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Off Topic / Top Bunk or Bottom Bunk on a Bunk Bed?

« on: April 20, 2025, 08:46:27 pm »

Top Pros - Nobody above you to fart or collapse on top of you. More privacy because nobody ground level can see your phone habits or other deregulatory activities. You feel like a rocket man because you're closer to outer space. Better view of the room. Better spot for doing wwf moves.

Top cons - you gotta do jungle gym climbing and scaling to get to the bathroom often times waking up bottom bunkie. Do you ever roll out of bed? Well on a top bunk that could lead to umm... a broken neck lol.  And you also can't fart without it being an attack on Bottom bunkie.


Bottom pros - ease of access. Wont fall to your death. Dont have to climb like an orangutan to use the restroom. And can stick photos to the bottom of top bunks box spring like a vanity.

Bottom cons - If and when the top bunk farts in their sleep. It will seep through the top mattress and ventilate directly into your nostrils. If top bunk goes #2 or even worst. Does deregulatory activities like wwf moves or aerobics. It will most certainly crunch the springs or rattle the frame thus waking you up.  And if by any means the frame breaks and the entire system collapses.  You...... die.  And top bunk lives.


Were you a top or bottom bunk kinda kid? If you never had a bunk bed. Which would you pick if given the choice? Think prison scenario.


Happy easter.

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Off Topic / If Granulated Sugar could date another spice or additive. Who?

« on: April 01, 2025, 01:39:16 am »

Im so torn. Been talking to meta AI about this for hours. If Sugar had a dynamic love soap opera. What kitchen item would sugar want to spend eternity with? If sugar desired it while you slept. What path on your counter should he take?  So I unviel a sorta tell tale game to play out. Pick sugars plot.


Splenda - Considered rivals but also she has similar goals and ambitions. Shared interests is the spice of love. They have shared values.So while she is sugars competitor. She could also keep Sugar motivated to sell.  Splenda desires to sweeten things just like sugar does.

Cinnomon - spicy and ethnic.  Could sugar tame her spice? Could they team up to do fusions on pastries? Or is sugar more into being a solo dolo with other notoriously sweet items? Would cinnomon be too boujee for him.


Salt - could it be that Sugar finds salt to be a challenge. She is savory, edgey and bold. Almost daring. A complete contrast to him. Ye old saying. Opposites attract? Salty sweet. Some people say thats nice. Could salt be cheating on pepper? I dont think they were ever spicebook official.


Another sugar possibly powdered sugar - seems like incest but maybe sugar is into that wattpad fan fic kinda style. Maybe its alabama sugar.  Powdered sugar possibly came from a seperate bag. Who knows. They're both pretty and sweet.  But possibly related.


Brown sugar - breaking social norms. Going against his racist father flour to pursue a sweet delight from the kitchen cabinet. Is brown sugar just cinnomon and sugars baby?


Honey - Honey has a past with sugars friends. Maybe sugar wouldnt like her because she has had many sugars before. She still has sugars as part of her. But maybe the experience would entice sugar since honey clearly knows how to handle sugar. Shes got a past. Can sugar accept that.


Paprika - got out of jail recently. Spices chicken on the other side of the counter. Kinda risk. But also shes hot in more ways than one. Like burn humans hot. Other spices crush on her. But sugar might be outclassed. Hes not designed to be spicy.


Basil - shes nerdy. Would sugar fall for a garnish? Garnishes are very hipster and psuedo intellectual. But also becoming popular in indie scenes. Very To catch a mockingbird of him. Very nicholas sparks.


Coffee Grinds - always demands a sort of love triangle with hot water in order to really be compatible. That might throw sugar off.


Pepper - A bit seasoned. A bit older. More mature. Maybe sugar wants to stop messing with girls his age and get a more settled experience with a dark grey toned spice that has dust on its cap. 


Baking soda -  she dont stink. Good hygiene. But she helps teeth. Sugar likes to mess with teeth on his days off. Might be conflict of interests. Could they leave work aside? And be just loving partners?


Parmesean grated -  her jokes are so cheesy. But maybe he would want a pizza of her heart. Maybe he thinks his life would be grater with her. Maybe. Just maybe. Italian? Adrienne and rocky?  Dating a cute italian topping gets you lots of romantic puns. Plus she goes on PIZZA! How cool is her job.

Cocaine - both white and addictive. Perhaps a connection between the two would be so powerul itd light up the ny skyline. Perhaps they'd fly too close to the sun and get burnt. Could they be able to handle the fast pace lifestyle?


Green Tea - go good together. But some people say they dont like tea without sugar. Might give tea a sorta resentment complex. And she will begin to hate sugar. 



