Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx I already have 3D All Stars but I haven't played it yet, because I want to finish the games I currently have first, Spider-Man, Pikmin 3, SpongeBob Rehydrated, Sam & Max Season 1. I do wonder if Galaxy 2 will be DLC or something though.

@Tyranexx Oh my goodness, that sounds fun. So that's a programming project I assume - was the "spaghetti code" given to you or did you have a tough time with it? I'm fairly decent at programming myself, but I do have a tendency to get overwhelmed by the amount of code that needs to be written. Particularly in C++. So that's my biggest weakness when it comes to coding - other than that I do like it. Been thinking of making a simple text adventure game out of it, just for fun.

I ended up with the Christmas pic with Mario and Yoshi. Thought it would be more fitting since it's December now, but I still really like the sledding picture. Did I mention how adorable Yoshi looks?

@Tyranexx Oh trust me, I consider gen 5 the weakest gen for Pokemon design. Many were just blatant retreads of existing ideas, for, like you said, the all new regional design.

That doesn't mean there aren't a few gems mixed in though.

@Eel, thanks for joining that raid. Was helping the kid get a Machamp. Only sent the invites on a whim because "why not?"

New Profile Picture lol

Sorry if I have to repost this question again on Chit Chat thread as still nobody answered my question.
Please confirm me which Xbox 360 games that will work on Xbox 360 USA machine.

1. Disneyland Adventures PAL
2. Dr. Kawashima Body and Brain Exercise PAL
3. Kinect Sports Double Pack PAL
4. Game Party in Motion PAL
5. Zoo Tycoon PAL

I really appreciate if someone can help me to tell if those PAL XBOX 360 games are playable on Xbox 360 USA machine.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand You have a full plate too! I also wonder if Super Mario Galaxy 2 won't show up eventually; I prefer the first SMG over the second, but both are very much worth playing.

@MarioLover92 I help work on the desktop side of a legacy service management application. Some parts of it are pretty decent, but other older parts were primarily written by the same person who...didn't structure their code well. Huge functions, ambiguous/odd comments, redundancy...I could go on lol. The area I'm in is highly sensitive to any changes - and in the grand scheme of things, somewhat minor - and is one of the foundations the system is sold on.

C++ huh? I need to get back into that at some point. I took a course during college but haven't used it since. I have some knowledge of its cousin C#, but I'm no expert. I like coding, but I've found that I'm best left to sticking to it for my job; I experiment a little on my own every now and again, but I've found too much of this leads to burnout.

Love the new avatar! Honestly what you used is the area I was picturing best for an avatar out of that image. Yoshi is indeed adorable.

@Heavyarms55 oh yeah, Gen 5 certainly contains a few awesome Pokemon designs too. Blitzle/Zebstrika, Sandile's line, Zodiac/Zoroark, and Litwick's line are a few of my favs. But as a whole, VERY generic.

Honestly, I haven't enjoyed a lot of the monkey Pokemon that emerged after Slaking in Gen 3. Infernape especially felt like a retread of Blaziken with a methane problem.

@Tyranexx I never played Super Mario Galaxy 2, and I was too young to understand the first game, so having a version on my modern Console would be great.

Also, do you like my new avatar? I chose another Sam & Max one because why not, and it's Christmas themed so yay!

@Anti-Matter I don't know exactly, but some at the Xbox thread might be able to help.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand
I have posted my question on Xbox thread but still nobody answered my question about PAL region Xbox 360 games being played on USA machine. 😑
I need the answer "Yes, it can" or "No, it can't" from the PAL Xbox 360 games i want to play on XBOX 360 USA machine.

@Tyranexx I like Infernape. I only got annoyed by Emboar. A third Fire/Fighting bipedal starter in a row put me off a lot. Even if I do rather like Emboar's shiny a lot, it wasn't quite enough for me to forgive it. Then we got Fennikin in gen 6 and I got excited, I even like its evolved form (which I can't remotely remember how to spell) a lot. But Delphox ended up quite ugly... When I first saw Incenaroar and then again Cinderace, I thought both times there were seriously going back to fire fighting. Thankfully that didn't happen. Even if Cinderace can become fighting with it's ability.

