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Nice list/impressions of the games @Xbob42. I know you said you didn't play them but I would recommend not touching dead souls. The gun combat was so bad for it's time that playing it now would be worse (ignoring that this game is also ps3 only still).

Are you considering playing the two Judgement games or Fist of the North Star? I enjoyed my time with the judgement games.

32 minutes ago, TheLeon said:

Are you familiar with dekudeals.com? It’s an extremely convenient site for Switch deals both digital and physical. 

Yes but when you're bored and just want to quickly look if there is anything interesting on sale while on your switch. =/

I wish I could get through more than 1/64th of the switch sales page in 58 seconds. Now that is a giant cluster fuck. -.-

11 hours ago, stepee said:

 

The Erget 2 does look pretty sweet!

Its the best mini unit made IMO. It is also hackable but I found the experience poor since it's not polished. As long as you're a fan of taito games I would recommend one and it does look like the team/company is planning to do more game pack releases this year for it. 

You can grab one off amazon.com for $200 (USD) but a somewhat better deal (bar shipping cost) is buying a vol 2 pack off amazon jp that includes the system & arcade memories vol 2 for (18,156Yen + ~ 6,000Yen shipping (via dhl) = $170 USD.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/TAS-S-003-イーグレットツー-ミニ-アーケードメモリーズVOL-1/dp/B0CG5R7SW8/ref=rvi_d_sccl_2/358-3882383-2760838

As mention I got some more stuff today, I also have 1 more thing due for delivery today but not in the photo (Persona 5 Tactics switch, it dropped to $45 Cad last week). Hopefully this will be it for a while as I got a lot to play through but just wanted to take advantage of the cheaper prices over the holidays. The taito arcade memories vol 2 just came out right before Christmas in japan and I though I would grab the yakuza games to add to the collection since they were cheap (under $15) and I've wanted to have the ps3 versions for these two games for a while.

If you're curious what the Taito Arcade Memories is all about, it's an SD card for the Taito Egret 2 mini that adds 10 more games to play on the system.

7 hours ago, SuperSpreader said:

He'll delay/not pay/etc

He is trying to delay but in at least the NY fraud case he isn’t getting out of it. As much as he has tried to anger the judge to cause a retrial it hasn’t worked. He will loose his properties in NY and have his business licenses revoked.
 

I highly recommend reading up on the various threads on resetera by phisheep.

4 hours ago, CastletonSnob said:

How do you think the Trump trials will go? Do you think he'll get convicted of anything?

Probably, he already long ago lost his fraud trial in NY (what is going on now and will conclude soon is judgement on damages) and the Carole Jennings trial as well.

Now the question of if he serves any time is hard to say.

1 hour ago, CastletonSnob said:

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows "swatted" after removing Trump from ballot | Salon.com

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Defending her decision to disqualify Trump from Maine's ballot in 2024, she's since become the target of threats

 

They should launch criminal investigations into every swatting attempt. They also should be very vocal about it to send a message.

6 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I started like a dragon and it's great. 

Good Good. I hope you keep with it and start up some of the others once you're done. I probably won't play this one for a while. I really need to go back and finish up Lost Judgement and Yakuza 0 first. =/

Christmas gift from a good friend. He knows me well.

It finally arrived !!

I've got 2 more Yakuza related items on their way to me along with 1 more thing. =)

Super Mario RPG. After that you can do Star Ocean 2 R or Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

Less a single game and just spending time with my Analogue Duo playing my PC-E collection (getting to finally go through a bunch of my recent pickups from a few months back).

I have not started but will at the start of the new year is Rain Code on switch to continue on with my Danganronpa obsession from this year (Still kind of pissed I haven't finished V3 due to one stupid point at the end of the game, I'm borderline ready to buy the vita version and replay the game).

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Oh also playing Mystic Warriors on switch. Konami arcade beat em up from their TMNT/Sunset Riders era.

Arcade Archives MYSTIC WARRIORS for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

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I give them about 1-2 months before they backtrack due to poor sales.

What for? Hacking or just general WiiU usage? The eshop is closed so I can’t imagine you’re downloading much.

Worth adding that often marketing gets lumped into a games development cost. Marketing can often be 1/3-1/2 the budget alone.

2 hours ago, Jason said:

 

I still really just don't buy Trump winning in 2024 given he cost the GOP dearly in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023...right now his polling is benefiting from low-attention voters who tune out between elections not hearing much about his legal troubles and not being exposed to how much more blatantly demented he is compared to even just November 2022.

I don’t either for the same reasons you mentioned.

I’m not sure anyone thought she would end up as the trump alternative. It will be funny to see how much he shits himself if she wins any primaries. The deep concern is if she wins there is a good chance she can/will beat Biden. I personally would not trust any republican in the White House atm.

Update on physics girl, glad to see an update.

7 hours ago, ort said:

 

My understanding is that the current version of Newsweek is a clickbait content farm that spews out recycled news that been rewritten by an army of 22 year olds being paid like $15 an hour to fart out 10+ articles a day.

Hey that is not a seasoned investigative reporter, It's just 4 interns in a trench coat.

40 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Do you know anyone who can fix an ipod classic?

I don't know the exact state you live in to say of any local business but you can find repair places online pretty easily. I mean you can always send it to Rossmann.

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9 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Doesn't Apple only honor warranties in the country of purchase? 

From what I can read it mainly is with iPhone that they are strict but less so on Apple products. With that said there are tons and of qualified repair technicians in the US (some who routinely repair botched repairs from Apple stores).

I wouldn’t really rush out to get it. Since the restriction is only the US, I expect ample supply from Canada won’t make it a difficult issue.

34 minutes ago, Slug said:

Live-A-Live went on sale on Steam this week so I grabbed it because of course I did. Been wanting to play that one for a long time.

Great pickup. I really enjoyed Live-A-Live and can’t wait for the DQ3 remake.

So you see, I was on Amazon last night… I bought “The Legend of Heroes Trails Into Reverie” for switch. It oddly was discounted to $50 and I knew it wouldn’t last. Falcom games recently have the habit of shooting up in price once the initial batch sells out (even if nisa does a reprint run). I’m not sure when I’m going to find time to play all the switch games I bought at the end of this year.

2 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

What is that?

Says in the corner Analogue Duo

Duo

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The Higher Energy Analogue System