"Mad at the Internet" - a/k/a My Psychotherapy Sessions

[Morrowind: GOTY Edition]

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If you cover the Biden Trump Hat story, you might want to use this angle, which has subtitles. The guy called the sitting president an old fart to his face after he put it on. What an embarrassment.
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No more brother wars.

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[Big Mommy]

The only time I bought discs was when I primarily played on console. I like having the actual discs, means you can trade it in/resell it or keep it for a collection. But if it costs $20 less to get it as a download then there is no upside to discs - of course that isn't the case on Xbox or Playstation, where the downloadable version costs as much as (sometimes more than) the disc version.

The Switch is well beyond its prime, the Steam deck is the best console at the moment. Runs most PC games, runs nearly all past games up to and including PS3 era (plus all Switch games), and you can get everything for free if you know what you are doing - including the latest PC releases. As someone who travels a lot and doesn't want to lug around an additional laptop it fucking rocks.

My favorite was installing Star Wars: The Old Republic when it first came out. Bought the game disks, installed for like 45 minutes, then had to download and patch nearly as much data as it installed. Fuck me, why would I expect to play the game the same day I install it?

This happened to me with Final Fantasy XI, swapping between 4 discs while trying to download patches on Internet connection that took up the phoneline with an installation that had to be done all in one session was hell. I only got to play it for one month too because my parents figured out it was a subscription model and wouldn't let me use their cards, think I got to play it for ten hours max lol

 

[Homer Simpson]

CDs last like 20 years. It's not the same as vinyl.

I have CDs from 30 years ago. The only way CDs don't last longer is because they are poorly stored. Properly stored, CDs will last for 100+ years. Just for simple context of why people like me don't just buy a PC is because physical media is king. Last time I bought a disc game was a week ago. Last time I bought a digital game was June 1st. And it was a digital only no physical release.

You brought up on your show how Alan Wake, a game from 2010, is getting an update to remove a song. Physical disc games will most likely not be affected by this update, and if they are, can opt out. Digital can't. Digital has to just bend over and take it.

Also the PS5 Pro is $1000 in canada with taxes, without a disc drive. I have a PS5, but have never bought the "mid generation update" consoles.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

The only way CDs don't last longer is because they are poorly stored.

If I recall correctly, factory CDs are more stable, but burnable CD-R or RW have a shorter lifespan. People still collect and play Laserdiscs and they are the same principle but enormous.

 

[bookers]

Xavier and Letty are doing a "Emotional Makeover Hotline"
on the fishtank.live website and https://kick.com/lettyvision

Xavier said he is going to do a face reveal but idk if he's just memeing or not.
somehow he also has like a vtuber thing now, which is funny

 

[geckogoy]

CDs last like 20 years. It's not the same as vinyl.

BTW per the stream they dont 'lose their charge' they are a thin layer of (generally) aluminum with channels burned in via laser they are not magnetic

They do degrade but its not a hard drive

 

[Homer Simpson]

If I recall correctly, factory CDs are more stable, but burnable CD-R or RW have a shorter lifespan. People still collect and play Laserdiscs and they are the same principle but enormous.

I actually heard of a blu-ray style laser disc that can store several terrabytes I think. Which I am all for. I want a vinyl sized disc that would allow us to play uncompressed poorly optimized games.

Either that or cartridges. I'm cool with cartridges.

 

[Yandex Captcha Solver]

where the downloadable version costs as much as (sometimes more than) the disc version.

It's almost always much cheaper on disk. I bought a PS4 for a few games initially 4 years ago. I spent $150ish on black friday and got a good 10ish games being a good consoomer. Meanwhile the same games were still being sold on PSN for $20-50. If you get a new game, worse case scenario it will be an equal price at release. Granted I haven't bought any more games since my initial purchase, but seeing some of the sales promoted on PSN they were very lackluster. Not to mention ownership transfers with used game disk, so there is always a discount to be found.

Either that or cartridges. I'm cool with cartridges.

Here is your modern day cartridge

 

[JustSomeDong]

My favorite was installing Star Wars: The Old Republic when it first came out. Bought the game disks, installed for like 45 minutes, then had to download and patch nearly as much data as it installed. Fuck me, why would I expect to play the game the same day I install it?

What, you never walked out of the Best Buy with a game box, which contained only a DVD with a paper sleeve and a product key, containing a steam installer, and if you were lucky, a PDF for documentation? Truly, those were the halcyon days.

 

[Big Mommy]

Ralph went on to Perspicacity's stream that was meant to be about the Joon the King and DSP interview, they ended up fighting about stuff and it is fucking hilarious. If the Ralphalogs don't cover it I will make a supercut, I've not stopped laughing.

