Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

OOOOooooohhh now I get it.

The band was named Spiderbait because they’re Australian.

@Blitzenexx I like it when people still have the capacity to dream of nice things...

That's why I, amongst other things, dialed down the number of sites I visit to just this one, a Dutch Nintendo-related site, and the Xbox Live Games with Gold site. Other than that, I hop over to YouTube every once in a while, but that's just about it.

@ThanosReXXX: I'm starting a similar process. As much as I like this site, I've started checking it less often during the day. For game news, this site is pretty much it. I do still religiously check Serebii, throw in some IGN now and again, and sometimes find the occasional odd, interesting article elsewhere. The main thing I'm trying to dial down is checking comment sections...well...pretty much everywhere. There's some great discussion to be found for sure depending on the site, but....Well, I don't know if it's just the websites I've checked, but it's amazing how willingly some people insult others, troll, or react to something based on an incomplete story, little/no evidence, and/or are just there to cause trouble. All because there's a screen between them and everyone else.

I'd love to drop Facebook. The comment sections for even some of the most innocent things (IMO) can turn into political mud-slinging festivals before long. Unfortunately, it's the easiest way to get a hold of my mom via messaging (My parents live in a wooded area, so cell phone reception is spotty to nonexistent 99% of the time) and is also the primary way a couple of the groups that I'm in communicate.

Quite suspicious

Same. I dabbled at noon, but then cleaned kitchen, organized garage, pruned 9 rose bushes, and mowed. I’m tuckered out. And now I’m here.

I couldn’t resist.
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/can_we_get...

@ogo79
I actually had not used the R3 in quite a while. I was only using it to check out my copy of Commando for NES since it was having problems booting up on my AVS (kept freezing/crashing at the title screen) and i wanted to see if the problem was with the cart itself, or if the AVS was just having trouble with it for some reason.

When i went to power up the R3, it wasn't working — the LED "power on" lights weren't lighting up at all, so it clearly wasn't getting power. So i thought maybe the AC adapter was having a problem, and swapped it out for another spare AC adapter that i had. That seemed to work at first — the LED "power on" light lit up, but then quickly blinked out. And then i noticed an odd smell, thought "hmm, something smells like burning plastic", and then smoke started to come out of the system. Then i thought, "hmm, that's not good" and quickly unplugged everything and pulled out the Commando cart — which now has tiny little burn mark on the bottom of the cart.

24 years later, Ristar the Shooting Star never got a sequel or a playable status in a crossover racing game (or anything else for that matter).

On the bright side he never got into any scandals or fell out of grace like other Sega mascots.

I would've loved to create my own Ristar fan character in Ristar '06!

Yeah... sometimes, I try to wrap my head around that as well, to figure out where it comes from. The easiest answer is anonymity, obviously, but I don't think that's the whole story.

I tend to not just consider option A, B and C, but options A to Z, and then cross them off by way of deductive thinking, until whatever's left, no matter how unlikely, must be the answer. But in this case, that doesn't entirely work. I can imagine that, in line with the whole anonymity, it might also have to do with people who are in real life always underdogs, perhaps being bullied, muzzled, silenced, and now, have found a way to express themselves, and because of the built up stress, anger and what not, the whole thing explodes into fits of rage.

And of course, because it's anonymous, it's also without any consequences to them, making the step towards doing it, all the more easy for it, whereas in real life, they might be at risk of being physically or mentally hurt.

Other than that, if you look at YouTube comments sections, it's sometimes also just plain old idiots, that shouldn't have a voice in the first place, and who nobody takes seriously in real life. And of course, there's the actual trolls, who just like to goad and antagonize people, for their own perverted pleasure.

But I can understand keeping Facebook if that's more or less the only way to keep in touch with your parents, other than actually visiting them. Me, I don't do anything with social media at all, except for having a LinkedIn account, for business purposes, obviously.

@SheldonRandoms Ristar was a great game. I certainly wouldn't mind a sequel or a re-imagined HD version to come to the Switch.

Is the non-XL New 3DS the rarest 3DS variation? The removable faceplate aspect of it was pretty cool.

So late last night after playing quite some time in handheld, a thumb and index finger were hurting. I took a look and managed to lodge rose thorns in each finger. Now I have to get my kit and dig them out. Yay.

The long-time cashier in a local gift shop. The guy who sold pirated movies and music in the sunday market.

Two seemingly random people who died unpextectly yesterday.

Spooky.

Just did tomahawk throwing yesterday at camp. Man it was fun! It’s been a couple months since I last threw knives competitively, but tomahawks are just so much more satisfying.

Those are the swirly throwing axes right?

Kind of, the only think that makes them different from axes is the metal part with the blade can be taken off and is adjustable. Throwing them heavily relies on rotation.

@ReaderRagfihs I remember that too! It probably was a placeholder if it wasn't planned for a GameCube release.

Well these thorns are intent on staying.