It’s by the author of Nichijou, so if you haven’t seen that classic, watch that too.

This is the right way to do it. Don’t try to prevent your kids from enjoying what they want to play, don’t forcibly alienate them from the cultural zeitgeist that will connect them to their peers. But if you can get them to develop a wider palate with an appreciation for titles both old and new, that’s a positive.

Yes. It was a big fish in a small pond when it came out, compared to where indies were at back then. And where indies were back then was a niche. I’d say it’s largely been forgotten compared to the most popular indie hits today.

Mahjong. Akagi is my favorite series of all time.

There are only a handful of series with anime adaptations, but I’ve read nearly every manga that has translations available.

Takopi’s Original Sin.

But if this other consciousness has no continuity or connection to the consciousness that is currently ‘you’, how can it be said to be you?

Suppose reincarnation was real. But no one has any memory or awareness of a past life. So then what connection does said past life even have to you? How can any supposed past 'you’s really be considered the same you?

Bring back octagonal gated analog sticks.

The Atari crash was a lot more multifaceted than that, but E.T. is often credited as one of the biggest factors. Though it was arguably more of a symptom of a lack of quality control as the market was being flooded with rushed titles.

While I’ve had to deal with a few recurring bullies who really don’t like me, I doubt any of them would take it far enough to go after me IRL.

I hope.

Super Famicom/SNES - 1990
Dreamcast - 1998
Xbox - 2001

While Nintendo did briefly change their layout for the N64 and Gamecube, they went back to SNES for the DS (2004) and Wii Classic Controller (2006), and they’ve kept it ever since. So that has been their standard for 21 years now.

I don’t look down at my controller to read the button labels. Swapping them physically makes no sense to me, more moving parts to complicate manufacturing for a feature that I’m never going to look down at.

I use a black 8BitDo Pro 2, dark enough that the button labels that technically exist aren’t readable. Looks nicer that way, don’t need 'em.

I grew up a Nintendo kid, that’s what’s ingrained in my head, and it is a bit of a nuisance sometimes that everything on PC expects Xbox layout. But I just have it remapped in software, problem solved, no reason why I would need to physically move the buttons in hardware.

This is what Switch UI does, in order to accomodate sideways JoyCons.

I’m getting flashbacks to Homestuck typing quirks.

Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time

Desktop 1: Browser

Desktop 2: Discord

Right monitor (set to show on all desktops): Youtube/Steam

This is happening right now and the billionaires are winning.

How recent is the cutoff for contemporary?

The average person is not informed enough to even be aware of the problems with AI. Look at how aggressively AI is being marketed, and realize that this marketing works.

How many active users currently? That’s a more important metric than total subscribers, because there’s no way to tell how many of them may be dormant.