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@PerfectDark Oh wow. Somehow I never even heard about this. In its own crazy way it’s kind of fascinating.

I do actually kind of wish I had been there when that happened. I didn’t get to play WoW very much and not until much later.

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@jodanlime I always wondered why Nintendo never just did the whole thing that SONY did where the PSP could connect up to a PS3 and that sort of thing. I felt sure they would do that with the Switch when it came out, but they didn’t.

I can’t entirely agree that that was a defining factor that would make or break it though. The GB, GBC, GBA, NDS, and 3DS all were not dockable and they were all insanely successful for a really long time. The thing is, truly portable gaming is different. Each has its own purpose and use-case and allows for different gaming experiences. The Switch gave us full-scale games with full-scale graphics (within limits) and the full console experience in handheld, but the 3DS was small, light, and easily played hours and hours on end even lying down.

@jodanlime @PerfectDark I’m wondering about even this. It really feels like Nintendo almost entirely stopped caring about the Switch Lite not even that long after it came out. It should definitely have been a bigger focus IMO, but everyone seems to want everything bigger and bigger and bigger these days…

I too absolutely miss just sticking my N3DS in my pocket. (Also StreetPass. Why did that go away with the Switch??)

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@Zander @Eeveecraft @mozilla @firefox Yes, I’d say they’re fairly similar. It’s a fork of the mobile version of Firefox, so it’s kind of a different beast in its own way, but they take similar views and methods on privacy and security.

@Eeveecraft @mozilla @firefox What are you talking about? Mozilla saw that everyone was going to their browser to get away from Google, so naturally they did the intelligent thing and became more like Google. I mean, it makes perfect sense, right?

There is a setting in about:config to completely disable it, but I’d recommend that you switch to a fork like LibreWolf on PC or IronFox on Android to ensure stuff like that will be disabled to begin with even if later updates would turn it on.

@PerfectDark Got my HD hooked up. I need to reinstall some stuff among other things, so now was a good time.

Add to my earlier list:
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Dragon Quest VIII (don’t worry, zero connection between DQ games of this range, so it doesn’t matter where you start)
Drakan - kind of fun game, but don’t play on disc, use a harddrive
Need for Speed Underground 2
Odin Sphere (hard to believe this is a PS2 game graphically! But sadly gameplay does get grindy and repetitive. Heck of a story and graphics though.)
R-Type Final
Rule of Rose (might be hard to find)
Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim
Baroque translation
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
Phantasy Star Universe (undub)
Star Ocean 3 (undub)
Wizardry - Tales of the Forsaken Land
Rogue Galaxy

There are more!

@PerfectDark There are two Tenchu games on the PS2, but I loved that one because the one character (Rin I believe was her name) was a lot more fun to play somehow. Couldn’t say how, just was.

It’s a stealth game though, so if you don’t like stealth you probably won’t like Tenchu. You can technically play it without stealth, but it’s not going to be much fun…

Persona 3 is excellent. I think, depending on preferences, 3 and 4 are the best in the series. 5 had its moments, but it was like 75% of 4 to me story-wise. Between 3 and 4 it depends on what you like. 4 is a bit lighter-hearted and more “Japanese culture” whereas 3 is much darker and more directly “save the world” type stuff.

@PerfectDark (I’ve got a lot more and I want to remind myself, but sites like Mobygames are giving me a hard time. Anything good for just a simple list of games?)

@PerfectDark Oh man, I have so many… The PS2 was probably my favorite actual console before the Switch and even then I have so much nostalgia… I think I have a few recommends you may not hear as much elsewhere and a bunch you probably will. Should I dig out my HD and remind myself of things?

Here are what immediately come to mind:

Ar Tonelico 1 & 2 - beautiful RPGs, deep stories, music that blows the mind. Undub of course.
Persona 3 FES & Persona 4 (undubs preferable)
The Burnout games are good to work out some things, lol.
Katamari games of course.
Pop’n Music 11-14
Disgaea 1 & 2 (undubs)
Shin Megami Tensei III (Nocturne)
Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
Tenchu Fatal Shadows (best one in the series IMO)
Tales of the Abyss

Oh geez, I need to dig out the HD. I need to reinstall anyway

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@MHLoppy Oh wow… I haven’t heard this in so long…

It’s very good!

I should really be listening to more of Mumei’s covers. Just… I have a bad kneejerk against anyone with big money backing them, lol. But there are exceptions! Mumei should be one of those exceptions for me.

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@leo85811nardo @neme That’s the maddening thing about all this. Everyone who installs a Meta app on their phone is giving information about all of their contacts to Meta to abuse without permission from those contacts. Same for so many others. I don’t even want to think about what X may be doing by this point.

And you try to tell such people “you know this thing is bad and collects data it shouldn’t be allowed to, right?” They’ll say “I know” and then keep using it anyway. I wish there was a way to get them to understand that it’s the digital equivalent of having cameras installed in their bathroom or something and not just their own bathroom, but another pointed outward, zoomed in on their neighbors’ bathroom windows.

@trslim They are one of the most versatile weapons in the game, especially with the engineering options, so yeah, a good way to go.

@trslim Oh, one other thing that I am very fond of: a big shield charge rate boost. If you put lots of pips in system, a high charge boost can sometimes keep PvE enemies from even taking your shields down.

EDIT: Oh, btw, FDLs are among the list of ships plagued by canopies that like to pop if someone sneezes too hard. Bots don’t technically breath, but I think it still does have a negative consequence for the AI?