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❓Question: when’s the last time you “chatted online“ with anyone outside of this site?

I'm working on converting old family 8mm film movies to a distal format. It is slow going, but works well. 

I'm working on converting old family 8mm film movies to a distal format. It is slow going, but works well. 

I'm working on converting old family 8mm film movies to a distal format. It is slow going, but works well. 

❓Question: when’s the last time you “chatted online“ with anyone outside of this site?

📰 After nearly 10 years, Pat & Ian's Completely Unnecessary Podcast coming to an end in current form: 

📰 After nearly 10 years, Pat & Ian's Completely Unnecessary Podcast coming to an end in current form: 

I just finished watching the first episode of The Sandman on Netflix, and my reaction is simply 😮 

I’ve heard of the greatness that is Neil Gaiman and his work The Sandman. However, the descriptions of it being some sort of horror was off putting as I’m not a fan of the horror genre.  As I looked at the thumbnail in Netflix though, it looked more like a dark fantasy in a dream setting more so than horror. Still even then, I’m not a big fan of dream settings, and I prefer something more tangibly grounded.

Nevertheless, something compelled me to give it a try tonight, and OMG this is amazing. The premise and the story are absolutely brilliant. The first episode moved at a rapid pace to set up the world and the characters. The characters and the scenes looked beautiful. It was simply a delight and I look forward to the remaining ten episodes.

I just finished watching the first episode of The Sandman on Netflix, and my reaction is simply 😮 

I’ve heard of the greatness that is Neil Gaiman and his work The Sandman. However, the descriptions of it being some sort of horror was off putting as I’m not a fan of the horror genre.  As I looked at the thumbnail in Netflix though, it looked more like a dark fantasy in a dream setting more so than horror. Still even then, I’m not a big fan of dream settings, and I prefer something more tangibly grounded.

Nevertheless, something compelled me to give it a try tonight, and OMG this is amazing. The premise and the story are absolutely brilliant. The first episode moved at a rapid pace to set up the world and the characters. The characters and the scenes looked beautiful. It was simply a delight and I look forward to the remaining ten episodes.

ICYMI:

ICYMI:

The first Recharged Squad Challenge of the New Year is live now!  VCTR-SCTR from Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration!

💬 Added a dedicated "Status Updates" page to the nav menu, it's like our own little Twitter.

🥳👯‍♀️ Ringing in the new year & thinking about how this week 40 years ago dept. stores were inundated w Atari returns

Well 2am here now and a nice evening, wife went to bed earlier, I am enjoying some bubbly with little sleep but enjoying the slight buzz so with that I will say, for whenever you see this, just, thanks again guys for being there, being friends, understanding my craziness and issues, I really appreciate you guys and just know you are definitely a part of making life bearable. I really mean it. Cheers and hope 2023 is at least a little kinder for us then 2022 and hell, the last couple years have been. I am not the smartest or best person but I try THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE ND PUTTING UP WITH ME.

OG Doom, how I have missed thee ❤️ 

I recently picked up Doom from the eShop because it was on sale, and I’ve been playing it the past couple of days. I have the various Doom releases on multi-gen Xbox and Playstation consoles, but it was this release for the Switch that got me to play the original Doom once more. I hadn’t touched it since I played it during my college days thirty years ago (with the lights on, of course).

Still fun as I remembered it. Still gets me once in a while with a jump scare 😂 It feels a little weird playing with the Hori split pad pro on the Switch. I think it’s the thumb sticks being so far apart. Maybe I should open the Pro controller still in the box. I heard recently that the Switch now supports keyboard and mouse? I probably won’t go that far to replicate the original controller experience, but it was just a passing thought.

Graphics look good with none of the slow downs like when I played on my Northgate 386/33 and later the Cassiopeia Pocket PC. Sound effects sound right, but the music? Maybe it’s just my memory or I’m confusing the music from later Doom games.

No matter — hail to the King, baby! Oops, wrong game, but this is The One that got us super stoked about graphic card upgrades and defined a whole new genre of games called FPS.

⚽ Playing a round of Pelé Soccer on the Atari 2600 tonite to celebrate a life well lived https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/sports/soccer/pele-dead.html 

Been tinkering a bit with ANDROID SUBSYSTEM for Windows. It does NOT use Google Playstore by default but as you can see my version does 😏 Previously, I used some emulators like NOX / BLUESTACKS /LDplayer etc but this seems better with good integration with Windows, for example the ReFace App instantly defaulted to my Desktops Logitech Webcam. I still prefer testing various LINUX distos using Vmware though or older hardware, so I will never use LINUX SUBSYSTEM for Windows and so I have removed that feature. 

❄️☃️🕹️ HAPPY ATARI DAY! If you're with family & friends, today is a great day to invite them to the World of Atari!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone🎄 I hope you enjoy Christmas Day with your family and friends. 

Hear me out, Santa deniers: if Santa isn’t real, why do the presents you get on Christmas say “From: Santa” on them? It just doesn’t add up…

HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS ! 🎅🏼🎄❄️

🤔 Is there any notable difference between Star Trek's "Q" and Samantha Stephens?