Ashley

The rule of thumb has been "current consoles here, old consoles in Retro" but then looking at the description of this forum it says "Talk about Nintendo's consoles and their games here, including the Nintendo Switch, Wii U & 3DS." which may need updating a bit! But yeah perhaps move but you can leave one of those redirect things for a week or so in order to make people aware it exists in Retro.

I hate to admin an admin but we do have a retro forum...

Hmm so looking at last year I didn't really have any. I mentioned travelling but that was more a plan (which happened) than a resolution. Also wanted to bulk up and actually I've kind of ended up doing the opposite. January 1st I weight 71.5kg and today I'm at 66.3kg. Travelling did make me lose about 5kg because when you can't control your food intake its hard for a veggie to get sufficient protein and my muscle mass was the first to go. Ended up spending the latter half of the year doing a recomp of sorts. Anyway, 2024! Next year is going to be a transitionary year for me. Decided I want to travel again in 2025 and look to move somewhere. I thought getting back from travelling I'd have gotten it out of my system and look to settle down (given I've basically spent the last 20 years constantly moving from one thing to the next) but nah, don't want to be here. I'm going back to my old job on a one year contract to save some more money and to give myself time to get my career in a better position to freelance. I came back from travelling and did PTing for a while and the idea was to do freelance web design alongside it but need to build up a portfolio still. Got some projects under my belt, just need some time to get my ducks in a row. My loose goals for the year are: Save about 50-60% of that salary Become more structured in my language learning (still figuring out how exactly but it has definitely slipped off lately) To bulk (yes, its a repeat) To get in a better position so that at the end of the year I can begin freelancing properly (develop new skills, sort out portfolio, sort out the business side of it etc)

Day later than promised but I've had a look and it seems that is all down to IPS (who make the forums) and looking on their support forum it's not available and little call for it. It may happen, but doesn't seem like it would be anytime soon sorry.

I'll look into it tomorrow and see if it can be done

Presumably the name will change to Streets of Rage Wii before its released?

"Make friends, increase your fans, and create a movement" Is this Jet Set Radio or Only Fans?

I actually saw an advert for them the other day and that's how they pronounced it so you might be onto something.

Hehe Booty.

Oh no, now I have this in my head.

They're not really for you, they're for grandparents buying gifts. And to improve visibility on store shelves without having to pay for a cartridge.

Yeah that is what I was going to say. You might be able to grab that, but if not you'll just have to get a gift voucher.

I know this is getting into the weeds but this made me question if they were originally on TCR and have moved to nearby Rathbone Place or had always been there and just said TCR because its more well-known, especially given the shop on Rathbone Place looks like its been there for decades. And according to Wikipedia...neither. Was on Whitfield Street originally. Anyway, procrastination over I guess.

Same is also true for pronunciation. I don't care what Stephen Earl Wilhite ways, I'm not calling it a "jif"

If we're going to talk about pronouncing Sega did you know that in Italian "sega" means "he/she/it saws". Now if one imagines what else the sawing gesture could look like you soon hear "seeeeeegaaaa" in a whole new light. (Okay not really about pronunciation but I can never not share that).

Watching American videos actually. Although if we're being picky they do actually know how acronyms work, but not initialisations. Acronyms are words in their own right (eg scuba), whereas initialisations aren't. Depends if you consider FAQ a word. That's a good point, Americans spell that one out but we don't. Fack off with your weird pronunciation

An important question because I occasionally hear some people say "Game facks" and it bugs me.

Coincidentally I was looking at GBA SPs on eBay yesterday because a while back I found my copies of Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver at my mom's and want to see if the internal batteries have died.

His cause of death has been confirmed as lung cancer. Bastard cancer 😔

"Well excuuuuussssee me" - Princess.

Kate Micucci (Gooch) did recently announce she's been treated for lung cancer but is fine. Terrible news about Braugher. So young 😔

Okay now for the actual thoughts on the film

Just got back from Godzilla Minus One and I'll do full thoughts tomorrow (it's past my bedtime!) but a warning to @Happenstanceand others. They started the film and some things weren't subtitled so I thought "hmm maybe it's just unimportant stuff" then it became obvious it wasn't that. Few people started going out to speak to staff and eventually could see the top of the next line so it was clear the image was too zoomed in and if it was only one line you couldn't see that. After they paused and zoomed in (making it worse) people went again. Eventually they reset the film (10 minutes in at this point) and had to come back after a few minutes and zoom out. The subtitles were below the image itself so I think it is the file rather than the cinema and there's a chance it could be fixed beforehand but might be an issue with screenings so perhaps best to be cautious.

Cheers