Back on point though, yeah, Gen 5 has a lot of generic replacement designs. Patrat is just uglier ratata. Pidove is just bad pidgey, for example. And the monkeys were obviously just put in the game as secondary crappy starters... On the other hand gen 5 gave us Chandulure and Haxorus and Hydreigon, all of which are really cool and all of which have excellent shiny forms! (coughwhichItotallyhaveshinycough)

I understand why a lot of people like generation 5, but for me I always felt it was much weaker than 4. Where 4 was bright and colorful and exciting, Gen 5, even going back to it, constantly feels dreary and dark, not dark story, like just dark. It reminds me of a constant cloudy and wet day. I loved Platinum and HGSS is, in my opinion, the peak of the series for single player experience for me. By no means do I hate gen 5, I'd still rank it far about 6 and 7, but below 8 below 4 too. I'd probably rank the gens 4, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, and 2. With 2 only in last because I can't see any good reason beyond nostalgia to revisit it, since we have HGSS. Otherwise I'd but 2 right after 8.

Of course, I'm taking a great risk sharing this. I've made a lot of people angry on this site for liking gen 8 and saying anything negative about 5.

@Anti-Matter couldn't you just Google it? Isn't too difficult.
The general answer seems to be "it depends". Some are region locked and some aren't.

Check on this list?
https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/List_of_region-free_Xbox_360_vi...

@Kimyonaakuma
That link still not answering my question.
Look at the 5 Xbox 360 games i want to play but they are PAL region.

1. Disneyland Adventures PAL
2. Dr. Kawashima Body and Brain Exercise PAL
3. Kinect Sports Double Pack PAL
4. Game Party in Motion PAL
5. Zoo Tycoon PAL

I found them from my local online shop, they were so cheap but i was concerning the region i saw. They are PAL region games.
I have checked the region compatibility from playasia but still haven't found any answer for the games i want to play on USA machine if they were PAL games.
From what i saw on the list, most of Kinect games by 1st party (Microsoft) are ALL Region, i saw the USA version are playable on ALL region machines but i still never saw the region compatibility of PAL Kinect games being played on USA machine. The answer i got just (???), Untested, so it made me wonder if PAL region of Kinect games are ALL region like USA version or not. I really need that answer because i don't want to buy a wrong region games that cannot be played on USA machine.
I have searched from the other website but i still couldn't find best answer for my games list above.

Heh my brother gave me his old airpods.

They have a whole one hour of battery life.

@Eel bruh™ Moment^®

Bruh

@Eel 1 hour isn't too bad for a freebie. Enough for a nice little walk.

When I first saw Apple Airpods I honestly thought they would be terrible. For years I hated earbuds. No matter how many different ones I had tried, they never stayed in my ears and the sound quality was always at best "just decent".

But I got a pair of airpods as a freebie from my old phone company with 5 years worth of bonus points I hadn't realized I was collecting and it turns out they are quite nice.

Not nice enough that I'd have paid 200 dollars for the new myself, but certainly the nicest earpod type headphones I've ever used. And they are the first ever that pretty reliably stay in my ears and sound the best too.

I still prefer over the ear earmuff style but sometimes it's just way too hot outside to wear those on a walk. Especially now that I live in a desert. XD

I do quite like them, they're a gift from my brother after all. And they get automatically synced with the iPod and the iPad, which is cool. So yeah they'll be good for a quick listen.

I also have the Freebuds 3 I got on my birthday, and ironically, even though they're newer and have better features, these AirPods, in all their used-up glory, are better at maintaining their charge when not in use.

Like, these AirPods were stored in a drawer for like at least a full year, and still had charge. My Freebuds can't last a week, because they're always constantly draining the charging case with no way to stop them or fully turn them off.

@Eel One of these days someone is gonna figure out the whole battery thing and they're gonna be rich as all hell. lol

My dinner today. 😋

I cooked half sunny side egg, half scrambled egg, served with rice and other dishes.
I call it Nasi Campur / Mixed Rice.

Those are my Black Friday purchases! The LRG SW just came on the same day.