EDIT: Around 3:15:00 they start fighting about the poll and stuff Perspicacity never said.

EDIT2: Ralph passes out at the end while mumbling incomprehensible stuff, one of the streams of all time.

A highlight I stole from St Foog on Twitter

 

[Whiscash]

How disappointing, PS5 and Linkin Park mentioned and nobody superchyatted this.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

What, you never walked out of the Best Buy with a game box, which contained only a DVD with a paper sleeve and a product key, containing a steam installer, and if you were lucky, a PDF for documentation? Truly, those were the halcyon days.

My goodness I remember when buying software would give you a box that weighed pounds and there were games where I literally spent more time reading the manuals (yes, plural, games would come with multiple manuals in those days) than playing the game. Ah, youth!

 

[Gorton Colu]

My goodness I remember when buying software would give you a box that weighed pounds and there were games where I literally spent more time reading the manuals (yes, plural, games would come with multiple manuals in those days) than playing the game. Ah, youth!

RTS games back in the day would come with 50 page plus manuals explaining mechanics and whole fold out charts of tech trees. Empire Earth comes to mind.

 

[KateHikes14]

I feel that with the accusations that Trump is partaking in the wet breadussy, this needs to be a more talked about set of interactions:
3 and half hours of "no" to every accusation followed by a confirmation that meanders for 3 minutes but feels like an hour.

If Trump is partaking in the soggy grains, I do not think she will be able to hide it for a nanosecond when questioned, she is incredibly bad at lying.

 

[McMitch]

Is Styx actually popular in any meaningful way?

I dunno, everything between Crystal Ball and Paradise Theater was pretty well received.

 

[Whyjustwhy]

Josh trying to persuade people to vote for Kamala Harris today confirmed he is either controlled opposition or, as many have suspected; gay.

 

[Drama Fan]

My goodness I remember when buying software would give you a box that weighed pounds and there were games where I literally spent more time reading the manuals (yes, plural, games would come with multiple manuals in those days) than playing the game. Ah, youth!

Nothing was more hype as a kid than getting a new game and reading the manual on the ride home. Some of them had so much love put into them. You got cool art and a little backstory, and you could figure out the controls so you were ready to go when you booted it up.
Those and the physical gaming magazines like Nintendo Power or Game Informer hyping up upcoming releases are a sadly lost art form.

 

[AnOminous]

CDs last like 20 years. It's not the same as vinyl.

Even ancient 78 rpms made of shellac (if they somehow managed not to break because they are brittle as fuck) will still play today. Even the fucking wax cylinders invented by Edison will still play today (if they have not been physically wrecked because they were also fragile).

CDs just fucking rot.

Those and the physical gaming magazines like Nintendo Power or Game Informer hyping up upcoming releases are a sadly lost art form.

I too remember when "games journalism" was for hyping games and telling you things you'd actually want to know, instead of just calling you a fucking white male and telling you they hated you for liking games.

 

[Fields Of Rye]

Honestly, it's so fucking nice to hear Josh address the poorfag question.

The older I get, the more I become painfully aware people are still pretending to be teenagers. Back in the day, 60 bucks for me was 6 hours on the tractor. Now it's an hour. Because I'm not working minimum wage, and I'm not expecting to be in the literal bottom income bracket.

Even the poorest, brokest teenagers could slowly scrounge cash together for anything. But once you actually have to budget and have a fail state, $700 and $500 are almost identical in terms of "can you afford this one time purchase". And if you can't, don't fucking buy it retard. It's not new tires, vet bills, or preschool costs. It's a toy box to play games that aren't going anywhere.

And I'm going to say now what got me a C- on a lit paper on Les Miserables with the wisdom of a teenager: if you have to save up for 3 years to buy a couch, you shouldn't be buying that couch, and this whole thing could have been prevented if she bought a chair. Buy a fucking switch Francois. Bloodborne isn't worth it.

 

[JustSomeDong]

My goodness I remember when buying software would give you a box that weighed pounds and there were games where I literally spent more time reading the manuals (yes, plural, games would come with multiple manuals in those days) than playing the game. Ah, youth!

I remember being super excited upon buying SimCity 2000 Special Edition as a lad. I bugged my cousin who had just gotten his license for weeks to drive me up to the nearest Best Buy, since that's the only place that had it around here. Heavy Embossed box, nice fancy CD disc art, a very thick manual, and strategy guide that could easily be mistaken for a textbook. Shit, I'm about to get misty eyed.