atomicpoet

On every retrogaming forum I’ve ever been on, this has been a topic and it’s been a topic for at least 15 years. A few practical bits of advice:

1. The cheapest games will always be last generations games
2. Anything not deemed “retro” yet is cheap
3. Nintendo is always super expensive unless it’s Wii or handheld
4. Anything Xbox is cheap
5. PC is cheap, unless it’s big box, but even then sellers will sell big box for cheap because they often don’t know what they have
6. There’s nothing wrong with buying from GOG, burning to disc, and making your own labels and box art—which is easy to do because it’s DRM-free
7. Except for PS1, Sony is cheap. But even then PS1 is cheaper than N64 or Saturn.
8. Nothing wrong with an Everdrive, especially since that’s the best way to play aftermarket games

Cults aren’t isolated by others. They self-isolate.

People need to know this feature exists and that it’s a good thing.

On the Fediverse, no admin decides anything a user does. If you don’t like your server, you can just walk over to another one. Most software even makes account migration between servers super easy.

Or if you don’t trust admins at all—and I don’t—you can run your own server and federate with who you please.

This is not Reddit. Admins don’t hold ultimate power of what does or does not get seen. However, you do—and you can mute, block, or defederate as you see fit.

Well, you seem to be upset that people are able to block entire instances. That’s just a weird stance for an anarchist to have.

What if I told you anyone can run their own server and consequently have the freedom to federate with who they wish?

The value of the Fediverse isn’t just freedom of speech. It’s freedom of association.

You have freedom of speech. I also have the freedom to walk away from your speech and listen to someone else.

That’s the same talking points the alt-right uses and we don’t tolerate it.

And I’ve been on the Internet long enough to watch so-called “progressive” spaces get hijacked by the right wing under the guise of “free speech”.

When a culture grows toxic, it’s simply toxic no matter their talking points.

So the fact people have the power to block entire instances at their discretion, this is a good thing.

You are not entitled to my attention, nor am I entitled to yours.

No one is entitled to attention, and sometimes people need to take a breather for their own mental health.

Of course it’s discouraging because any deviation from a norm requires change, and people by their nature hate change.

But I’ve been on the Fediverse for quite a few years, and nothing moves the needle like stubbornness.

Be the change. Start discussing those things, and others will eventually discuss it with you.

Atari's recent games have been pretty good. And it is nice that this is being developed by the same folks who made BIT.TRIP.

However, it is really hard to make something new and fresh with the old Breakout formula.