I don't know about that. I have been wearing the same semi expensive watch daily for over 10 years and there is not even a scratch on the face despite having bumped and knocked it countless times. Worth mentioning that a watch repairer can replace most parts to get it looking good as new relatively easily if it came down to it.
Sunglasses on the other hand, I also go cheap - but that's because it is much easier to lose them then something attached to your wrist! Haha
Why not just use a QR code scanner that shows you the link before you browse to it?
We must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!
What items AREN'T better than they used to be?
There is absolutely an abundance of cheap crap options out there but almost everything has a much better equivalent available today.
Nah it won't be like that - in future you will get to subscribe to multiple services Sony, Microsoft, Epic, Ubisoft, EA, etc to play the games you want!
Battletoads (NES) I have a few but I want to call out this as it gets memed for it's difficulty - and it was difficult - but not "can't pass level 3 speeder bikes" difficult!
The game looked great, had extremely tight controls and had an insane amount of level variety! Each of the 12 levels was unique, from platforming, rappelling, biking, surfing, flying, racing, swimming, and even weird ass wall clingers! And they all played well - It also had the most banging pause music ever haha!
It's actually a fairly common thing in Australia - otherwise known as a spaghetti jaffle (jaffle is a type of toastie for the uninitiated) - and they are AWESOME!
https://myfoodbook.com.au/recipes/show/spaghetti-and-cheese-jaffles-toasties
Tangentially related: https://youtu.be/zfVLTKktt3A?si=MhpU9C-otZc6jzkt
(Not helpful, but hilarious!)
I am curious to see if your opinion changes as you get through it, as the more I explore the more I find unexpectedly unique and interesting areas (caves, wells, ruins, manors, towers, etc) with unique and well designed enemies and bosses at every turn. It may help a lot that I have never played a souls game so it all feels very new to me!
I barely time to game, but have recently sunk 60 hrs into Elden Ring - with no intention of stopping! It is phenomenal!
Devs have gotten lazy
You mean projects no longer factor in the time or prioritise this kind of optimisation, right?
I am curious why it is considered such a terrible practice? A lot of people don't want to spend time and effort renovating an old property (nor do they have the knowledge or experience to do it well) so there is a market for old but already "fixed up" houses and there are people that make a living doing just that.