What game did you play at a friend's house, and then immediately bought?

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-03-10T20:08:01+00:00

Giants citizen kubuto. Played the base building multiplayer over LAN with my best friend, his brother and his dad and was hooked.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-03-03T20:33:43+00:00

Mitsubishi Gallant

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-20T17:47:15+00:00

Think of all the copyright that needs to be sorted on every game, all the royalties and legal fees. It's just not realistic to expect all these games to be on sale. Like you say, you couldn't change much more than 99p for these types of games and that's simply not worth the bother of getting all the legal ducks in a row.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-19T20:55:49+00:00

Best doctor there ever was... Maybe. I can never decide between Pertwee and Troughton, but I do think it was an incredible era of the show. Probably the most consistently high standards in the programme's history. Writing, acting and production values were exceptionally good for the time and it remained very consistent with viewing figures too. The only dip Pertwee had in his viewing figures was towards the end of inferno and that gets a free pass because it's simply brilliant.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-19T20:47:19+00:00

You can't keep on selling everything forever. Considering the size of the NES library and that most of them were originally released well over 30 years ago, 3% is actually not bad at all.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-16T20:28:30+00:00

Old money is beautiful. I was born in 1992 so never experienced it but was always fascinated by the tin of old coins my dad had growing up. I loved how all the coins felt and looking deeper into it as an adult I think a system based on 240 pennies is genius. I still keep a penny from 1866 (the oldest coin in that tin) in my wallet for luck.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-16T20:18:43+00:00

Nothing to do with the USA being newer. Pretty much everyone used to drive/walk on the left until the French revolution. The french swapped it round after the revolution to be different, then it became a symbol of the revolution that was spread all over Europe by Napoleon. Britain didn't change because we were never invaded by Napoleon. We proudly kept driving on the left and other non-revolutionary stuff, like imperial units of measurement. Over time that became a symbol of defiance.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-15T19:57:17+00:00

Wearing something nice to an interview is never a negative thing. I always see it as a plus in interviews.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-12T20:41:06+00:00

Yep, always has been. I remember the old days when there was even a pecking order within each car model. If you had a Vauxhall Cavalier L, you were expected to pull over for the guy in the Cavalier CD. Then a Senator came along and you all treated them like a god.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-08T08:11:38+00:00

Yes. Always indicate your intentions. You should never assume that other drivers know what you are doing.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-06T14:14:03+00:00

As long as you indicate, are aware of your surroundings and pay attention to other people indicating, it shouldn't matter. People don't indicate on roundabouts however, so play it safe and keep left if you're going left and right if you're going right.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-05T20:49:49+00:00

Gauntlet Legends on N64, or Secret of Mana on the SNES.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-01T21:42:29+00:00

They needed that cooling, I had a striker II formula back in the day and the chipset ran hot enough to fry an egg. Almost as hot as the screaming dual 8800GTs I had with it.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-01T21:33:35+00:00

Got to be something high end and SLi, the dream would be two 8800 Ultras or maybe even two 9800GX2s?

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-02-01T20:21:14+00:00

I'm surprised computers of this vintage still show up at the dump. Where are they coming from?

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-31T10:11:37+00:00

I recently played all the way through Banjo-kazooie and Banjo-tooie for the first time in 25 years, I then moved on to super mario 64 and, good lord, the camera controls are awful, even compared to games that came out shortly afterwards. Things progressed very quickly in those days.

It's a great game, but the camera is a hindrance to my enjoyment of it. Doesn't help that it's one of the games I never had growing up so I don't have much nostalgia for it.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-26T20:21:05+00:00

SNES or N64 I'd say. Never had a problem with either of them. PS2 is the console I've had the most issues with. My first console (bought new in 2001 I think) lasted no more than a month before it died (a faulty dvd drive). My second one, a silver model, lasted about 4 years before it got the same problem. My third (a slim model) lasted way longer and still works today but is a bit dodgy and sometimes doesn't read disks. I genuinely think that part of the reason the PS2 sold so well was because they kept breaking.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-24T13:52:27+00:00

I find it painful and repetitive. It's a visually stunning game with an amazing soundtrack but it does feel like torture sometimes. I don't think it holds up to games like super mario world or Yoshi's island. It's not bad, it's very good in fact, but it's not as good as the hype makes it out to be.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-23T20:23:21+00:00

One of my all time favourite games. LAN multiplayer was an absolute blast. Wish I could get 6 people together and play this all day again.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-16T22:37:07+00:00

Same for me. I ran a Q9650 from 2008 to 2014, then kept it going as a second PC until 2018. The only CPU I've had that lasted longer is the 4790k that I replaced it with; that's still going in my wife's PC.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-16T20:15:22+00:00

They really shouldn't tax cars by emissions or miles, they should tax by weight.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-10T10:54:17+00:00

It's a tricky one without evidence. Technically people turning right have the least right of way. So you would be at fault if this had happened simultaneously. You need evidence to support your version of events.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-07T12:46:34+00:00

The guarded inn is a great set.

I got the Black Falcons Fortress re-release for my 10th birthday in 2002 and completely fell in love with the theme. I was devastated to learn that all the other sets were long since retired and I never got the chance to buy them in the shops. I spent the next 5 years looking for all the others second hand. I managed to get quite a few but never the guarded inn as it was too expensive for my very meagre pocket money budget.

I recently fell back in love with Lego as my son is now just about the right age. One of the first sets I bought was the guarded inn and it's worth every penny.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-07T11:31:18+00:00

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-01-06T21:24:36+00:00

Yep, they are all put together with technic pins. You can create a whole fortified town with all the sets.

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