Hear me out. What is sugars life? What does he need? 


Any answers would be great. Their has to be an answer above all. Help sugar find his home.

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Modern Video Games / Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5. Is it safe to say Xbox is going SEGA route soon?

« on: February 08, 2025, 01:00:42 pm »

Hello everyone

I will preface this with a question. Do you support an androgynous gaming unity? Where wars dont exist? Where all 3 consoles blend and share games? Or do you love the competiton? Both options come with pros and cons.




This is essentially if Japan joined the allied forces during WW2. This is the breaking of the Berlin wall in gaming form. This is sacrates philosophies.  Especially because Nintendo cant run it and wont run it.

Forza Horizon 5 is officially coming to PS5 soon. And dont mind me if im late. But I switched teams years ago as a life long xbox fan. I might not be up on news. I was a product of my friend group and my gf is the reason I gave PS4/PS5 architecture a chance and have never looked back.


However I do miss the Forza Horizon games. Gran Turismo doesnt make an equivelant and they are a wild blast. And this is big news for me.


XBOX WAVING THE WHITE FLAG ON COMPETITION?


I think xbox gave up. I do believe by next console generation that Xbox will not be making a physical console. I think they will be packaging either a roku style device with game pass built on it. Which they already do.  Or just flat out become a game publisher and not a console maker.


My evidence for this. Is Minecraft.  They purchased Minecraft rights. When they did this. If they had any desire to fight back. They would have made Minecraft a console exclusive. Imagine having Minecraft? The best selling game of all time. Locked from millions of kids unless their mom buys a fairly affordable Xbox series S?  Massive battle move. But it was never made.


I feel this is a big sign and im really excited for it.  What else can we expect?

1. Halo on all platforms
2. Microsoft flight simulator on PS5
3. Rareware games and Sunset overdrive on PS5
4. Ori and the blind forest on Switch

I don't think Xboxs current sales warrant a new wave of units. I have heard Xbox makes some 80 percent of profits off game pass and software. I think they are ready to fly the coop and share their beauty with the world. Rivals become friends. Kinda a dream to me.


What'aya say folks? Do you think were on the verge of a merger? And does said merger excite you?

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Modern Video Games / Beware of deceptive tactics I've witnessed from Playstation/Sony store.

« on: January 28, 2025, 09:57:31 am »

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to share my experience with a new tactic ive seen playstation partaking in. So others wont get duped like I did. Now im not sure if this is a industry wide issue that effects Nintendo and Xbox. But this has happened to me not once but three times now. And it's borderline predatory. (Also illegal if its a physical retail outlet. Lucky for them they may be safe digitally) but this has been studied before with black friday price manipulation. You can research.


So what Sony does is they advertise a big "end of year" sale. They are sure to remind the customers that this salenl is temporary and ends on _______ random date.   They do this to make you think theirs an imaginary shotclock. Get the sale or else.


It causes users to panic buy thinking this will be the only chance to get the game at that price.


Well guess what? 


Remember the black friday deals on ps store? They never went away.  They just became holiday deals for christmas month. Then what happened? They rebranded the same exact deals as "end of year deals" and guess what? A 4th time as new year deals for January. But its all the same games.  Hogwarts Legacy for 20. God of war ragnarok for 30. It's been so long I can recite these fake deals.


So these were never expiring fleeting deals. They simply changed the price but instead of just saying "new price" they made you believe this was a limited time thing and made you believe it was a fleeting sale to push you to buy quick anticipiating an ending of the sale that never comes.

But heres where it gets worse.... a shady tactic that has scamned at least one other user here and me. It goes deeper.


After sopping up all the cash they can from panic buyers and gamers hoping to get a limited deal. You know what they go and do?  Less than 2 weeks later? They make the game literally FREE. For millions of people.


Anyone here buy god of war ragnarok for 30 bucks last month during the sale?  Well guess what Playstation thinks of your finanical loyalty?  They made the game free lol. So that 30 dollars for a digital token is basically like lighting money on fire.  They do this because you thought it was gonna go up. But not only didnt the sale ever end. They had every intent to make the game free. So why demand 30 from you? Thats a savage marketing scheme.


So they

1. Announce a "limited sale"
2. Limited means forever
3. Once they sop up panic sale buys
4. They make it free to double profits from paid subscription services.

So now

1. Anyone who pays for both subscription and the deal game get screwed.

2. Anyone who doesnt have the subscription but got the deal gets margainally screwed because of deceptive marketing tactics.



