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"I've seen the creation of life on the PlayStation 2" - title of my upcoming video essay https://backloggd.com/u/MegaApple

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MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 5h

No worries. I've learnt to live with my issues (despite my stubbornness), you will too.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 5h

Unironically, hit the gym.
You'll be too busy to look at yourself.

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MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 5h

Masculine Urge to own a 2000s/early 10s era gaming magazine.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 9h

Inshallah, we got more of these.

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MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · Sep 4

I read one of the devs later worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 and it all connected.
This game feels proto-RDR2.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 20h

Finally dabbled in OG Xbox emulation. Still rough and rather demanding on less powerful hardware like mine.
But loved finally getting a chance to play games I missed out on.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 21h

..because that is how system is built. Those who did escape it, worked really hard or chose walk away it while they had chance (also hard).
3. An emphasis on African American Black lives. Apart Fresh Prince Bel-Air, I've not seen many shows with that focus. Need to watch more.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 21h

Still thinking about The Wire.
1. The fact you can draw parallels from Drug trade with corporate companies. This could've easily been Succession - gangsta edition.
2. Love the fact none of characters escape the system - be it police, drug trade, politics, union, teaching (contd)

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 22h

I chuckled

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 1d

Tried digital Pinball with Pinball FX3.
Zen Studios have been making these types of games for years. You can feel that polish throughout. But damn are these overwhelming.

MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 1d

Name is reference to legendary warrior in The Mahabharata, where he is forced into a dilemma of going in war against his own family she witnesses the ultimate form of the universe.

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