RickR

No, Rick! It was Fernie Sanders! He is staying inside for the winter so he doesn’t freeze over.
Argh. Too many puns today!

Was it this Fern?

😆 fernst place
That's dad joke worthy right there 😂 I'm sure Rick would approve

Sorry to hear, Harry. Praying for peace and reconciliation for your family.

Same to you, buddy. 
 

Your assignment is to write an essay comparing CV Donkey Kong vs. 5200 Super Breakout as pack-in games. 

I'm kidding!  No assignments!  Enjoy your time off. 
 

I will find time to put that ROM file on my Genesis everdrive.  I also need to pull out my copy of 2600 "Stella's Stocking". 

No snow here.  But we had heavy rain this week.  And that rain and cloud cover brought our temp up the 50's. 
That Genesis game looks like fun.  Thank you for posting the link.  Maybe we should set up a mini high score contest with that game for this week.
 

Yes.  I got one 15 years ago or so.  It's one of my favorite systems.  The 3D effect is really well done, and the graphics are a lot better than I expected.  They also nailed the controller, which is very similar to the Gamecube controller. 
They should have called it "3D Boy" instead of "Virtual Boy".
 
 

You got a Virtual Boy, @RickR? You da cool cat 👍😎 I've really enjoyed the 3D in 3DS games.

Not in 3d? 
I have a real Virtual Boy, and it's the red graphics and working 3D that make it special.  This game in particular needs the 3D to get the full effect of what they were trying to do.  It's so cool when your eyes have to shift focus when jumping from front/back and vice versa.  I'm going to guess that without 3D, the game is a lot easier and loses what makes it so unique. 
 
 

Wiimednafen here actually has several 3D glasses options, including Red/Cyan. You should try loading this up on your broken Wii, Rick. It is crazy good at everything it does. It emulates VB, Game Boy, GBC, GBA, NES, TG16, Lynx, and more, all flawlessly as far as I know. A must-install for any Wii or Wii U.

It is cool to be able to experience the game on the Wii-U in any case. 
I have here a set of those red/cyan 3D glasses, and one of my lined-up projects is to try a PC VB emulator that tries to accomplish the 3D effect with those glasses.  I think I saw an ArcadeUSA video about it. 
 

Not in 3d? 
I have a real Virtual Boy, and it's the red graphics and working 3D that make it special.  This game in particular needs the 3D to get the full effect of what they were trying to do.  It's so cool when your eyes have to shift focus when jumping from front/back and vice versa.  I'm going to guess that without 3D, the game is a lot easier and loses what makes it so unique. 
 
 

I didn't realize Vulcans were so tall! 😁🖖

Pretty soon, you'll have to break out the crew by their ships. It's getting crowded on that shelf.

This reminds me that I have "The Amazing Adventures of Pac-Man" on vinyl on display in my office.  Time to fire that one up.

Honestly, I don't think I've listened to McCartney 2 all the way through.  Not my cup of tea. 

Our record player has a USB connector, so you could theoretically record digital copies of records.  I have never tried that though. 

Now THESE ones I think are awesome:

This reminds me that I have "The Amazing Adventures of Pac-Man" on vinyl on display in my office.  Time to fire that one up.

Honestly, I don't think I've listened to McCartney 2 all the way through.  Not my cup of tea. 

Our record player has a USB connector, so you could theoretically record digital copies of records.  I have never tried that though. 

Now THESE ones I think are awesome:

Try "Miner 2049er" next.  If you've never played it, I think you'll love it.  The 2600 version is surprisingly good.  

Ooof!  That's hard.  To shut down something he's worked so hard to build up.  Ah, but it's time.  The body does not lie.  Blessings to him on a well-earned retirement.  May the good Lord bless him with a long, relaxing, and rewarding retirement. 

It's good that your pops is out of the hospital.  I hope he takes his time for a full recovery.  Pamper him a little!
 

And @HDN your Metroid reference reminds me of Son #2 who shed some tears playing one of the Gears of War games on Xbox360. His favorite character died, and he cried a little. I think he was like around 13 at the time.

Well I'm sure you've had good reason to cry.  Absolutely necessary and healthy IMO.
 
Cry for reasons tragic and frivolous.  In the end, it does help.  A reminder of our humanity.  
 
 

I sometimes think about how I'd react when the time comes and my parents pass away. Sometimes I think I'd be stoic about it, and sometimes I think I'd cry a river. A day or two after I admitted my dad to the hospital a week ago, I was on my elliptical in the garage to put in my (almost) daily exercise, and I suddenly started to pray and cried out in tears thinking about him for a couple of minutes. He's back home now and my parents have been staying with us the last few days.
Tears in anger? You're a full blooded Italian all right 😆 Remind me never to piss you off 🤣 Probably the time I was most angry and reacted physically was when I struck out playing slow-pitch softball, and I punched the trunk of my Volvo 264 and left some knuckle indentations. I was 19 at the time and had been in an aircast after more than a month in a hard cast for a nearly broken right ankle (volleyball), and I hadn't touched a bat for a couple of months.
Nowadays, I respond emotionally to music, movies, books -- the arts in general. I surprise myself as I never did so when I was younger. I tell my wife that I'm just still growing and maturing as a person 😇

That's right.  You should see the one I made.  Frankenstein-esque.  But totally safe.