Ready Player One. It’s a terrible movie that adapts a terrible book, but for some reason the vibe just entertains me and makes me feel comfortable. I don’t know either.

Seconding this. Use case is a big part of the decision. Is dual screen DS/3DS important? Do you want to play past PSX and into GameCube, PSP games, etc? Are you going to be playing more widescreen or 4:3, or even some of the weirder ones like portables with non-standard aspect ratios? Are analog sticks important? How important is pocketability? Do you want HDMI out and the ability to connect a second controller to “consolize” the device? What kind of headphones will you want to use, if any, Bluetooth or wired?

This is why I don’t watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The writing is brilliant, hilarious satire that I think America is far too stupid not to take as an instruction manual.

They run a lab. They should know better.

I take it as shorthand for “without known harmful chemicals, probably, also, we think you’re an idiot”.

I knew someone who ate a chemical once and they died so it must be true.

I hate the “chemicals bad” nonsense. It’s ignorant fearmongering. Meanwhile I eat chemicals for breakfast.

You’re both right. Capitalism selects for psychopathy and gives them power to flourish.

That’s helpful, thanks.

Well that’s good to know. Once I find several free days hidden under the couch, I intend to fire it up.

Oh no. I’ve heard such good things about that game. Say it ain’t so.

Lucky bastard. I feel like by the end of the game, many hours in, I was doing like all of 15% more damage.

Yeah that’s pretty close to how I treated it, but I still had to wade through mountains of garbage to get to useful upgrades.

Both Control and the dogshit Avengers game had these upgrade systems where you were constantly bombarded with pickups that offered inane benefits like “2.5% increase to headshot damage for 3 seconds after taking damage while in midair” and you spent half the game managing your goddamn upgrades and the limited upgrade slots instead of having fun. It got to the point where I was relieved when I DIDN’T get any upgrades after a battle.

Cut a strip of vinyl siding, cardboard, whatever, about two inches wide and eight to ten inches long. Drive a nail through it at the centerline about an inch from the end. Remove the nail. Cut a slit from the nail hole to the end down the centerline.

Now if you need to drive a nail just out of reach or hammer one in without risking your fingers, just stick a nail in the hole, set it with a few strikes, then tug to pull the strip away.

Warb-garble? Is that a sly reference too?

This is a recipe for a classic “frame someone for your own murder”.

Make sure you have a library card and an account in Libby/Overdrive. Ebooks galore.

Fuck racists. Wishlisted.