Do you remember your first console?

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  • Zenith12's Avatar
    Level 14
    Xbox 360 -- I think you can understand from my iconic pfp 😂
  • rabdan's Avatar
    Level 11
    PS2, i still remember playing GTA San Andreas on it 🥲
  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @ZaidH Yeah, everything is falling apart, especially with all the studios closing their doors. Gaming overall has become a very expensive hobby. Not to mention all the new hardware you need to play some of the titles. It's all one big monopoly board.

    I tried changing my regional setting on Steam before. It doesn't work for some reason. I heard it's possible but not for me. When I tried before I couldn't log in to my profile. 😐

    It was my only way to get those boots without selling a kidney. Nowadays it's not that easy.😂

    We have 9 official languages and if I'm not mistaken around 5 unofficial ones. Most people here can speak at least 6 out of the nine languages. Some know all 9 by heart.

    I think it depends on the province and region. I noticed people who reside more in the countryside and on farms are multi-bilingual.

    It was mostly something I wanted to educate myself with. The reason was work-related. I worked in a cultural environment with many different beliefs, values, customs, and traditions. Speaking their languages was crucial and I haven't had much choice to learn a few. 😊


  • ZaidH's Avatar
    Level 23
    @DracoTarot Sad state of affairs 😣 Doesn’t help that so many great games are coming out this year.

    That’s…not what I expected from Steam. Seems like it’s a recent issue where purchases from Turkish and Australian accounts were found to be much cheaper, and people were abusing that. I think that’s why Steam implemented strict regional pricing.

    Hooooly moly that’s so impressive! SA must produce some of the best translation talent in the world if that’s the case. Add Spanish to the mix and you’ll be Mr. Worldwide like Pitbull 😁 Say, if you ever felt like learning more languages again, which ones would be at the top of your list?
  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @ZaidH It does have some advantages, I guess. If they do not release so many titles, studios will have no means of survival and close their doors for good. In a way, they still try to make some profit, no matter how hard things become.

    Yeah, for me there is no way around it. One other issue here is so many accounts are hacked and it's getting worse. Maybe that's why Steam have implemented such strict measures and pricing.

    I've heard our public schools do want to introduce a few more languages in the next couple of years for students. I am a bit sceptical about it. Usually, it never happens.

    I wish I could add Spanish to my vocabulary. It would have been great. I guess I am not too old to learn. 😂

    Well, if I had the time and opportunity to learn more languages I would first choose one of the most difficult ones and that would be Mandarin. I've heard it takes years to learn Mandarin. A second choice would be Arabic but like I said my grey matter won't be able to handle it and my hard drive and RAM are outdated. My mind has the capacity of a first gen PC and I think I would need a whole new upgrade first. 😂


    I forgot to ask. Have you ever seen a console like this before? I own one of these. It can take those old Sega Mega drive cassettes. It's an 8 bit console from many moons ago. It doesn't have a name. Only a serial number.

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  • Sarkhan's Avatar
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    @DracoTarot this looks like it is made by aliens ahah
  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @Sarkhan The console does look like something made by Aliens. The controller reminds me of an old game called Space Invaders. The Starship almost looks similar. 🤣

  • ZaidH's Avatar
    Level 23
    @DracoTarot Even more languages!? Imagine rolling the credits in a game and suddenly spotting one person responsible for all the translations. I'm coming over to SA and start over from kindergarten again 🫡

    I just can’t comprehend how people learn Mandarin. It’s basically the Dark Souls of languages.

    Yeah chief that ain’t a console, it’s a full-on UFO 😂 It looks so cool! What’s that weird lookin' thingy on top of the controller?
  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @ZaidH Starting over from kindergarten again sounds like fun but in today's day and age, I wouldn't want to go back as far as that. I would rather repeat the past ten years and follow my intuition to fix what went wrong in my life. 😂


    Yeah, Mandarin is a good comparison to Dark Souls. The game was ridiculously hard. I haven't bothered to play it again.

    The weird-looking thing is for show. It resembles a gun or cannon of some sort. A pew pew with no function at all. I guess they thought it looked cool. 😂
  • ZaidH's Avatar
    Level 23
    @DracoTarot Lols I think humanity as a whole needs some rethinking 😂

    Not sure if it's true, but I read that some Dark Souls bosses might appear in ER Nightreign. Hopefully, you'll get to experience bits of Dark Souls with your team.

    LMAO that’s amazing 😂 I wouldn’t be surprised if Dell’s Alienware laptops were inspired by this piece of art.