To put this in perspective of the level of scummyness.  Itd be like if netflix said "hey. Here is this ultra super duper exclusive movie that only you can get for a limited time. But you gotta buy this service for 20 extra bucks" you jump on that because you feel you have to in order to enjoy this acclaimed movie.  1 week later. They make it free for all the standard users and only after they duped a million suckers into basically donating 20 dollars to the brand. That is just not acceptable.


They did this with

1. TLOU Part 1 remaster (30 dollar sale to free in 1 week)
2. GOW Ragnarok (30 globally less than a week ago now free)
3. Hogwarts Legacy (20 for standard. 20 for deluxe 2 days later)


Its deceptive and sad.  I figured id forewarn any users who are unaware if any. I know you all have probably been around that block. But I just was unaware how that was being done. I'll admit I was stupid. I seen sale. I thought I was getting a good deal. You're just 2 weeks away from it being free lol. I know I was until now.  I will NEVER buy a first party sony game on "sale" because that sale really is almost never truly a sale.  Be warned.

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User Feedback / dhaabi

« on: January 20, 2025, 12:59:56 am »

dhaabi bought a game from me recently and payment was instant and smooth. Plenty of communication and a delight to ship and sell to. Would definitely do business with them again. No issues whatsoever. Highly reccomend!

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Marketplace / Silent Hill 2 for PS5 [SOLD]

« on: January 15, 2025, 08:38:36 am »

[SOLD]


35.00 Shipped. 

The mecari link is solely for the photos. You can ignore the price posted there. Feel free to browse pics.


Paypal and Cashapp only.  But you can also view on my mecari.

Get it while it's hot. 

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m74219512786?sv=0


Silent Hill 2 for PS5. It's flawless. Went from cellophane to a protector. I just didnt vibe with the play style and want to swap it with other games. No difference between this copy and new aside the seal.

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Modern Video Games / 2024 Playstation Wrap-Up (What did your year look like?)

« on: December 12, 2024, 12:06:20 pm »

PLAYSTATION WRAP UP 2024

Hello folks!   For a while the server was down but now it looks to be cleaned up for most.  If And When It does load for you. This will remain a placemarker thread to show our stats in unison. Which I am curious to see what you guys have done in the sonyverse.  On the 30th anniversary. It becomes all that more special. 


Not to get gooey. But earlier this year. I had a medical crisis. And my PS4 became my coping mechanism.  Gran Tursimo 7 with no doubt in my life was divine intervention from god. And video games were a big factor in saving my life. The power sony has in making games that help us heal, love, explore, define bravery isnt just a console on a desk. Its a consoling time when needed most. So for that I just say that im thankful to be here. Thankful I am able to play games. Its a great luxury.  As Christmas comes. I say I love you all. With that said.  Here are the stats




NO PS3


I knew this going in. But I did play a bulk on PS3 this year.  Many hundred hours on switch and classic games. Some on gameboy.  But playstation was definitely 80 percent + 

January was human fall flat.


But March and April enter gran turismo 7. Truly a spectacle of racing masterpiece.


The latter of my year was defined by a lot of survival horror.




So what and how did you guys enjoy playstation this year? And where does 2024 rank for you?

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Off Topic / Happy Thanksgiving. What are you doing today? Gaming/Food/Sports/Family

« on: November 28, 2024, 03:29:49 pm »

Anybody have any food or gaming rituals for today? Black friday surfing?  Any good gaming?  Dark or white meat? What is your family traditional haps on the day of thanks.


What foods do you look forward to most?   I personally love pumpkin pie best.


Have you divulged into an animal of the genus name from the Ancient Greek μελεαγρις, meleagris meaning "guineafowl".  Aka Turkey.  The animal we used to trace our hands to draw in elementary school. Until Shannon Dupras stole our Lunchables.

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Tetraonini
Genus: Meleagris


Aka. Turkey. 

Would you go as far as to say BIRD IS THE WORD?  Or is it only A word and not THE word per say?


Im thankful for all of you and to be alive.  I got hogwarts legacy on sale and so far its epic.


Happy thanskgiving.   

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Classic Video Games / Konami vs Square Enix (Squaresoft) You can only keep one.

« on: November 27, 2024, 06:42:57 pm »

The star studded battle of ages.  I was thinking of getting Metal Gear trilogy for black friday. I just got silent hill 2 remake. And I realized Konami might be the most stacked publisher/developers of all time.  True chefs kiss to the culture. 

So I was wondering where they fair against another dev that's been around since NES and SNES as well. A tried and true classic.  Square Enix formerly Squaresoft. Which seems to hold favor around these parts because I noticed many of you love JRPGs and Action RPGs games from them.


