Sabertooth

I hear Portland is cold af

WHOA cool, I'm just now seeing this! Late last night I finished some back end "club" work on the site and before bed took out the Club VCS Zine and read through it again. I never expected a print edition would materialize so quickly and look so good. VCS players are extremely lucky to receive this kind of incredible support. I always think of the Amico guys out there who must feel so devastated about where things are right now, and then I look at the VCS community and think how fortunate we are to have this.

@Sabertooth It has to be intentional. Lancia was an Italian marque that is out of production and not widely known in our part of the world. People with an interest in those types of cars or Rally racing from the 1980s would know the Lancia Delta as an icon. I was big into Sega Rally on Saturn when it first came out and drove the tires off of that little sucker. I think it's really cool that Hyuandi was willing to put this design into production.

@Justin - That's uncanny!

@Sabertooth I'm a big believer that the design of the Ioniq 5 pays homage to the Lancia Delta of the 1980s. Sega Saturn fans will remember the Lancia Delta as one of the playable rally cars in Sega Rally Championship:

I also had a gen 1 Leaf and loved it. Never had a single issue. And I bought it used 🙂

I drove a first generation LEAF for 8 years with no issues. Very little maintenance, cheap to operate, quiet ride and instant torque. The range was limited, but it worked well as a daily commuter.
The new EVs are miles ahead of that one. 300+ miles on a single charge and full sized.

You are braver than I.  While I'm all about new stuff and techy items, you cannot get me anywhere near the idea of purchasing an EV, especially a used one.

That is a great choice! 
 

The black ones have both logos, which I do like. 
 

I like the black suede.  The ones with no Atari logo confuse me...
 

The ones with no Atari logo were replaced with the G-FUEL logo 🤣

I'd probably buy the smoke white.

But which pair to choose?

MINI S is a good car. Do you think you'll get another MINI?

It is weird!  Perhaps there's a huge untapped market for the 8-bit's.  It's been an ignored platform for such a long time. 
 

Thanks for sharing @Justin. How horrible that experience must have been for your mother.  I'm happy that you're in the "timeline" where you grew up knowing her. 
These narrow misses really put things/life into perspective.  I'm still processing this, both physically and emotionally, but I'm absolutely thrilled and eternally grateful to be here for my family.

I just caught this @Sabertooth. I shared this with my Mom. When I was 18 months old we were moving to a new place, and my mom was hit by a drunk driver with her car full of framed pictures and fragile glassware. The drunk driver was driving with an already revoked license and hit her from behind on an overpass, scooping her car up and flipping it over an embankment and she was thrown from the car. She told me just now she can still remember the sound of the car wheel rolling right next to her head as the car rolled down the hill. I came very close to growing up not having known my mom, and I think quite often about how lucky I am that I got to live in this "timeline" where my mom is alive, and that things weren't worse for her. She miscarried twins shortly afterward which we always believed was related to the accident. I saw my mom at Christmas and showed her the Club VCS Zine and told her a bit about you and what you had done with the club, which - after having been my mom and going on this Atari obsession with me from the beginning - thought was incredibly impressive and really cool. I reminded her of you again tonight when I shared your story with her, and mentioned I'd share this story with you here. I'm glad you're okay, and that your family and little girl still have you. I hope the rest of 2024 is good to you.

Ooooooof.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/g-fuel-celebrates-ataris-gaming-legacy-with-atari-2600-collection-302026829.html
"Atari laid the groundwork for console gaming as we know it today, so it was important for G FUEL to honor that legacy with a refreshing new flavor and one of the biggest Collector's Boxes we've ever produced," said G FUEL CEO Bryan Crowley. "We know that Atari fans will be spending hours exploring all that the new Atari 2600+ system has to offer, and G FUEL is the perfect way to stay energized and focused during those long classic gaming sessions."

I prefer my Red Bull 7800 and my Marlboro Man Lynx 🚬

Yeah, an energy drink marketed to gamers.

What is this? Gfuel is an energy drink?

I think this is new. My guess is it's a way to engage younger gamers.
I just hope that the Atari formulation takes into consideration the dietary restrictions of the 45+ set. How does GFUEL interact with my bp meds?