IronpigsWizard

@IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sonic turns 35 today—what does this franchise mean to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice write up frenchfrynoob, I enjoyed reading it.

  Atari, later Sega, always appealed to me more than Nintendo. I enjoyed all the Mario games, but as a child I did not see any appeal or desire to have a overweight, believed to be Italian, plumber as a role model. Sonic was fast, had a somewhat sarcastic/smart talking persona and early on had a more prominent pro-enviromental message, which went along with Captain Planet and other cartoons airing on TV at the time. So that all hooked me quite early.

  A bit later, I also picked up from the evening news that Nintendo was somewhat of a cheerleader for the Parents Music Resource Center and Parents Television & Media Council, so they were frankly lame to me. Sega allowing blood in Mortal Kombat was an important issue at the time, ha.

  I always played the Sega demo units when I went to stores with my parents and I would guess I first encountered Sonic in 1991 at the electronics section inside a Montgomery Ward that was an anchor store to my somewhat (20-30 min drive) local mall. I definitely know now that those employees working there were wondering when I would leave. My parents would just leave me there and go about their business. That demo unit tradition never stopped until the early 2000s.

  Even when I was working and driving, if I stopped into the mall, I would see what was new for the Sega Saturn, Game Gear and later Dreamcast.

  Now I am old and invest in Sega. The company oddly means a lot to me, from arcades to home consoles and even amusements. The first cutting board I got for my camper van was a wooden Sonic the Hedgehog one, heh. :) though sadly it got destroyed over the past very cold winter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Turns 10: The Big ConcernedApe Interview - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was a nice interview. The game saved my sanity during the pandemic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your friend is mentally ill or an idiot, likely both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨genius⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking the same thing! lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've heard New Yorkers are devastated⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to say you’re wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've heard New Yorkers are devastated⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing how he started out in numetal and now dresses, acts like he contributed to music as much as someone like Bowie, Cash, CCR, etc when in reality he’s in the same exact category as Fred Durst.

  (kind of) Sorry to talk shit on numetal, just because I am old now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING NEWS: We did it, guys! 20 poptarts!⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really proud of this dog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Holograms All the Way Down"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a huge, “Too Many Cooks” (same creator/director) fan way back.

  I enjoyed/laughed at what I have watched. The Spock episode was great. Bloopers!