Video Games

You should always go behind a VPN when doing that stuff. Then your ISP can’t really see anything that you’re doing, they only know you’re sending encrypted traffic to some address.

But then that slows down the download speed a lot, but in my opinion it is worth it. I am on my last warning from my ISP and they said next one is basically like an account suspension or ban and I need internet for work.

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Yeah, when I saw that e-mail today (it was from Sept. 2019, so I’m not concerned), it occurred to me that I should’ve used a VPN. I have a free one that would probably work fine - I use it sometimes to visit poker sites that block people from the US.

Lol what kind of sites are you downloading from to even get these notices?

A few years ago I think I had just about every game ever made up until around 1995 for a RetroPie build I gave as an Xmas gift. This is what happens in console non-launch years for that special someone on your list who only wants video game consoles for Xmas. In 2020–the worst year in modern history–it’s back to battling script kiddies and console brokers (aka scalper fuccbois) for PS5s.

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I definitely had some rips of DC games that were hard to get like the arcade-perfect version of Super SF II Turbo with all menus in Japanese and some of the Fire Pro games that may have been Japan only. In addition to that, I have quite a few hard copies of stuff that I unboxed from storage recently including these two factory-sealed copies of Powerstone 2.

Anyone get a PS5 today? Were any even released?

Unlike Black Ops Cold Wars ’ Reagan, who is very keyed in on the details of every CIA operation, the real one claimed to have no knowledge of people in his own administration breaking international law to fund death squads in South America.

Man it’s worse than that. He made a televised address saying that all the rumors were false, nothing the critics were saying were true and then when the facts came out he made another addressing saying that he said he had nothing to do with it and he still believed he had no knowledge but the facts said something else. Like how can you literally say he believe something is true even though the facts say its not?

For all that talk about Reagan’s optimism and sunny disposition he really was a proto Trump of straight lying his ass off and then pretending facts didn’t matter to whatever reality he wanted to be true but instead of Trump’s snarling sneer it was with a pat on the back and a ‘can you believe this guy?’

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No. Meijer has “very limited quantity” online for pickup only and mperks members only starting at midnight. Looks like all of these places are figuring out you can get a zillion people to sign up for the “chance” to buy something they’re drawing dead to.

@mjiggy

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Meijer has delayed the launch 4-5 times already and one of their major warehouses is on fire.

Lol Meijer Tipp City caught fire. So many memories of getting woken up at 4am because the delivery number was wrong on the bill of lading for absolutely no reason.

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PS5s are sold out. Like literally, there are none for sale for the foreseeable future/3 months.

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Surprise online stock from Gamestop just had bundles that lasted maybe 10 minutes. $805 for the disc and $645 for digital. I wish I could invent a product where people will trample each other to hand me their wallets.

*2nd wave a few minutes after. There may be more waves.

Anyone put significant time into Binding of Isaac and feel like it was worth it/it got good/better as more time went in? I have 10ish hours in and am like eh? I mean its way better than Enter the Gungeon but still.

Actually kind of the same with Risk of Rain 2, I’m not getting anywhere in that really and the combat (whole game) could best be described as “swift but tedious”. IDK.

People always tell me how much they like Binding of Isaac but I didn’t care for it at all, much prefer Gungeon tbh. Give me dodge rolls and infinite unlocks over…whatever Isaac is going for any day.

Also I saw that more PS5s will release before the end of the year. I wonder how busy B&M Gamestops were yesterday as they were guaranteed to have two in stock per store - assume if you were really dedicated you could’ve camped out. Still not seeing the urgency to get one given that there are like 2 games for it. That said I’m working multiple holiday shifts and if I get the opportunity I’m spending that extra scratch on a PS5 lol.

I liked Gungeon better too, never could quite figure out why people liked Isaac so much

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Hmm yeah I mean there was progression in gungeon at least but after the nth time of weaving through fields of bullets I got pretty fed up. I guess I’m gonna jerk off until cyberpunk comes out and hope that holds me over until I can get a PS5 in um 2022.

i was never that good at Gungeon, but Dead Cells has been much more up my alley for the permanent-upgrade roguelike.

Yeah I have 500 hours in DC :no_mouth:

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yeah i’m 10% of the way there after… two weeks i think? lmao, unemployment rocks

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Update thread with how its going/if you make it to 5 boss cells and real last boss. I thought it was difficult but not impossible but the subreddit/other reviews make it out to be herculean. I’m not that good at vidya in general but can usually do it when I go back for another round. New update in December too it sounds like.