It's mostly the shit I don't understand. The fuck is the point of Funko Pops?
tbf, Earthbound is turn-based so you can’t actually get caught in the middle of a boss battle and not be able to leave.
Late to the party here I know but:
The problem is that they're focused on the concept of "better" at the cost of all else, "return on investment" is never factored in. Yes a 0.5% increase is better but paying 15% more for that increase is a completely different question altogether and the answer will vary person to person. I think once you throw that out the window you lay the initial groundwork for brand whoring and thoughtless consoomerism since it doesn't matter how much it costs, it only matters that you have "the best".
In a weird way, it's one of those perfect kind of games for if you might need to do some shit but also don't have any immediate priorities.
What makes it cringe is he's posting to reddit about it instead of just playing the fucking game while waiting for his baby like a normal human being. prioritizing reddit clout before you own child is the sign of a fucking bad parent. reminds me of the twitter THOTS that take posed selfies in designer clothes at funrerals.
In my experience Earthbound is popular because people love the idea of loving Earthbound, rather than loving Earthbound.
Of course they have a physical cartage. Use an emulator and rom like a normal person to save money.
it's kind of got that status now, especially amongst reddit and "WOAH!!! RETRO>!!" types but for a good while it was just a funny rpg game with a dedicated following. I think the rise of the redditbrain shit was the fucking scalpers hoarding the game making it suddenly artificially "rare" though at the start the responses were just people bitching about earthbound hoarders/scalpers over the last decade or so it's kind of turned into a "UHH ACHUALLY IT'S WORTH 500 DOLLARS BECAUSE BLUH BLUH CIRCULATION/PRIDUCTION NUMBERS ALSO VINTAGE COLLECTIBLE BLUH BLUH" type shit. I'm frankly pissed Nintendo never re-released it in a physical format in the US because if they did we wouldn't be dealing with this horseshit.
could be a repro, could be from a garage sale for a decent price, but knowing reddit they probably paid a scalper and considered it a "steal" like a typical consoomer.
I think what really fucked it up was the inclusion of Earthbound characters in the Super Smash Bros. franchise. I know that was my first introduction to the franchise, and while I never played the games myself, I can definitely see that exposure bringing in some of the insufferable types we see on this thread.
Yeah I've played and beaten it on an emulator. I do have the cart, but it's a $13 repro.
There’s definitely a nostalgic quality to records. Back in the 80s/90s, my dad had a collection and it was a blast interacting with them. But I’m no fool: modern tech is so much convenient and cheap. I think I’ll just get some decent Bluetooth speakers rather than spend 100$s on albums that I already own in mp3 or CD.
I can somewhat understand the argument for "fuller" or more "authentic" sound from vinyl since the dirtiness of the recording does sound more like live music does, but I just get annoyed when people try telling me that something worse is better on a technical level.
This just tells me that he's careless and superficial enough to carry around a cumbersome portable SNES and a valuable game cartridge with a fragile label in public, where it can easily get damaged. And now he's responsible for a human being.
The only reason I have a CD drive at all is to rip music from a relative's music collection, if they do not have an album I want to rip I just use youtube-dl. I can not understand audiophiles. How can they hear differences in audio that no one else can is beyond me. Also FLAC files are fucking massive, I can compress them into a decent quality MP3 with no noticeable change in audio and save a shit ton of space.