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General Chat / Re: Hockey Discussion: The Leafs Would Like To Borrow Taylor Hall's Horseshoe

« Last post by NWR_insanolord on Today at 05:49:46 AM »

I may hate the Penguins and have been rooting against Canada, but I still hated to see Crosby miss the final in what was probably his last chance at the Olympics.

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General Chat / Re: Hockey Discussion: The Leafs Would Like To Borrow Taylor Hall's Horseshoe

« Last post by Khushrenada on Today at 03:09:32 AM »

You'll love this. I don't watch Olympic hockey. The last time I saw it was the gold-medal game in Vancouver 2010 and that was only because I was kind of forced to with a group of people watching it at my house because of my brother who was living with me then. Once he moved out on his own a year later then that was it for me and no more Olympics. (Until Paris 2024 because I was actually interested in a couple events that year but was disappointed again.)

After hearing about the US win, I was curious though about who was the coach. I thought it might have been Mike Sullivan but wondered if I was mixing it up with a different event. But it was him. What a strange year he's having. Left the Penguins after three years of missing the playoffs to the Rangers only for the Rangers to immediately bottom out and become one of the worst teams in the league this year. Meanwhile, the Penguins are sitting at second in the division and looking like they'll make the playoffs under their new coach. I felt Sullivan was still a good coach and worth keeping even as the years went on without a playoff win since 2018 but the way this year has played out made me wonder if he was as good as it seemed. Now he's the guy who who coached the US to their first Gold medal since 1980. And yet, he gets no gold medal for that which I've always felt was kind of strange since a coach is still an important role in these games but I get it. If coaches for teams sports get medals then what about coaches for gymnastics or other sports? And then there'll be other people who will say they helped in some way feeling they should get a medal too.

Anyways, furthering my views that I made the right choice was learning about Crosby getting injured during the Olympics which annoys me. With the Penguins having a great bounceback year, having Crosby be the one guy who gets injured from this stupid diversion has only made me more of a hater for this thing. Olympics suck, y'all.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« Last post by ThePerm on Yesterday at 08:05:07 PM »

Possession(1981)   9/10 - The only way to explain it is if you've been through it before. The movie is surreal and weird but it perfectly expresses something that you can only get through esoteric means. Sam Neill is great. So is Isabelle Adjani.

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TalkBack / Re: John Plays New Star Fox-like from Original Star Fox Designer

« Last post by broodwars on Yesterday at 07:52:00 PM »

I'm surprised that the new Legal-side Nintendo hasn't slapped down the Cease & Desist on a game this blatantly trying to emulate Star Fox 64. From the looks of your video, it also doesn't seem to be a particularly great attempt (particularly with the sluggish movement and the spongy enemies, as particularly seen with the boss), though it's just a demo so there's time for improvement.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by broodwars on Yesterday at 06:11:21 PM »

Rolled credits on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Switch), obtaining all the gems; pixel toads; and bonus objectives in the main game levels. I also obtained all the gems in the DLC levels, as well as all the bonus objectives aside from the final one. Sorry, but I don't care enough to run through 30 consecutive levels without getting hit as I obtain an increasingly-longer train behind me.

I don't think I'm going to bother with the bonus levels, as I've pretty much had my fill of the game at this point. Too much of the game is just extremely same-y, especially with how often levels get repurposed. Overall, the game is good but I could have used a bit more variety.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 964: It's Bokoblin Time

« Last post by jarodea on Yesterday at 09:22:01 AM »

The AI chip crisis is the main reason I have a Switch 2.  There is nothing on it or announced that really interests me, the top thing being GCN games on NSO but I already own most of the announced ones I'd want to play (the only Switch 2 game that interests me so far is Pokopia and I don't really know what it is). 

When it got to the point that Samsung stopped allowing its phone division long-term fixed contracts for RAM it was clear Switch 2 (or anything electronic) will only increase in price if there is a change.  I also wasn't going to pay $80 for Mario Kart World and the bundles were running out.  I picked one up last October and have done little with it since. 

EDIT: It seems the Samsung RAM decision was announced a month after I got a Switch 2.  Ah well, it was clear what the voracious AI capex monster was doing to the prices and availability of everything silicon long before that.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by broodwars on February 23, 2026, 05:59:48 PM »

I don't think I get the reference, so uh, thanks, I think...?

Perhaps this one will make more sense.





As for the video linked in your post, I've never cared for Dunkey. I've always found his routine perpetually unfunny.

Meanwhile, looks like I'll be done with the 2nd area of Nioh 3 pretty quickly, as it's about half the size of the Warring States era map and most of it is platforming over instant-kill water. Got my first permanent Amrita loss from a bad platforming section, so that's just great.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by Mop it up on February 23, 2026, 04:36:57 PM »

I don't think I get the reference, so uh, thanks, I think...?

Slowly working my way through Nioh 3

Here's the extent of what I know about Nioh.

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NWR Feedback / Re: Connection Problems

« Last post by Mop it up on February 23, 2026, 04:19:47 PM »

The same thing has been happening to me sometimes. I thought it might be something on my end.

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TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Fire Red And Leaf Green To Release On Switch February 27, Pokemon Presents Announced

« Last post by Mythtendo on February 23, 2026, 12:22:51 AM »

On one hand it's really odd that this isn't part of the Nintendo Only GBA titles.

If they DO add Pokemon Home support, it makes sense. If it was on NSO, it would have rewind and save states, which could make it easy to send as many legendaries as you want to Pokemon Home