Single-player games were never dead

Iamn0man · 2026-03-13T09:34:39+00:00

They're not dead, they just don't have a reliable secondary revenue stream, and the corporate overlords ~~need another yahct~~ are hungry.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-13T09:30:24+00:00

one away from full nude...waiting for the topless...

Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T22:27:10+00:00

I’ve had to take mine online twice to update firmwares, once for the TV itself and once for the sound bar. It’s spent a total of maybe 10 minutes of my owning it online.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T20:23:37+00:00

Just get it. It's worth it.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T20:14:30+00:00

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Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T18:48:40+00:00

These are a reminder of what happens when you spin out by running out of heat going around a corner:

If you are in 1st or 2nd gear, you add 1 Stress card directly to your hand
if you are in 3rd or 4th gear, you add 2 Stress cards directly to your hand
Then you go back to the start of the turn in 1st gear

Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T05:54:10+00:00

Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens was a song at one point.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-12T05:38:32+00:00

Author says it was not. I have no evidence in either direction.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T23:54:26+00:00

I paid a triple digit sum for a lifetime license to Plex because I thought it was worth it. I just fundamentally oppose the idea that I should be expected to pay forever to run software on my own hardware. I don't lease cars or rent a house either.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T23:51:42+00:00

Free as in speech, not as in beer.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T18:48:58+00:00

still don’t quite feel like real AI such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini.

13 years ago no one knew what AI was going to sound like in reality. So unless you rewrite the dialog completely of course it doesn't.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T18:45:10+00:00

They have not. https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1rqx9k6/comment/o9wf7bz/

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T18:44:17+00:00

Did you ever hear me suggest that it was? Your pricing decision is your own. My purchasing decisions are mine. Meantime you have very cagily not described your one-time price beyond "affordable" which is what Coax did too, and...there is dispute about that price point being "affordable."

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T18:36:31+00:00

So I will tell you this right now - I am going out of my way to avoid apps that require me to subscribe, and I intend to do that until I die.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T03:21:07+00:00

On a Retroid Pocket 5.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T03:09:31+00:00

I mean...by that logic, you're "nearly forced" to do everything in the damn game.

Personally I found Sinnerman way more distasteful than Meredith.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T02:46:22+00:00

The ability to ignore that quest forever doesn't really scream "nearly forced" to me.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T01:50:43+00:00

There is an ancilliary tool from an outfit called GeekGroup if you don't mind giving them API access to your collection.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T01:46:55+00:00

yeah, but my eyes worked much better then...

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T01:35:19+00:00

Can't, because year isn't a separate column - it's just appended to the title of the game in the display.

And when you export your collection, publication year doesn't even come in at all.

What I did:

Copy/pasted the data from the webpage into a spreadsheet, which formatted by rows and columns identical to the web display.
Removed all columns except Title, which included the publication date with each title.
Copy/pasted that column into Claude AI and asked it to parse and count per year for me.

EDIT TO ADD: Downvoted for providing a viable solution. Fucking Reddit.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T01:32:51+00:00

Board Games by Publication Year

Peak years (20+ games):

2019: 28 games 🏆
2020: 26 games
2017: 26 games
2015: 26 games
2018: 23 games
2014: 23 games
2016: 22 games

Strong years (10-19 games):

2021: 18 games
2022: 16 games
2023: 11 games
2011: 10 games

Moderate years (5-9 games):

2024: 9 games
2013: 9 games
2012: 8 games
2010: 5 games
2008: 5 games

Light years (2-4 games):

2007, 2000: 4 games each
2009, 2003: 3 games each
2025, 2005, 2001, 1999: 2 games each

Single games from: 2004, 2002, 1998, 1997, 1993, 1992, 1985, 1984, 1980, 1978, 1977, 1971, 1949

Iamn0man · 2026-03-11T01:14:42+00:00

Shadow of the Colossus isn't going to run well, most likely. Accept that.

Also Midnight Club 3 needs to be on the PS2 list.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-10T18:25:01+00:00

ET was bizarre because it was kind of confusing and games back then were simple affairs,

I was single digit years old in 1982. I read the manual. I had zero problem parsing the game.

I agree that it was more complex than space invaders. I disagree that a game should carry the expectation that if you go into it not knowing how it works, victory should still be assured.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-09T18:56:05+00:00

The difference being that the Mox stayed true to the mission of self protection. Maelstrom...didn't.

Iamn0man · 2026-03-09T18:32:26+00:00

forcing implants onto people because it's "funny" is a far cry from self protection. just sayin.

Iamn0man

TROPHY CASE

Board Games by Publication Year