Buggy code from Waninkoko bricked a lot of Wiis and PS3s back in the day. So, you could have followed the mod directions exactly and still bricked.

One of these? Stay away from Chinese aluminum, and real estate in Russia and UAE, I guess.

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Many 80s games have an amusing hybrid design. Galaga has its game code and sprites in ROM, but has an entire custom chip that is a dedicated circuit for generating the ship explosion sound, another custom chip that only makes the scrolling starfield, etc.

I had one that loved to chew on plastic, but in more typical cat fashion: she was picky. She only liked the crinkly kind that’s used as a safety seal around jars and bottles.

It’s seemingly a valid interpretation of “You won’t have to vote anymore!”

Look into OpenWRT, FreshTomato, etc. Depends on your model of router (advanced: build your own!) It accomplishes the same thing as a PiHole.

Use DNS-based blocking. I put Tomato firmware on my router and block for all devices on my network. Rethink can selfhost DNS on Android too.

You have the best list here, but you forgot Wipeout series. Futuristic racing with weapons, set to electronic music.

We had tons of pirated Commodore 64 games. Some single-player games became two-player with my little brother; “OK, I’ll drive the car while you try every key on the keyboard.”

All of the Bridge Constructors are on sale at this price, until May 12th.

This image classification, which does not currently apply to videos, works on-device and is powered by Android System SafetyCore, which “doesn’t send identifiable data or any of the classified content or results to Google servers.”

It’s opt-in for adults but automatically activated for children’s devices.

I’m thinking of old text adventure games where it would repeat your invalid command back to you.

>eat pussy

I can't "eat" a "pussy" right now!

>fuck yourself

I can't "fuck" a "yourself" right now!

So it’s creating and adding new data that didn’t exist in the original image, presumably using “AI” since it requires a server-side update.

Sadly, the DRM-free version is nerfed, no multiplayer?

I missed it when it was $2 on Steam a month ago… :(

I saw a laptop ad where they referred to the storage as ROM, e.g. “500GB ROM/16GB RAM” 😂

Then again, EPROMs are rewritable yet “read-only”…

There’s a self-perpetuating cycle of

1. Manufacturers only write drivers and support for Windows because that’s what most people are using.

2. “My device doesn’t work OOTB on Linux, so I’ll use Windows.” Leading to point 1.

I want to like Linux

Unfortunately, this is going to be more difficult for you. See above. Blame Nvidia and, let me guess, Broadcom?

GoldenEye has the dual controller schemes too. A bit awkward in that you still have to be able to access the A & B buttons from the center grip; “2.1 Plenty” and switch the camera control off of inverted, personally. Hold the right controller at a slight angle to reach A & B and it’s not horrible… 😅

Can you tell my family’s been getting back into N64 lately? Some are experiencing the turn-of-the-century gaming for the first time. Although I’m spoiled from playing the recompiled Perfect Dark on Steam Deck and having total “control of the controls” including gyro aim.

I love this one. Occasionally, the text will be different! It’s been a while so I can’t offer details.

That’s so good! Minibosses have a badass medley of Mega Man II as well.