You know, that’s interesting, because I was never exposed to all the paid “freeshop” apps. Maybe it’s because I has been pirating for quite a while at that point, or because I hung out on the forums where the developers discussed their projects, but when Freeshop stopped working I just used Boop.

The main issue I had with installing 3DS games was that you needed double the space on your SD card; for the installation files and for the game you’re installing. Remote installation with FBI using Boop on PC was the solution to that after Freeshop died.

Oh gods, freeshop on the 3DS. When the thread popped up on the GBATemp forums I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Then when I tried it I couldn’t believe how Nintendo fucked up so hard. XD

I have no issue with Nintendo using open source emulators. It’s open source after all. Would be nice if they did like Valve and then also throw the developers a bone.

But we’re talking about Nintendo. They’re using the very resources they demonise and sue people into the ground for. Makes them hypocritics.

Taurine comes from animal tissue.

I would assume it’s obvious they keep their own ROMs… But then Nintendo has been caught multiple times using ROMs from romsites, and the emulators they use are either based on open source emus you can find on the Web, or are literally the exact emus.

I don’t get the appeal. It tastes like energy drink flavour.

With so many funny and interesting flavours monster and most other energy drinks have, choosing the basic energy flavour is just bland.

Well, they use gum Arabic. But energy drinks have taurine.

I don’t mind console exclusivity if the console were unique in some way, and the exclusive games made use of that feature.

Nintendo games in the past did this quite well. Many games I’ve played on the DS just wouldn’t work or feel the same way with traditional input.

Ja, maar, Dan heeft Nederland ook wereld beroende kaas, toch?

“Jean-Luc Fromage”. That guy would know about cheese, for sure.

Please for the love of all the gods do not give studio execs this idea or they’ll be scrabbling for a remake.

Strange. AoEIIDE to me looks and feels how I remember AoEII being. But looking back at the old version is very jarring.

I hold up the Definitive Edition as something a remake should be. Very faithful to the original. Unlike, say, the Ocarina of Time remake.

Just the Definitive Edition. It’s pretty future-proofed too, and it’s essentially what I expected the “HD” version to be back when I got it.

But the issue isn’t with expecting another version of AoEII, but how Age of Empires as a whole will be managed from here on out. Activision is responsible for creating a lot of toxic online crap and is, responsible for outlining and coining the term “Live Service”.

With AoEIIDE, AoEIIIDE, AoMR, and AoEIV still getting support, updates, and DLC, I can absolutely imagine a very near future where Activision drags it all through shit and muck.

Well fuck, there goes Age of Empires…

Yeah, but those are a combination of cover based shooter and RPG. Not really in the same vein as your typical shooter.

I mean… Half Life and Half Life 2.

He became one with the Force.

The like 100+ new Blender3D plugins that are sprouting like mushrooms growing on shit.

Yeah, but it brings you past this commercial zone where a number of chains and franchises pay Google a lot of advertising money.

When I buy a copy of something I don’t expect to own the intellectual property and all of the themes and elements that make up the intellectual property. I expect to own that one copy that I bought. Just the copy. The medium.