I’d say the last big “revolutionizing” thing in gaming was the release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017. All of the current handhelds owe their success to the Switch.
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Not the Chess Prodigy I was expecting, but in here for it!
My intrusive thoughts would take over if I ever held that rock and I would absolutely YEET it.
I keep my inner demons caged and ready to unleash on people who upset me.
3·7 days agoThe finals of major sports. Zero fucks given for the entire season, but that last game/series has everyone invested in the outcome.
Aim at the ground & pull the trigger.
1·8 days agoHell yeah, Bomb Pop!
When everything that comes out of your mouth is batshit crazy, it’s no longer news…
When he says something coherent and relevant, I’ll pay attention.
You think there were mistakes with the prequels.
I think the prequels were a mistake.
We are not the same.
The wild variations in what people consider “a great time” will never cease to amaze me.
Let me check the yard, someone said there’s a Subaru out back
I’m sorry. I meant “Yuuuuuuttthhhhzz”.
5·15 days agoI know this trick!
Someone go blow up the moon.
According to a former Marine buddy of mine: “Deployments are just a bunch of straight guys doing gay shit for months.”
1·19 days agoHigh speed rail? In America? Can I see it?
I don’t need pre-aged, I have those already. I need fresh ones.
$6 for cuts of meat? Ground beef is like $8/lb near me.
Me, after 30 seconds of black screen on my Steam Deck trying to play a game with “unknown” compatibility.
I’m old enough that I still have my original Game Boy that I got as a kid in elementary school, so I have been playing on handhelds for decades.
The Switch was the first “Flagship” handheld meant to compete with home consoles. It proved that there was a market for such a device, then the Steam Deck capitalized hard and the rest is history.
Sure, you can split hairs & say that the Nomad was technically a handheld Genesis, or get even more technical and say that the Game Gear was a handheld Master System, but neither one took over the market like the Switch. Hell, I’ve never seen a Nomad outside of a retro game store, it’s basically a rounding error in market share percentage just below the Atari Lynx.