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One of my recent retro game moments (lemmy.world)
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A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I've grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it's not even funny.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Everyone wants to be on the winning team. Our brains will make up all kinds of things to rationalize what we believe.

Also, I played and beat a burned PS1 "Pepsiman", so I'm not sure where that puts me besides old.