down to make a cover, and duct tape it
over the button.
Maybe the pill bottle thing won't work, or will have to be cut way down. >>> Maybe a little strip of metal taped over it?
Or just two raised edges on either side of the button so the keyboard
impacts that rather than the button itself.
Except a corner of the keyboard, or something that happened to be behind
the keyboard gets pushed between the bars.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:11:52 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
One of the few things I liked about working at Apple (contractor, not
actually employed by them at their helpdesk) was they had metrics for
callbacks within some time period. I had the lowest of anyone working
there. I actually fixed things.
To be fair, it could be that the customers just went, "Man, those
Apple guys are so incompetent/rude/slow" and swore off ever calling
again.
(I kid, I kid)
It would've been much better if they actually used that for rewards or
who they were hiring into Apple, than whatever they were doing with
them, if anything.
Do they still call them "Geniuses"? Talk about overselling! ;-)
On 11/24/2025 4:43 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading theMove the <censored> power strip.
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:14:45 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >>>> say:
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following: >>>>> I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a
surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally >>>>> pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the
computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
Take a small pill bottle, cut it down to make a cover, and duct tape it >>>> over the button.
Maybe the pill bottle thing won't work, or will have to be cut way
down.
Maybe a little strip of metal taped over it?
Or just two raised edges on either side of the button so the keyboard
impacts that rather than the button itself.
Except a corner of the keyboard, or something that happened to be behind
the keyboard gets pushed between the bars.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:04:39 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
H1M3M wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I mean, it's a bit biased towards people who've been playing thirty+
years, but I love your list. No, I'll be the first to admit that you
can be a REAL PC GAMER (tm) even if you've not experienced any of
those things, but damn if your selection didn't make me smile.
Yep, I knew I was stuck in the past, but even like that I needed to pull
a "You weren't a real PC gamer in the 90s". Something about usenet tends
to move my brain back in time (or maybe modern PC gaming does not feel
that much as PC gaming, but getting the leftovers of console gaming
unless you aim for true indies). __What annoys me about PCgamer's list is
that half of it is "online multiplayer gamer" than "PC gamer".__ Maybe
it's just me, since I was never able to get into online gaming. By
the time I had internet at home I was too busy with work to play online
games, and all the friends I had were absorbed by Xbox Live.
(emph. added)
Exactly this. It seems more like an ad trying to shame established PC
gamers into multiplayer. "You're not a real gamer if you're not online."
The industry has good reason to encourage it, as zero-day purchases and server sunsets are *features* of multiplayer and keep the money train chugging away.
Publishers love the license to print money with releases up to and
including Battlefield 365, or COD infinity. I'm actually surprised some
of them haven't gone to a subscription model rather than rely on MTX.
On 11/24/2025 4:43 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading theMove the <censored> power strip.
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:14:45 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
It's not really the same thing, but it reminded me of the following: >>>>> I've one of those 'under monitor power centers' (basically a
surge-protector/power-strip).* The number of times I've accidentally >>>>> pushed my keyboard back onto the main power button and watching the
computer and all the monitors suddenly blink off is... well, it
happened more than a few times, anyway.
Take a small pill bottle, cut it down to make a cover, and duct tape it >>>> over the button.
Maybe the pill bottle thing won't work, or will have to be cut way down. >>>> Maybe a little strip of metal taped over it?
Or just two raised edges on either side of the button so the keyboard
impacts that rather than the button itself.
Except a corner of the keyboard, or something that happened to be behind
the keyboard gets pushed between the bars.
It still doesn't even make sense, Modding a game to never play it?
It still doesn't even make sense, Modding a game to never play it?
Justisaur wrote:
It still doesn't even make sense, Modding a game to never play it?
As stupid as it sounds, I have a variant of that, but involving hardware:
- Spending hours, then days hacking and exploiting a console (PS3 was
the last one for me) to "unlock the potential". Region free, being able
to play modded games that restore features, upgrading to a bigger drive
so that I can play everything with minimal load times... Then I as soon
as I get to playing, I forget about it.
- It's been years of intermittently working on my retro PC. Repairs, improvements, adding more functionalities. Right now I could finally
play Embodiment of the Scarlett Devil, with all the japanese text
displaying correctly, running at the right speed, no need for 20
community patches... And by the time the game is ready to run, the same
thing as with the PS3 happens.
I usually get a bigger thrill from tinkering with gaming hardware than
gaming itself. Get everything running on original hardware, FPGA scalers
to have pixel perfect graphics... And in the end I'm playing Loom on ScummVM, or Secret of Mana 2 on Snes9x, while all the work I did
amounted to another metal box sitting on the storage.
Reminds me of a joke about software software pirates...
[Pirate]: "I have every game you can imagine, from every country in the world. From the shovelware, to the most obscure edition. You name it, I
have it. In fact, I just downloaded every rom that released yesterday. [Friend]: "Cool, and what are you going to play?"
[Pirate}: "Play the games? I can't, I'm too busy pirating them!"
Justisaur wrote:
It still doesn't even make sense, Modding a game to never play it?
As stupid as it sounds, I have a variant of that, but involving hardware:
- Spending hours, then days hacking and exploiting a console (PS3 was
the last one for me) to "unlock the potential". Region free, being able
to play modded games that restore features, upgrading to a bigger drive
so that I can play everything with minimal load times... Then I as soon
as I get to playing, I forget about it.
- It's been years of intermittently working on my retro PC. Repairs, improvements, adding more functionalities. Right now I could finally
play Embodiment of the Scarlett Devil, with all the japanese text
displaying correctly, running at the right speed, no need for 20
community patches... And by the time the game is ready to run, the same
thing as with the PS3 happens.
I usually get a bigger thrill from tinkering with gaming hardware than
gaming itself. Get everything running on original hardware, FPGA scalers
to have pixel perfect graphics... And in the end I'm playing Loom on ScummVM, or Secret of Mana 2 on Snes9x, while all the work I did
amounted to another metal box sitting on the storage.
Reminds me of a joke about software software pirates...
[Pirate]: "I have every game you can imagine, from every country in the world. From the shovelware, to the most obscure edition. You name it, I
have it. In fact, I just downloaded every rom that released yesterday. [Friend]: "Cool, and what are you going to play?"
[Pirate}: "Play the games? I can't, I'm too busy pirating them!"
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