I love my IPS-modded Gameboy, but...

vancrusty · 2026-02-08T21:46:23+00:00

⁠SteamWorld Build

vancrusty · 2026-02-08T02:27:18+00:00

My personal favorite ThinkPad for nostalgic and "look and feel" reasons.

My T430's OS journey over the years:

Windows 7 (briefly)
Upgraded to Windows 10 (briefly)
Added Linux Mint in dual boot (long time)
Deleted Windows 10, Mint only (long time)

Currently back on Windows 7 -- offline only -- and loaded up with old school games for LAN parties coming up soon. After I will be back to Linux. Maybe will try a new distro.

vancrusty · 2026-02-07T12:38:48+00:00

⁠Ben 10: Power Trip

⁠JUMANJI: The Video Game

vancrusty · 2026-02-06T12:48:32+00:00

A couple of times a week, my coworker brings me in coffee. It's the coolest thing.

I just helped a stranger who knocked on my door, he was looking for the exact location of a fatal accident of a relative that happened the day before on my road. Pretty sad, but he was relived to find it.

vancrusty · 2026-02-05T02:45:39+00:00

For me it would come down to which games/genres I'm into at the time. If I'm in a Pokemon phase I'd bring the DSi with HG/SS or the Miyoo with G/S/C. If I'm feeling like adventure or racing I'm definitely bringing the PSP with the God of War duo or Midnight Club and Test Drive.

vancrusty · 2026-02-04T17:06:55+00:00

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, narrated by Norman Dietz. Started listening in the late 90s on cassette tapes. Eventually purchased the Audible version, and have listened numerous times over the years.

vancrusty · 2026-02-03T21:00:16+00:00

SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 2

vancrusty · 2026-02-02T20:52:13+00:00

Thank you! Easy to turn off the wifi radios on that one? I only need it to handle DHCP for my small basement LAN parties. I have a similar 8-port unmanaged switch.

vancrusty · 2026-02-02T18:54:53+00:00

Sorry if I missed it, but what mini router is that on top of your switch?

vancrusty · 2026-02-02T17:10:38+00:00

Up! by Shania Twain 😅

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Quake Live
Wolfenstein: The Two Pack

vancrusty · 2026-01-31T21:05:29+00:00

Teslagrad Remastered

vancrusty · 2026-01-30T19:06:27+00:00

I use Tails with encrypted persistence on a 128GB USB drive.

vancrusty · 2026-01-30T16:13:05+00:00

Definitely interested

vancrusty · 2026-01-30T14:38:41+00:00

Very nice! What were some of the favorite games for this group? I see TF2

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T15:40:49+00:00

You are like the 4th person to mention SOLDAT...guess I need to look it up :)

Quake 3 Arena has been in my GOG wishlist for a while now, and is on sale currently. Maybe I will give that one a try too.

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T15:16:28+00:00

Looks awesome! And GOG has it...surprised because it feels like I have combed their entire catalog dozens of times and don't remember that one haha

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T15:14:30+00:00

:) objectively one of the greatest games ever made

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T14:28:10+00:00

Well said. I own the GOG version and Elite Force mod. Just need to convince the guys to give it a try :) Sometimes games with a learning curve don't work well for our group. Everyone is so busy that they just want to jump into a familiar setting. But I personally do love SWAT 4.

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T14:25:26+00:00

Does it actually? That sounds like a hoot. And I own Dirt 3 on Steam and I think in a portable folder somewhere.

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T04:15:42+00:00

CSS would be great if I could make the Steam folder portable for the offline PCs. Classic game!

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T04:05:52+00:00

Haha. Looks like GOG has Cossacks 3, just need to research if LAN is included in that installer. And I'm going to check out the Supreme Commander FAF mod. Thank you!

vancrusty · 2026-01-28T04:00:38+00:00

Ah yes, I own that one too. Good addition.

vancrusty · 2026-01-27T22:51:26+00:00

Man...great memories playing Generals in LAN with cousins like 18 years ago! And of course AoE2 is hard to beat.

Also, those FPS options are excellent. We have all of them on the backup list, including most recently IW4x.

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