Konami is known for its Turtles Games, Metal Gears and Castlevania games. 3 franchises that changed how we view the genres.  Castlevania specifically having a whole genre half named after it. That changed the landscape of gaming forever. They also nailed us with great survival horror games. Suikoden. Zombies ate my neighbors and more. Its almost a no brainer.


But Square Enix is known for mostly rpg entries. But those rpg entires include Final Fantasy III (6 in japan) a game historians have as a top 10 video game of all time.  Orchestral masterpiece. Final Fantasy 7 which is yet again beloved.  And Kingdom Hearts trilogy. The bouncer.   Square has games like chrono trigger.  Breath of fire. Parasite Eve and more.  Its endless with the turn based. They absolutely dominated the SNES and PS1 era.


So which do you choose? The variety of Konami's epicness? Or the less diverse but much denser heavy hitting Arsonal of Squaresoft (Enix)


Add other hats in the ring if you feel someone else deserves stake as best.  (Not including Nintendo because its truly unfair)

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Off Topic / If you were marrying Kratos. Would you opt for a prenuptial agreement?

« on: November 20, 2024, 03:12:12 am »

He is the primary provider and also fathered Atreus solo. The courts may also take into account that he climbed Mt Olympus barefoot and slayed hades. Which makes his work ethic higher than yours. Courts will side with him in matters of child welfare. He most likely will take your home either judicially like adults. Or by force.   Prenup protects this.


However.


If you sign a prenup. You can't push to aquire his 3 headed dragon, his axe that uses powers of greek gods coursing through pulsing blue energy pockets to always return when thrown through demi god immortal skull and of course his ragnorokian armor plates made of endangered pelts of arctic beasts he slayed years prior. Which he may or may not retain depending on if you decide to blackmail him with a domestic violence angle. As he has attacked maybe 50,000 people before. Judges side with this.  (Please note Kratos never layed a hand on you. He was a dignified gentlemen) f you play the long game. And photograph instances when atreus was in danger. Which isnt hard to do. And dont sign a prenup. Kratos may face his most dreaded boss yet.  Divorce court litigator.  But thats what we call in the private sector. "Mud ball" and babe ruth never did play that way.

Courts will grant you a permenent restraining order if he does decide to get boisterous. And will consider him a flight risk.

Id sign the nup. I dont know the man so close as yall do.

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Classic Video Games / Resident Evil vs Silent Hill vs Luigis Mansion vs TLOU (you can only keep one)

« on: November 16, 2024, 10:35:41 pm »

Hello everyone.


Talking franchises. Not the single games.

Was thinking of how universally epic both the silent hill 2 remaster and RE 1-4 remasters have been. And was wondering who would win in the survival horror duel? Then felt a strong disturbance in the force.  Another survival horror games comes from the confines of Nintendo's loins to battle two PS1 era juggernaut franchises. With 3 entries. Has he done enough?


Resident Evil


Perhaps the most important for the genre. The founding father if you will.  A game very critically loved. Filled with amemorable characters (Jill) and spin offs (racoon city) its a dark iconic symphony of horror emotions blended into a good story.

SILENT HILL

Perhaps even more psychological in the psychological horror elements. A bit less RPG but a lot more puzzley and story driven.  A franchise with 3 solid entires spanning multiple decades and tons of creative spin offs.


Luigis Mansion


A big hitter in a whole different field. An underground. Has less entries and less time in the game than the other 2. Is also more cartoony. Easier. Less gorey and all around disadvantaged plot wise. But makes up for it the way Nintendo always knows how.  Fun factor. Mario character fondness. And just sweet delicious level design. 

TLOU


Story driven excellence by naughty dog. Only 2 entires compared to a good 2 dozen among the other 3 franchises. But these stories have won countless praise. A 96 on meta critic.  And a show spin off that is emmy award nominated.  It spans all of our collective hearts. We all know what we felt the first time we felt Sarah fall into Joels arms.


LM - The cartoony Sleeper Pick
TLOU - the industry titan playable movie
RE - The OG and the trend setter
SH - the spooky brain twister

Which of these 4 survival horror franchises is the survival horror king? You can only keep one.

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Marketplace / SOLD: PLEASE DELETE ADMIN

« on: September 26, 2024, 09:35:59 pm »

Hello everyone!    ITEM HAS SOLD NOW

Today im selling a portal.

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m96250404898?sv=0

Link is just for the pics and details. Because this site wont let me post pics normally on mobile. I will also accept paypal or cash app direct.  I played it for less than 3 hours. The seal was broken today at 1 pm. 

