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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Despite never owning one (we were a Nintendo house) I’d argue it’s the PS2. An easy thing to forget is that the PS2 was one of the cheapest DVD players for a very long time and that got video games into a lot of houses that wouldn’t have had them. Add to that some of the best games of tent pole franchises GTA3, FFX and FFXII, Kingdom Hearts, God of War, MGS3, Guitar Hero, and Tony Hawk. That generation also cemented the twin stick controller design as the standard. I really think the PS2 defined the rubric for consoles to come

    JK, it’s the Wii. I helped install one in a nursing home when it came out, what other video game console had that kind of appeal? /s (but only kinda)




  • This guide is so bad that I might actually call it harmful

    1. Bee and mosquito bites manifest pretty differently across people, but I can forgive that

    2. Spider bites vary wildly depending on species and depending on your location you should know if venomous spiders are in your area and how deadly they are

    3. That is not what tick bites look like, that’s what Lyme disease looks like. If you see that you should be concerned because you likely have a lifelong affliction. Also, identifying tick bites is stupid, they stay attached to you

    4. The most characteristic part of bed bug bites are a series of bites in a short line/grouping. They stop feeding in response to micro movements and relocate to feed again



  • I’m fully in the Nick Weiger podcast universe so I listen to:

    • Doughboys
    • Doughboys Double
    • Get Played
    • Get Played Season Pass

    Which are all comedy podcasts with similar people appearing. They’re about chain restaurants, random side bullshit, Video Games, and Anime respectively. Then I also listen to:

    • Quick Question with Soren and Daniel
    • The Film Reroll

    Which is a podcast by 2 former cracked writers which is the only reason people listen to them and a podcast about playing through movies as role playing games