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Michael Galligan
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Standard issue nerd, 43. Currently obsessed with retro games (via emulation) and napping.
Yes, they're both Game Boys; PlayStations are all PlayStations but you're probably not going to lump PS1 and PS2, 3, 4 & 5 games together.
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Basically my daughter not only empties my actual bank account, she does it on Animal Crossing as well. 🤣
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
…so today I've been juggling 3 Switch's: mine, my daughters and the S2; travelling between islands basically to help my daughter get her island up to 3 stars and both her houses (on her island & the shared island) increased in size.
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
…and if I'm honest, I feel a bit silly. 🫤

Worst thing is, my socially awkward ass will sit there and *not* get any of those things out to entertain myself, because I'll feel awkward/silly doing so.
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
…So in my backpack I've got things to keep me entertained:

• a Retro Gamer magazine
• a Miyoo mini Flip
• a Nintendo Switch Lite and a handful of games.
• a kindle

It was only after I packed all this in my bag that I felt like a bloody child going somewhere "boring"…
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Because there wasn't room for full words:

NS = Nintendo Switch
MD = Sega Mega Drive (Genesis if you're across the pond)
GB = Game Boy
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm so used to crap music on any short-form video these days that I wasn't ready for such a banger. 😆
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I had a subscription to Commadore Format as a kid. Always looked forward to the "Power Pack" cover tapes.

When I moved to consoles, Mean Machines. It being multi-format meant I could read about all the systems and games I didn't have/couldn't afford at the time. 😆
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I didn't release there was more than one model. That's cool. 😊
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tangentially related: it pains my bones to think of the PSP as "retro gaming".

This month's Retro Gamer magazine has a feature on the Xbox 360. I almost straight up died. 💀😆

I still think of the 360 as "last gen" 💀😂
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM