cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17152252
On Computer Games Monthly is back w/ the 2nd issue of the #fediverse’s only free unofficial gaming-slash-creative-writing magazine.
Inside you will find articles written by some of Mastodon's wackiest residents; nostalgic ramblings, societal critiques, personal stories, and fictional tales using #videogames as the delivery mechanism.
Issue #2 covers games released in and around December 2000 and features the following titles:
Dark Cloud
Pokemon Crystal
The Bouncer
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Guilty Gear X
Phantasy Star Online
Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo
----BONUS CHAO MINIGAME---- There is a small minigame in this issue; 16 bonus chao (yes, chao from the Sonic series) have been placed throughout the magazine. If you find them all: send me an email/message and I'll place you on the illustrious BONUS CHAO CHAMPION list on the archive!
https://archive.org/details/on-computer-games-monthly-december-2000-magazine
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13971279
On Computer Games Monthly #1
https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000
I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.
that's what this is -- except it's free! hope you like it.
On Computer Games Monthly #1
https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000
I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.
created this video essay thing based on an essay i wrote for my website.
https://youtu.be/OBFZtIQYiiI?si=LDxjp-lfoh5cJ47s
if you happen to watch, let me know what you think
could post this in the SaGa forum as well but figured this would be a better spot.
covers some of the following:
0:00 (Introduction & Justification)
2:26 (CHAPTER I: History of Final Fantasy Legend II or: Richard Dean Anderson's Haircut in Season 6 of MacGyver)
5:11 (CHAPTER II: Presentation, Setting & Plot or: Smoke Dope, Go Bananas)
7:57 (CHAPTER III: Music or: Is this Emerson, Lake & Palmer?)
11:34 (INTERLUDE or: Artistic Gentrification)
13:15 (CHAPTER IV: Gameplay or: Nintendo Power Nominee for Hardest Game Boy Game of 1990)
20:58 (CONCLUSION or: SAVE THE WORLD or: If Richard Dean Anderson is the Peak 90s Action Celebrity ...)
best episode in the last 3 seasons of the show and much better than Star Beast; still trying to figure out what Tennant is always reaching out for in these promo images, though: validation? acceptance? lost youth?
this is just a smidgen of the first-world's self-inflicted punishment. very excited to see what happens next.
seems a bit wishful thinking, and - absolutely - it was Davies who made the Doctor the center of the universe, starting with 9/10 as ThE lAsT oF ThE TiMe LoRdS, and every episode/arc being largely centeted on The Doctor's past/present/future and enemies. 14(?) popping in to essentially NAME the Daleks, his greatest enemy, kinda undermining 4's Genesis of the Daleks arc, is a sign - to me - that The Doctor is, once again, the center of the Whoniverse as we know it.
13 was far less "center of the universe" than 10 and 12 ever were, often taking a back seat to her companion's storylines, which was refreshing.
to clarify, i like every season of Doctor Who and enjoy center-of-the-universe Doctor as much as backseat Doctor, i just don't think this is going to be a backseat decade for Doctor Who, not with Davies at the helm.
that dungeon he scouted turned out to be your home
ignore the "how" and focus on the immediate situation; what do you do?
this highlights the tragedy of the Crystal Chronicles remaster; they should have simply been able to boot that up and play the game together, but alas
so, long story short: i bought a Pixel 6a to replace my broken 5a. i bought said phone from Amazon, "refurbished and UNLOCKED," needless to say: it was not unlocked; in fact, it was locked by VERIZON.
i call Verizon, hoping for a miracle, wondering if they'll unlock it: they won't.
i start #googling and find a few "unlock" sites; all of which seem very shady, so i look at reviews, forum posts, etc. and finally come acorss one that, according to #SOME people "had good luck with"; the site is "The Unlocking Company."
i give this "company" my imei number, make/model/carrier, and $27: they say they'll have an "unlock code" and "instructions" to me within the next 72 hours.
so the burning question for this community is:
WILL THEY UNLOCK THE PHONE?
i am strongly inclined to think they will either 1) never get back to me or 2) say they can't unlock the phone and give me a partial refund
bets? and has anyone ever tried this before, any luck?
The apology seems insincere, as they always do; however, a company bending to consumer feedback in this manner is a good thing (if they actually make meaningful changes).
i bought a P-Watch due to the circular aesthetic, have been wearing mine since release. it's "OK" but last week i fell on my bicycle and scratched up the watch face pretty badly, so QUITE annoying that there is no repair program.
doesn't matter though, switching to a classic Cassio watch soon anyways. "Smart Watches" aren't that helpful for me, ultimately i don't understand the appeal. it's just PHONE ON WRIST, seems like another way to "PLUG INTO THE MATRIX"
Mobile Firefox + Adblocker add on.
the problem is that we've allowed this to happen. all mobile games function this way, the "rug" can be pulled at any time. all that money you spent on gacha pulls, was it worth it?
the problem goes back innocuously to MMO subscriptions, i think. which had a valid reason for existing, but an MMO can be "rug pulled" at any time as well, thankfully most of the greats have stayed up (wow, ffxi, eq) but ONE DAY they will be gone forever, relegated to private servers only.
hope this is not breaking any rules; my friend and i run a website in which we write "creative writing" essays on video games we play. we make no money on this and never plan to, it's purely passion projects, but we do put a lot of work into them. the most recent essay is comparing Metal Gear for MSX to the OJ Simpson Trial, but we also have a number of essays on:
we also aim to create "podcast" type videos on each essay, we have done seven so far: https://youtube.com/@oncomputergames?si=5c__UWP-vCU_Bqwd
for you, none; why would you sign up for more than one to begin with? this is for anyone who hasn't signed up for multiple yet-another-indie-writing platforms and is looking for a federated write freely instance to join (considering write.as is closed for registration).