PhobosAnomaly

Get on. Love it. I’m pretty sure the quality and efficacy of cracks and warez were directly proportional to how hard the mad chiptunez hit.

It wasn’t a real crack unless your eardrums had been blown out by an impromptu 16-bit EDM sesh.

I’ve been out of the loop for a long long time, but are they still absolute bangers of MIDI tracks?

Absolutely. Chris Brown is a prime example. I quite like some of his collab tunes, but I absolutely refuse to give any money - a percentage or not - to that wifebeating spunktrumpet.

In fact, the fact that I’m actively screwing him out of money makes me enjoy the song more.

Looks more like Gizmo after being fed after midnight.

nice

All I see is a really abstract triple-goatse

I should never have grown up with the internet.

Absolutely love that CCC talk, very interesting and quite entertaining too.

Cheeky bastards.

The waste is a fair point - storage isn’t a long term solution but then I suppose it can be managed in the interim, not like the effects of climate change.

I’m not seeing your point of “nukes” though?

All I needed was a reason

Fair play, I love how the community has taken on remastering duties over the years.

Fallout New Vegas is basically a different game with the QoL mods installed, and Descent was actually enjoyable on modern hardware with Rebirth.

I never thought I’d say this but I’m actually quite looking forward to playing Sonic 2006 as Project 06.

Casio F-91W - the undisputed ruler of functional wristwatches.

I don’t know man, I agree with everything you say but I wouldn’t say the security element killed the system - the PS1 and DS had rampant piracy but still sold like hot cakes. I know people (anecdotal evidence alert) who bought a first gen Switch because it was so easy to flash and exercise the ability to boot “homebrew software”.

I’m pretty sure the CD trick only worked on the first (or first iterations) of DC hardware too - I forget whether they either patched out the ability to read CD’s aside from karaoke discs, or whether it was a change in CD drive or laser in manufacturing - but I didn’t see much piracy where I was.

In a case of “opposite side of the same coin” though, I remember a small surge of people buying a CD just for Bleem!, and the ability to play patched editions of PS1 games on a DC. I understand Metal Gear Solid played well on it.

Fun times.

Data mining, timing, and just sheer luck I guess.

See also: Sega Dreamcast: had online multiplayer and industry redefining graphics, but hamstrung by an onboard 33.6kbps modem.

Flappy Bird: one of the most rudimentary games ever, but just seemed to take off and start it’s own snowballing success.

Google Glass: probably had the data mining and cash to weather a bad luck storm, but ultimately was a lower spec AR set that are being hawked today.

I suppose musical.ly rode the wave of popularity, hit the right time post-credit crunch, and rebranded itself in such a way that the pandemic was good for business…

…oh, and the liberal use and sharing of data, too.

Good enough for me. I can write my entire knowledge of art and crafts on the back of a cigarette packet, so that’s a great start to go from! Cheers!

I’m getting mega Weird Dreams vibe for anyone of a certain age who had an Atari ST or Commodore Amiga.

I wonder if there’s a name for this style of art?

This is the closest reading sensation I’ve had to trying to listen to two conversations at the same time.