Comes with box.  Sent usps priority flat rate. Bubble wrapped and cellophaned.  With extra paper packing. And bubble cushions.

170 but for you guys id do 150 with free shipping. Which is 25 percent off retail. Its basically new.

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General / Who got better games? Spiderman or Batman? In your opinion?

« on: May 21, 2024, 10:39:54 am »

Hello folks!


My question to ponder is who got better video games based on their likeness. Spider Daddy. Or Bat Papi.

For PS1 you had mostly dry outings for Batman. But Spiderman had an excellent activision game that I loved as a kid. Filled with nice level design. Awesome bosses and a feature from most prominent characters. It was good.

However on NES spiderman had sinister six. Which is good but not great while batman had batman the game. A verified classic.

Snes however. Spiderman had maximum carnage. And batman had adventures of batman and robin.


Modern era? Spiderman has been bullying. With spiderman 1, 2 and miles morales. By the insomniac developers.

However Batman had arkham knight, arkham city and batman telltale series in that time frame.


Batman has injustice 2


Spiderman has marvel vs capcom 3.


Its as much a debate in games as it is in comics. Who had the better outings?


Superman looks on in sadness. As his game legacy is worse than back wash Mr. Pibb on a hot summer day.


Thanks for sharing.

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General / Rank the Mario games in terms of difficulty. Your humble opinion.

« on: April 01, 2024, 01:10:20 pm »

Hello folks.

Were talking mainline mario games only. You can separate 3D and 2D or go rogue lol. What are the hardest games and easiest in the lineup. In the age of babyfing and handholding. I kinda miss the days lost of true difficulty in a mario game.

3D Mario Games


Easiest

1. Mario Odyssey - In Many ways Mario Odyssey stunned the masses with its visuals and beauty. Unique controls. Lavish color. But to me? It was a let down. It was about as challenging as beating a 3 year old at Trivial Pursuit. The game hand holds. It has moons that are as easy as jumpint from one tree to another. Some moons are even literally just there. Just placed in the grass like a news paper. The relics of the world. In arms reach. The whole point of the stars were they required skill only mario had. Otherwise couldn't Bowser just uber to the moons and stomp on them or put them in his backpack? Some of the moons are right there. Toad skill could get one. The boss pevels in mario 64. Werent necessarily dark souls. But they required some skill and timing. Nintendo underestimates the skill of kids. And thus the games suffer. It kinda sucks tbh.

2. Mario 3D Land - Relatively Easier and not as robust as 3D World. But still somewhat challenging on a small screen.

3. Super Mario Galaxy - Such fun and inventive game. Had its moments of challenge. I feel it balanced the right amount. The motion controls of wii made it difficult.

4. Mario Galaxy 2 - Same except slightly harder bosses and more to collect.

5. Mario 3D World - Easy up until champion levels. Then the game drags you over the coals. Stellar progression of level development.

6. Mario 64 - Had its brutality. The clock level with the cogs was a nightmare for young me. And the N64 controller was as precise as a drunk man throwing darts at a david cassidy poster. It was hard. Truly. But not hard enough where it was fathomable.

Mario Sunshine - Medium to beat. Brutal to 100 percent. Theirs side levels and those ones where its horizontally linear and you gotta time the jumps so perfectly. It made me feel challenged while being amazing.

Hardest

2D Mario Games

Easiest


1. Mario Wonder - switches biggest issue is difficulty. Not even worth playing. A game so linear and babysat that it is almost like watching someone else play a game.


2. New Super Mario Bros Wii

3. New Super Mario Bros DS

4. New super mario bros U

5. Super Mario World - Perfect difficulty. Stellar in every way.

6. Mario Bros U + Luigi

7. Mario 2

8. Mario 3

9. Mario 1 - Making you restart if you die is the hardest. Deluxe with save points is much easier.

10. Lost levels - like trying to paint the mona lisa using power glove and mario paint while wearing kilodscope glasses.


Hardest



What was your hardest mario experiences? A game generally made to be easy. Any levels stand out as a kid?

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General / If you could be the speedrun WR holder for any game what would it be?

« on: March 04, 2024, 09:19:44 am »

The world of speedruns. A world of competivism personified. Radical. If you could be the speedrun record holder for any game. What would it be? On top of the world. The king. Studying every strat. Knowing a game inside and out better than it's own devs. What game would you most want to be known as the master of?


I personally think I pick super mario 64. Not only is it such a hugely recognizable game but it has extremely complex strats and I grew up with it since I was a kid. I'd like to be known as the king of Mario 64. But one has to devote years into even being top 25. These guys are talented.


What game would you most want to speed strat and be #1 at?