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I'm tracking sales on dekudeals for the moment but I did get copies of Raiden IV (which is definitely something I enjoy), Ando Dunos II ( still can't beat the boss rush to unlock the last levels) and GreyLancer.

I'll probably pick up Strikers 1945 II this week since it is on sale.

I'm just patiently waiting and also considering grabbing some physical copies of games that I've seen for sale on local marketplaces (Sophstar and Mushihimesama).

Not even a third of the way through... Holy crap.

Oui, c'est vrai. Mais c'était pratique. Je m'en servais surtout pour avoir le solde de ma carte ticket resto.

Je suis d'accord, mais j'aimerais quand même connaître mon solde via SMS comme avant.

Il y a toujours quelques téléphones KaiOS, S30+ et Mocor qui traînent

Pas des découvertes récentes mais...

• Le dernier We Hate You Please Die est très bien (https://wehateyoupleasedie.bandcamp.com/album/chamber-songs)

• J'aime bien Cat Temper alors le dernier me plaît (https://cattemper.bandcamp.com/album/still-just-a-cat-in-a-rage) mais je préfère le précédent...

• Les manières de table de Annie-Claude Deschênes (https://annie-claudedeschenes.bandcamp.com/album/les-mani-res-de-table)

• Exhaust de Pyrron https://pyrrhonband.bandcamp.com/album/exhaust

• Cascade de Floating Points https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/cascade

I only know Infinitime, wasp-os has some games.

I think it is a blurry line.

Video games have always used terms like "next generation" in marketing, so that does have an influence. My students think PS4 is retro. They think iPhone 13 is retro!

When I was in my early 20s we didn't consider CDs retro or vintage, and that was the early 2000s when the tech was around 30 years old.

Before we also had big jumps, or at least we were told they were big jumps.

Analogue to magnetic tape to digital 8-bit to 16 to 32 to 64...

If I had to write an essay on the topic, I would focus on the aspect of "the way things were..." Meaning that something could be thought of as retro if the process of making it work vastly differs from the current process.

The PS2 didn't have HDMI, but it did have internet connectivity. There were wireless controllers, but they were a little different from today. The TV was probably a CRT so you had to change the channel to make it work. Magazines still had demos sold with them...

My conclusion: a young person can probably figure out how to get a PS2 up and running, so it isn't retro technology, it is just retro gaming.

I don't want to make generalisations. I have worked with people from all around the world as a teacher at an international business school. A thing that comes up quite often is a certain close-mindedness of people in China. I never would have noticed this myself, but it was my own students from China that mentioned it to me. I've only been to China once for 3 weeks and I while talking to people I did hear some comments about other nationalities that made little sense historically. My friend that I was visiting there basically said that anything bad that happens in China is caused by foreigners or Uyghurs which sounds like BS to me.

Why a child, though? That's some evil shit. Get that person's phone and look at ther social media, I bet their WeChat is filled with anti-Japanese shit.

The majority of my international students are very worldly and open-minded, and every year there are more like them.

Loved Nier: Automata. I didn't finish it completely, I think I got through Nines' playthrough and stopped after that and sold the game.

That music sticks in your head though! Have you seen the Anime?

I'm trying to get into shmups. Just playing whatever I can find on sale on Switch. Mostly Raiden IV x MIKADO Remix on loop. I think I might be getting better!

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