I guess I don’t need to sleep if its a weekend

PCSX2 has a Linux version so you should be good to go. (Steam Deck users can play the games online too, in case any are reading this)

I think I saw someone mention somewhere that the Xbox port of PCSX2 works with online games including the Outbreak fan server, so maybe the Android version does too? 🤔

Edit: Looked into it and netplay was never implemented. It does indeed work on XBSX2 though, according to this post

I found a sprouted pepper seed growing out of my sink drain

Kiss my ass bitch!!

You can even hear him say this in the video. Was that the Jim player actually using his ability? I didn’t see what was happening so I thought he was just getting pummeled by the boss

MY LIFE IS SHIT

I had never really played Outbreak too much back in the day since it just didn’t appeal to me as a single player experience even though I loved all the other Resident Evil games. As soon as I heard about the fan server I knew I had to try it out with some friends.

From what I understand the fans reverse-engineered the server by analyzing the packets the PS2 was sending out to the official game servers, not that I really know what that means It was just unbelievably cool to get to experience the PS2 online experience 20 years later and I have nothing but respect for the sorts of people who make things like emulation and fan servers possible

Having done a couple of test runs with a few different friends, I can agree that yeah, the adlib system is cool… but I definitely wouldn’t want to have to rely on it. If Capcom made a game like this today (which they won’t since they seem to prefer failed live services like RE:Verse or that Resistance thing) a proximity chat system like in Lethal Company would probably be a good fit.

I already know it’s on its way out, CrystalDiskInfo has been flagging it as “Caution” for like three years now due to the amount of reallocated sectors. I only use it for Windows restoration points since I figure out it’s not likely my Windows install and the drive are going to go bye bye on the same day. I’ll replace it the next time I splurge on a big hard drive.

Thankfully it looks that way. I was just disappointed it was once again something specific to AMD hardware.

Yes, both Ryujinx and Yuzu can do multiplayer by emulating the Switch’s wireless functionality, though Yuzu’s servers have been shut off for obvious reasons. You can still play online on Yuzu through Hamachi or similar though.

Other emulators also have multiplayer, several PS2 multiplayer games are playable on PCSX2 with community servers and there’s an entire Xbox Live replacement service for the original Xbox.

Might be fun to mess with some multiplayer Switch emulation with Ryujinx 🤔

Somehow this plain family car makes perfect sense as a collaboration between huge German and Japanese corporations.

But it’s not even a cool product placement car

Well when I say Fortnite monetization, I also mean that the intent seems to be to also buy into existing licenses and throw a bunch of disparate IP together. It looks like they have Spongebob out the gate and plan to get characters based on streamers (ick)… but just to give an idea.

Not gonna lie, that sounds pretty grim

Monetization seems like another thing MK8D has over CTR:NF from the looks of it. From what I can tell MK8D only has simple DLC packs that add more tracks and characters where CTR:NF had a whole battle pass arrangement with the usual loads and loads of ugly skins and cosmetics. When I first unlocked all the DLC and Pit Stop content I went at all the ugly character recolors and distracting, animated skins that were suddenly populating my races. Oh cool, it’s a green Neo Cortex whose tires leave behind rainbows

(not antinatalist, but do hate mk8d babies)

I don’t care for them either. Mario and Luigi don’t even have the same art style as their adult counterparts, looking like they’re from some European comic book. I actually think the character selection is a bit lame overall in Mario Kart 8D. Maybe it’s because I’m not a huge Nintendo head but so much of it is wasted on random generic Mario mooks who don’t have much personality. Nintendo has so many franchises but the only ones represented here outside of Mario are Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing, F-Zero and Zelda. Where the fuck is Pokemon??? That’s like an entire game’s worth of track concepts right there.

There’s a pc kart racer in development that looks promising called Oh Baby Kart. It doesn’t look as bad as most PC kartracers, at least from early screens.

I probably wouldn’t care about a kart racer without an established license even if it was good, sadly. It feels weirdly integral to the entire appeal of the genre

I was about to say that it’s not that bulky actually, but looking them up apparently the backbone part retracts completely on the Kishi v1. I assume there were probably issues with the cable in there breaking since that seems to be a problem with all of these collapsible controllers.

When I bought the BSP-D8 I also got a cheap Nintendo Switch case/bag for 3 bucks that just about fits the phone and controller. The old phone I use as an emulator handheld is pretty old, with a 5 inch display. If I used anything bigger I’d have to take the phone out of the controller and keep them separate in the case. Maybe there are other sorts of knockoff cases on AliExpress

Kishi is a usb connect not a bluetooth though, so it can’t really substitute for a PC controller.

I mean, with a long enough USB cable it’s definitely usable on PC that way. In fact, when I used the BSP-D8 on PC I just used a cable since I didn’t want to bother with Windows’ bluetooth pairing process.

In CTR’s case I believe they weren’t even strictly gated behind microtransactions, being also “earnable” but still requiring you to interact with an online component. Though I think the game also had a Battle Pass system which means some of the content was probably vaulted because that FOMO has to be leveraged.

Making a game less horny for any reason automatically makes you worse than Hitler in their eyes.

Was that game even any good? I remember liking the original when I played it as a kid.

Also, I assume you could just cheat those in as well if it came out on PC or Switch