DanDangDoneIt

Eh. It's ultimately selfish. If I want a thing to continue being available to me, then I need to do something to support that thing I want.

I want to see brick and mortar stay around if possible, so if I can, I try to support it. I'd rather support smaller businesses in person, but my area has really limited choice.

Historically between $500-1500 year.

MY choice not to purchase from them anymore isn't going to impact their bottom line, but I shared the above revelation, because I've encountered numerous other people who also prefer to avoid supporting certain things where they reasonably can.

@chefkaine23.bsky.social @sarail.bsky.social @critbound.bsky.social

This looks amazing, and I'm shocked to see previously lost NES games still leaking for the first time after so many years.

Screenshot from gamestop website, showing new product produced in financial partnership with modretro, a company owned and operated by palmer lucky.

I was kind of surprised to see #GameStop working directly with extremist fascists, pedos, and literal arms dealers... But here we are in 2025 as they send out an email blast that they've partnered with palmer lucky and modretro on a new game.

Absolutely disgusting. Guess I won't be shopping there.

Agreed. 100% agreed. The right to literally exist is not a 'political' topic.

I also think that it comes to the issue that a lot of publications are trying "not to get political" -and while I understand that desire in some capacities(these are GAMING publications after all), they can't just outright look past glaring evil like this and pretend they aren't taking a side.

I think that's true with a lot of them, but... When you see thumbnails and titles that outright say things like "reviewing the most controversial Gameboy"... Those creators know what they're doing. Hell, at that point they're arguably using it to generate more clicks.

Echoing what @darket696.bsky.social said, I was shocked that a restored/refurbished piece looking that good was so cheap. Might not hurt to try marking your stuff up a bit more in the future, since you clearly do excellent work repairing and restoring.

$50? Yeah, nope. That'll be a forever PASS from me. Most Amibo barely do anything noteworthy in any games, and I already have far more kitschy gaming knick-knacks then I'll ever have space to display.

Why aren't consumers boycotting this guy, and anybody who gives him and his products a platform? I don't understand what the fucking disconnect is with this one.

Instead, content creators are basically lining up to kiss his ass. Fuck this guy, and fuck the people who push his products.

Its crazy how some of the people we initially thought were brilliant turn out to be complete asshats when you get down to it.

I've been tremendously disappointed by some of the big content creators who seem happy to shill his shit on YouTube as of late. Wulff Den, GenXGrownUp, Retro Game Corp, MetalJesusRocks, Retro Dodo, MadLittlePixel... Hell, even RGT did a video talking up the M64.

Absolutely nauseating.

I was going to make a crack about sex tourists needing to at least look good enough to be able to attract someone to them... Then I remembered the appalling reality of sex tourism and... Yeah, he looks about right for that these days. Ugh.

Mr. Rogers during his last broadcast:

"I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are."

Lol, I mean I try to avoid shop interiors IRL if at all possible these days, so maybe they're just trying to mimic real life? (Kidding of course, the new levels of low effort are astounding).

Had a good laugh as @xbox.com sent out an email blast reminding everyone "October 23rd is Fallout Day!"...but they sent it on the afternoon of the 24th. My friends, October 23 WAS Fallout Day. Why even send the email now? You're just flexing your own incompetence.

Same.

Outer shipping box, well padded inside, this box was also in a bag, to protect from moisture, etc

Outer, Limited Edition cover with gold leaf effect.

Stunning front cover art.

Excellent page layouts, with really solid, and well-researched writing.

New @bitmapbooks.com book arrived, and the quality of this content is absolutely phenomenal. This is full of quotes from devs and other industry insiders, as well as numerous modern content creators who cover/play these games.

I'm very impressed, and I hope volume 2 can be published soon as well!

You have failed to state literally any productive thing you accomplish by lumping people together.

Instead, you have stuck your nose in the air while you use the same logic employed by racists, xenophobes, homophobes, and transphobes. Well done you.

You still didn't answer my question btw -exactly what does your "sweeping generalization" method 'DO', as you so eloquently put it?

So you think its okay to lump 1 in 5 people who DIDN'T vote for this in with the rest?

And exactly what are YOU doing by lumping everybody together?

Sure, flip that perspective. If 80% of the people in a red state voted for this. You're lumping the other 20% in as though THEY voted for it, or didn't try to warn people.

Easy to ignore when you're distracted by all the fat wads of cash you're stacking up for yourself, surrounded by "yes sir" types who would drop to their knees for you at the snap of a finger. Absolutely disgusting that anybody let this man-baby get anywhere near where he is in life.

Damn shame we're never going to see the planned sequel. Its been *just* shy of a decade now, and the devs have made it clear they want to focus on literally anything but Nirv-Ann-A, while promising it's still in the works... But nothing to show for it after this long, not even a mockup screenshot.

Do you honestly think that you and all of your neighbors vote exactly the same on everything? Why would you think that's the case literally anywhere else?

You're erroneously equivocating the overall results for a state, with everyone who lives IN the state. Do you think that you and all of your neighbors vote exactly the same on everything? Then why would you think that's the case elsewhere?

Show me a state/county where 100% of the citizens all voted for this. I'll wait.