OT: 'Off topic' thoughts

[WillNy29]

Here are some of my better Super Nintendo games. First one at the top is "Secret of Mana" that you can't see that well.

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Castlevania! love it

 

[TheGreenTBer]

This guy lives near me and does great work:

Retro Console Mods Canada

retroconsolemods.ca

Unfortunately, anything into/out of Canada for me needs to go through customs.

I grew up about a 2 hour drive fron Kingston, ON (on the US side) so getting to Ontario growing up was easy (Niagara Falls under 3 hours too.) Now, Canada is 5+ hours away and QC and NB are the two closest provinces.

 

[BallardEra]

Unfortunately, anything into/out of Canada for me needs to go through customs.

I grew up about a 2 hour drive fron Kingston, ON (on the US side) so getting to Ontario growing up was easy (Niagara Falls under 3 hours too.) Now, Canada is 5+ hours away and QC and NB are the two closest provinces.

I hear you man. I got my SNES version 2 modded from him and will do likewise for my NES US version too. Allow for RGB output.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Vodka Soda with Lime drinker

This

 

[TheGreenTBer]

"I want to poop in a whale's blowhole."
- my daughter

Like literally what the f***

 

[Squiffy]

Here are some of my better Super Nintendo games. First one at the top is "Secret of Mana" that you can't see that well.

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I once defeated Link to the Past with 0 deaths, 0 saves. It was glorious. Right up there with 100% on San Andreas and 1 quarter Double Dragon victories.

"I want to poop in a whale's blowhole."
- my daughter

Like literally what the f***

Next time my son is taking a big draw in a game at a big moment, I’m telling him to growl that to the opposing centre.

 

[BallardEra]

 

[Evilhomer]

I think if you one day find yourself interviewed on a news program where you are referred to as a "semi-pro Tetris player", you'd best prepare yourself for an endless line of ladies at your door.

 

[MSZ]

This is how they play Tetris:

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I think if you one day find yourself interviewed on a news program where you are referred to as a "semi-pro Tetris player", you'd best prepare yourself for an endless line of ladies at your door.

What are these

 

[BallardEra]

Holy crap. Totally forgot I had this. Based on the Sega Naomi 2 arcade architecture and joint venture with Nintendo named Triforce.

I even have the stickers to add to the controller board.

At that time my plan was to build an arcade cabinet.

 

[BallardEra]

I also forgot that I had that banned Tengen version of Tetris for the NES

 

[MSZ]

Holy crap. Totally forgot I had this. Based on the Sega Naomi 2 arcade architecture and joint venture with Nintendo named Triforce.

I even have the stickers to add to the controller board.

At that time my plan was to build an arcade cabinet.

My "arcade" setup. Japanese Xbox 360 and mostly Japanese arcade games but I do have Street Fighter II on it. The monitor can be rotated.

The stick is Taito Vewlix Premium VLX. All proper Sanwa parts inside.

 

[LeafSteel]

Those who know will know…..

Those who don’t know will learn…… or they will remain in the golf cart at the bottom of the lake……

 

[BallardEra]

I unearthed a few more games:

 

[BallardEra]

Just got my modded NES back with the added multi AV port.

NESRGB install in NES

retroconsolemods.ca

 

[BallardEra]

Some more unopened goodies. I'm guessing these must have some value:

 

[Metroid]

Just got my modded NES back with the added multi AV port.

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NESRGB install in NES

retroconsolemods.ca

Damn, I need to do this too lol

 

[Strangle]

Has anyone else been trying to keep up with this UAP disclosure stuff and non-human intelligence, government secrets and all of that?

 

[Mr_Fun]

Just arrived -- Aston Spirit condensor microphone. Lots of great reviews and it sounded fantastic (IMHO) over at Audio Test Kitchen.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Some more unopened goodies. I'm guessing these must have some value:

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i have legend of zelda tears of Kindgom collectors edition still unopened Was gifted for my birthday

 

[Sypher04]

i have legend of zelda tears of Kindgom collectors edition still unopened Was gifted for my birthday

Such a good game.

Kind of a random additional comment, but if all goes according to plan, I’ll be releasing my first commercial video game this fall! Given I only work on it in my spare time, a lot will depend on how busy my work life is this year.

 

[LeafSteel]

Such a good game.

Kind of a random additional comment, but if all goes according to plan, I’ll be releasing my first commercial video game this fall! Given I only work on it in my spare time, a lot will depend on how busy my work life is this year.

Congrats and good luck.

I’ve released my own game lately. It’s called “Try Putting on Your Socks Without Sitting/Falling Down”.

It’s very challenging, and some days I win and sometimes I lose but the outcome is always in question and my wife enjoys watching, which tells me it has real spectator potential…..

 

[Sypher04]

Congrats and good luck.

I’ve released my own game lately. It’s called “Try Putting on Your Socks Without Sitting/Falling Down”.

It’s very challenging, and some days I win and sometimes I lose but the outcome is always in question and my wife enjoys watching, which tells me it has real spectator potential…..

Thank you! I’m excited. Early play testing feedback has been pretty good so far, though I know I need to expand the test group soon! It’s not the smartest thing but I’ve actually been developing 2 games simultaneously so I had to pick one to focus on in 2024. I think I should hopefully be able to release the second in fall 2025.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Too much gaming talk, back to important stuff. I was looking for something at the LCBO yesterday and happened to see this on the shelf. I'd never tried the cask strength stuff but I've read about it lately, I like Laphroaig so on an impulse, I bought a bottle even though it was damn pricey. I tried some last night, holy smokes what a peat bomb. I'm honestly not ever sure I like it, perhaps my palate isn't sophisticated enough or maybe it's just too peaty but I guess I'll have to try it a couple more times to decide for sure. I don't normally add water to scotch but for this stuff it's a must, completely changes the taste and opens it up. This is batch 16, in batch 15 there are apparently instructions on the package to add double the amount of water to the scotch, but for this batch is says to add just a little bit. An interesting experiment anyway, next time I try it I will probably add more water than I did. If I had to say right now, I'd say I won't be buying any more of Laphroaig Cask Strength as I'd rather just by Lagavulin (8 or 16) but who knows. It's different anyway from any scotch I've tried before, VERY different!!