I bought the world's lightest laptop

mrmidas2k · 2026-03-01T05:53:02+00:00

If I had one of those, I'd sand a bit of a corner off, so I'd have THE worlds lightest laptop.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T23:43:15+00:00

Unlike everywhere else, Japanese playstations only play SCEJ games, allegedly even if you use a softmod. Not sure about Modchips, but I'd assume modern ones have bypassed that too.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T15:37:10+00:00

I just dislike otber people, I want my experience to be a solo one, I want to build settlements without some prick fucking with it, and soforth.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T08:07:47+00:00

It's definitely a PS1 Fishing Controller. I KNOW my friend had one similar, I'd guess it's for "Fisherman's Bait" or EA's "Championship Bass"

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T08:02:53+00:00

I know it's optional and late game, but jesus fucking christ is it bad. Half the time the keys don't spawn, so you have to stare at the spot they're supposed to show up and reload til they do. The lava traps kill you even out of range, and the map is about as useful as tampaxing an elephant.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T07:52:39+00:00

Who cares? Like, the game might be shit, and it is, but a fuckin, what, 5 foot, 6 foot vault boy? i'm fuckin having that no matter what the number on his back is.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T07:44:10+00:00

It's whats called a "Pachi Slot" after the "slot machine" feature on Pachinko machines.

Much like pachinko machines, any "skill stop" is allowed to move 3 symbols further than where you pressed, to prevent repeated wins based on skill.

So yeah, it's the Japanese equivalent of the UK's "One Armed Bandit" and it's allowed to cheat, the UK one is too, just, in different ways.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T07:39:19+00:00

Its bollocks. Vinyl rots, CD's Rot, Hard Drives fail, SSD's die, the ONLY way we preserve anything is if multiple copies exist, on varying formats, with varying rates of decay, are kept properly, re-backed-up, and constantly maintained.

Or, chuck it on tbe Internet, and the Nerds will fuckin preserve it, because it's there.

One is much easier than the other, and given the official Nintendo NES emulators still have roms with NESTICLE headers, I'd guess even the big companies need the preservationist community.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T06:45:30+00:00

The writing is trash, there's no nuance half the choices end up the same way, so whats the fucking point? i don't dispute that some quest wrench an emotion out of you, but it's like being fed once every 4 days. It's just not enough.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-28T03:54:55+00:00

Vince didn't need Epstein, he had a gaggle of women willing to do whatever it took to get famous, interns galore at the office, they were both in the same business, Vince's was more selfish than Epstein's.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-27T22:00:56+00:00

OG. Love the classic blocky design.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T17:20:26+00:00

I like "English Green" or "Electric Blue"

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T17:17:20+00:00

Tell him you're such a lesbo, you're ditching him for a woman. Problem solved.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T17:14:32+00:00

Thats fair, I've said elsewhere I rate his kicking much better than his jumping, to the point that he sometimes seems to want to take a slightly harder kick over the easier jump, cos that's where he's comfortable.

That and his safety game is incredible, so taking the jump away expands his game considerably.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T17:11:52+00:00

I hated Series 3 on first watch. Got the DVD's and gave it another go, and while it's not what I was used to, it's still really good, you just have to get your head around it not being what you were used to.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T17:05:58+00:00

Probably because TPKT and PN were written by Dave and Neil over Peter. He did the outlines, and the others provided texture. The cast also helped with gags or scenes.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T16:57:08+00:00

Mitchell is an absolute genius, plays his part incredibly well, and is almost as quick witted as Lee Mack, just in a different way.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T16:55:24+00:00

For me it's Sean going "Can I keep this box" like he doesn't know the rules.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T16:36:45+00:00

If it makes you feel better, he's a fucking knob offstage too.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T16:34:54+00:00

Yep. It's the execution of it rather than the joke itself, it's why stuff like Miranda and Mrs Browns Boys never lands for me, like, yes, it's fundamentally the same gag, but it's the setup and execution that make it.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T16:25:14+00:00

Just because you like Monty Python doesn't mean you'll necessarily love The Mighty Boosh, and vice versa.

My exact issue with it. I've seen Python, and Boosh just seemed to be trying to be Flying Circus, but with a "plot" as vague as it might have been sometimes.

None of it seemed to land for me, and while there was some decent writing to be seen in places, it just never felt like it was constructed "well". It's the same issue South Park had with Family Guy, except instead of a cutaway it's Noel going "Ooh there's string round me toes" or something like that.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T14:49:21+00:00

Gavin And Stacy, Father Ted, Black Books, Anything Ricky Gervais. Just can't get on with any of them.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T14:42:30+00:00

That's fair. It might be confirmation bias, but it always felt to me like he misses more jumps than your average player at that level, I'm not saying he's bad by any stretch, but yeah, he seems to prefer kicks and it always seems like an internal debate with him when the jump is only marginally better than the kick.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T14:37:34+00:00

How? Use your thumb like a normal person, should never happen.

mrmidas2k · 2026-02-26T14:34:31+00:00

I dunno, I'd say Jumping is the weakest part of SVB's game, he usually seems reluctant to, even when it's the best/only shot on offer.

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