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Balatro - why did I get myself involved with this garbage, awesome, pathetic, game of the year all years, terrible, great, boring, can't put it down game?

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It doesn't for the content of the magazine unless people add keywords in the description. So yeah, bonus.

Nice to have an official project. Archive.org has pretty much everything already, though. They say it's "patchy" though I haven't seen evidence of that from most mags. True that the legal status is iffy though, which is why the official project is good.

If Nintendo could see the difference in Switch piracy and "piracy" (preservation) of ancient consoles then it'd be fine. I know they put their old games on their own stores, but don't people lose access to those when a console gets old enough? And they don't make them available outside of Nintendo consoles.

I absolutely support them shutting down Switch piracy and hopefully Switch2 piracy won't be a big thing. Just leave me alone and let me play Super Mario Bros. 3 on RetroArch.

Yeah, sorry, just had to rant, I'm sure it'll all be great. I had another huge rant typed up here but deleted it because … well, too many words for you :)

New thought: how long before the Switch 2 is emulated? Given the current track record of emulators for Nintendo consoles, I would say probably tomorrow. I don't like the idea of emulating something so recent and didn't really like the idea that the Switch was emulated so early and easily, but damn, Nintendo has to be doing something that makes emulation of their hardware a breeze given that every single piece of hardware in recent memory has been emulated very quickly, easily, and accurately. I remember seeing a working Gameboy Advance emulator that worked 100% with the launch titles before the hardware was out here in the USA. Ugh.

Maybe that's why they're making a new console and upping the specs… "I dare you to emulate THIS even with your supercomputers!"