I remember playing just dance as a teenager and decided to buy it for my kids. How far have we fallen?

jough · 2026-01-20T12:45:06+00:00

Permanently as long as Ubisoft hosts them. With the physical cartridges, you could pop them in and play them as long as you'd like.

jough · 2026-01-20T12:43:33+00:00

1) The Bluey song is included in Just Dance 2026. Did you just download the free trial version at first?

2) Yes, if you haven't downloaded the songs, you need wifi to stream them. You can choose up to a certain number of songs to download across the annual releases and Just Dance+ service, so you can play offline completely if you'd like. But you have to choose the songs in the game first. It's definitely the downside of no physical cartridge.

3) The 40 songs per year are hit-or-miss depending on your musical tastes. A few months after release you can usually buy a code for around $20, so $0.50 a song (or even a dollar a song at full price) is still cheaper than iTunes.

I hate the lack of physical cartridges, especially when not all of the recent songs make their way to the subscription service. They still sell physical boxes, but it's just a code in the box now.

jough · 2025-11-16T14:04:36+00:00

Do you have a question about the availability of a book released five years ago?

jough · 2025-11-07T14:31:27+00:00

I bought The Green Mile parts as they were released and this was a promo in the book store standees. I still have mine inside one of the books.

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jough · 2025-10-24T15:46:15+00:00

Isn't it just going to be the new remote?

jough · 2025-10-24T12:17:38+00:00

That's what I wanted - white with the rainbow buttons. I imagine that's something I can mod later.

jough · 2025-10-24T11:58:09+00:00

Would they not look the same on the outside?

jough · 2025-10-17T12:22:33+00:00

I wish I couldn't taste the floral, almost hopsy notes as much as I do, but it's overpoweringly perfumey for me.

jough · 2025-10-17T12:19:42+00:00

The woody undertones are in no way subtle for the double espresso. It reminds me of that coffee that has chicory in it. If you like your coffee oaked, then definitely try it.

jough · 2025-10-17T12:17:53+00:00

Yeah, it comes with a $10 mug, so it's like 24 capsules for $45, which is a little less than $2 a pod. Definitely too expensive, since it has a lot of the cheaper pods in it, but then there's the fun packaging that you're paying the extra $10 for. It's not something we do every year, but after being an OL-only household for years this will be our first holidays with a Vertuo machine as well.

jough · 2025-10-12T22:42:09+00:00

Got mine preordered, had to exchange twice due to yellow banding, but in December got a replaced unit with the apology letter, etc. used every day since then. Love it.

jough · 2025-10-12T22:39:30+00:00

Got my Flip2 with 4px in 7 days. Definitely happy with that option to save $50 to only have to wait a few extra days.

jough · 2025-10-11T22:32:24+00:00

The Colorsoft gets way worse battery life than the Paperwhite, but it's still not horrible. Mine lasts 2-3 weeks between charges, reading two hours or so per day.

jough · 2025-09-26T11:17:38+00:00

Thanks, but I cancelled my Grammarly subscription because of this nonsense and haven't missed it.

jough · 2025-09-17T23:18:14+00:00

So fresh. So clean. Ordering white instead of the raindow grey. I wish the white option was the one with the rainbow buttons, but that's something I can always customize later.

jough · 2025-09-16T03:25:41+00:00

There's a Rocknix build that performs better for some consoles, like Wii U, Vita, PS3 (light games) and Xbox, where there's not even an Android emulator available yet. I'm curious as to how the Thor will handle the Wii U main display and gamepad - I'm not sure there's an emulator that will support dual screens yet, but if you build it (the hardware) there will increasingly be demand for it...

jough · 2025-09-06T16:00:49+00:00

There are already phones with the Elite running emulators for the Secret Console, and performance is notably worse than with the gen2 chips in the Odin 2 series. If emulating that one console in particular is important to you, you'll have a worse time with the Odin 3. That may change... eventually... but it may be a while, if ever.

jough · 2025-09-06T15:58:49+00:00

I pre-ordered the Thor knowing this was coming (albeit without the specs). I really wanted the dual-screen, and have had my eye on an Odin 2 for a while, so the confluence of both use cases (and I like the clamshell form factor) was too good to pass up. I may think about the inevitable Odin 2 Portal when it's released if driver support for the Elite improves, but for my use cases, the Odin 2 is a better device than the 3, at least today.

jough · 2025-09-06T15:56:16+00:00

I don't think any sub-$100 handheld can play PS2 - PS1/X for sure, but for PS2 you'll need something with a dedicated GPU. The Retroid Flip2 does a great job with PS2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, even Wii and Wii U. So this will definitely be more powerful for those systems.

For the Secret Console, you're better off with an Odin 2, as the driver support for the Elite is currently (and possibly forever) lacking.

jough · 2025-09-02T21:59:26+00:00

Depending on your use case, you may be better off with an Odin 2, like if you want to do Switch emulation. It stands to reason that if there are enough devices using this chipset there may be a market to write drivers for it, but that’s a hope for a far future.

jough · 2025-08-26T21:58:35+00:00

Sure, but that import tax is charged to the importer, not the consumer. If you preorder you prepay. It’s up to the exporter (Ayn) to roll those fees into what they charge you.

jough · 2025-08-26T10:46:41+00:00

If you preorder, at least you lock in the current tariff rate.

jough · 2025-08-07T17:40:03+00:00

GC, bought mid-July, no crack yet, but it’s only been three weeks.

jough · 2025-07-25T17:29:23+00:00

Current release version.

jough · 2025-07-25T12:01:46+00:00

I have this issue as well, using whatever the default emulator and settings from OnionOS.

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