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They no longer fold, and they're now $50 more expensive @Hawkingbird! What a dumbass move by Sony.

Google I/O Keynotes:

and the all-important Tl;dr:

On 5/13/2022 at 10:11 AM, Hawkingbird said:

I'm deciding if I want to buy a 30 series or wait until the fall when the new 40 series cards are rumored to drop. I've seen some of the aftermarket cards drop to the price of the FE MSRP. 

This is relevant to me, considering my wife's GPU in her PC is dead. I've considered buying a 3080Ti as soon as the end of next month (and giving her my 3070), but she's okay playing on consoles for right now.

Unofficial Drinking Game for Google I/O (btw, I am not responsible for you destroying your liver; proceed at your own peril):

Take a shot ... if a well-known celebrity shows up.
Take two shots ... every time the Android droid shows up.
Take a chug of water ... every time Android 13 is mentioned (gotta stay hydrated after all).

Take a shot ... for a great showcase of tech that would be absolutely impractical in day-to-day use.

Take three shots ... if the Pixel Watch is confirmed  (and shown during the keynote).

Kampai Super Bonus:
Finish your drink if the Pixel Watch is available to buy immediately after the keynote.

53 minutes ago, Reticently said:

 

 

 

What in the god-damned fuck is this shit? Republicans are just plain evil now, no doubt about it. 

On 5/5/2022 at 2:48 PM, DarkSakul said:

What new Android Phone should I get?

 

No iPhones. 

I'm partial to the Samsung Galaxy series now that I have a maxed out S22 Ultra. Depends on how much you want to spend tbh. 

For $1000 (if you're so inclined to pay that much), you can get flagship-quality phones from Google and OnePlus. Also the OnePlus 9/9 Pro definitely need consideration, as I believe they've dropped the prices on those phones now that the 10 Pro is out. The Pixel is highly subjective due to MKBHDs issues with the Pro model, although that's not an indicator of the vast majority of experiences.

Google IO is next week, and I'll post videos from the various keynotes as they get posted to Youtube. The schedule is below.
https://io.google/2022/program/
 

edit: will post the drinking game for IO on Tuesday next week, pre-event.

2 hours ago, DangerousJ said:

I have gone twice to a Hooters-both were bc someone else wanted to go there. The was in the 2000's. 

There's also better places besides Hooters for women that are easy on the eyes. Just so happens they're the most well-known of the bunch. 

Twin Peaks (the restaurant) is an awesome place, based on the couple of times I've gone.

So, the haul from my JP store buys is the following:

Darius Cozmic Revelation (50% off!)
Tiger Heli port (30% off!)
Densha De Go (25% off!)
Deathsmiles 1 & 2 (paid regular price, about 5000 yen)

Also have a imported copy of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 soundtrack on it's way from Amazon Japan here, supposed to be here on the 18th. I also picked up Switch Sports yesterday from Walmart. Also, Densha de Go is addictive as fuck.

On 4/21/2022 at 11:49 PM, iStu X said:

also, the Sega NSO app really needs the Comix Zone and Vectorman 

These are part of the Sega Genesis Classics collection that's available for purchase on the eShop. I don't see where Sega needs to put them behind the expansion pack paywall, but subscriber demand may change that.

Also planning on another set of import purchases pretty soon (probably next week on Tuesday). Looking at Darius Cozmic Revelation, the Tiger Heli collection that M2 worked on; and Densha De Go. Those are a little over $200 on Play-Asia with shipping most likely included via FedEx.

Given the recent news of everyone's favorite billionaire Elon Musk buying Twitter, there's a really good article at The Verge that I recommend reading:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/26/23040879/elon-musk-twitter-plans-free-speech-bots-anonymity-algorithm-open-source

15 hours ago, axeman61 said:

Elon isn't going to change shit about twitter. Maybe he'll try, but he won't succeed. It's a cesspool.

From my understanding, he plans on taking the company private, open sourcing the algorithm, yada yada yada . Still, I took no chances and deactivated my two twitter accounts; and even went as far as to block twitter's website as well as any link starting with t.co at my router. Also blocked fxtwitter at the router level as well.

Thanks for reminding me that I still need to get the M2 port of Tiger Heli for Switch.

4 hours ago, zatalcon3 said:

I dream of the day that I read this in your post. Stu leveled up, his happiness shows in this forum and he is a different man now than he was back in the SRK lounge. 

You can be just like that if you found a fat ugly girl to go out with just like he did. Stop going "noise" to the victories of others and focus on yourself, retire the hand and find an ugly girl. 

How about you just be happy for him and shut your fucking mouth, shithead. No one asked for your opinion. 

Speaking of Rune Factory V, 

It's wild seeing that game featured at Walmart.

On 3/28/2022 at 10:01 PM, Sonichuman said:

Distant Worlds concerts are now back on

https://ffdistantworlds.com/35th-anniversary/

Got tickets to the one in Ft. Worth. Price wasn't too shabby, $80 including parking and a $15 donation to the symphony.

Got an updated NVME SSD on it's way. Picked up a 980 Pro 500gb to replace my old ADATA 480gb one that gave up and stopped working, and I'm supposed to pick it up from Best Buy on Friday. Picked it up for less than $100, and I was 20 bucks short to get the 1tb one. The 500gb will be more than enough for Windows and I can revert my Intel NVME to it's previous state for loading games.

13 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

 

 

 

US Copyright Law is quite specific on this, but top fucking kek on the explaination video getting DMCAed.

pics from Supercard of Honor:

have a couple of pictures to post later from Supercard of Honor.

edit (1st video):
https://video.nerdb0x.com/Young Bucks @ Supercard of Honor.m4v

Just now, OPTIMUS124 said:

Only one gif can sum up this opportunity. 

 

 

and the other gif variant:

The only reason Everquest 2 ever got any traction was because it came out at the same time as vanilla World of Warcraft, and copies of WoW couldn't be made fast enough to satisfy demand.

1 hour ago, Maxx said:

Why are you paying $50 for flowers, when your can get them at the grocery store for $10

depends on how high of a maintenance ceiling the woman is, and what the fuck the man did to have to buy flowers in the first fucking place.

As far as Blizzard goes, their workplace culture was known for years in a few circles I used to run in. Hoping that Microsoft's pending acquisition finally rids the gaming world of one Robert Kotick. Time will tell.

My Series X was delivered earlier this morning. 

did anyone else besides @MillionXpick up Tiny Tina's? I'm curious to hear other opinions.