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• On the post: Senator Klobuchar Fixed None Of The Problems With Her Antitrust Bill; But Made Sure To Carve Out ACTUAL Monopolists Like Telcos And Finance Companies

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 27 May, 2022 @ 02:08pm

  Re:Why does Fight For the Future favor this bill?

  First off, here's the FFTF Twitter thread spreading bullcrappery about this bill: https://twitter.com/fightfortheftr/status/1529948885522735121 Secondly...

  Fight for the Future proves there just another George Soros lobbied organization.

  Lovely. Yet another person blaming George Soros for something. As if that doesn't already happen a ton among the RWNJs.

• On the post: Sega Does A Nintendo: Company Pulls Older Sonic Games Ahead Of Anthology Release

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 12 May, 2022 @ 06:36pm

  There's a Sonic 3 prototype build out there that has different pieces of music instead of the "problematic" tracks. Notably, the later Sonic & Knuckles Collection for PC uses MIDI versions of the same tracks in the same places. So yes, it's possible the problematic tracks will be replaced - and it sucks - but Sega won't have to look far for replacements.

• On the post: Antitrust Reformers Debate Partnering With Bigots To Take On ‘Big Tech’

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2022 @ 02:23pm

  Do I get to use this now?

  It must be comforting living in an echo chamber of naval-gazing and breathing in your own farts, for which the writers and posters of this website are known.

  [projects facts not in evidence]

• On the post: GOP Social Media Experiments Fail (In Part) Because They Break The Troll/Amplification Cycle

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2022 @ 10:44pm

  Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

  The modern Trump GOP can’t just come out and admit their goal is mandated carriage of bigoted propaganda designed to rile up low-information Americans

  Doing that would be a refreshing bit of honesty, which is also why it's not gonna happen...although given the past few years or so I'm pretty sure that even if the GQP was honest about their intentions they'd still get tons of votes.

• On the post: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee Join Dumb, Baseless GOP Quest To Pretend OAN Was Unfairly Censored

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2022 @ 05:08pm

  No no no, it's Trump pooting. His devoted following thinks they're the most brain-boosting bottom burps since Rush Limbaugh's wafts of wisdom.

• On the post: Australian Law Enforcement Now Forcing Service Providers To Grant Access To Data And Content

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2022 @ 12:30pm

  The government just wants to fuck us all via the back door.

  So many jokes, so little time... No condom, no lube, no gentleness, Fox only, Final Destination (wait, I think I got confused somewhere...) Spyware is now the digital surveillance equivalent of an STD. I guess they think we're the assholes. Booty booty booty booty, spied on everywhere Butthole Internet Surfers Gonna be bleeding out more than blood from our rectums... Can we call this Brokebackdoor Mountin'? With governments like these, who needs enemas? (I didn't say they'd be good. :P)

• On the post: Nintendo Is Beginning To Look Like The Disney Of The Video Game Industry

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2022 @ 07:07am

  Not to mention Chrono Trigger.

  Chrono Trigger wasn't on the SNES Classic, though it really should've been.

• On the post: Nintendo Is Beginning To Look Like The Disney Of The Video Game Industry

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2022 @ 08:59pm

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  Plus there's the whole Super Mario Bros. 35 bullcrappery back in 2020-21. Releasing a game with a built-in six-month lifespan (because f-ck you that's why) and following through on it regardless of popularity or fan outcry was...not the best move, especially when - by sheer coincidence, no doubt - Pac-Man 99 was released a week after SMB35 was shuttered.

  The expansion pack is getting somewhat better, as the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC will be included also

  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that as well, but it's also a spread-out multi-part release that won't be done until sometime next year.

  I am fairly sure you will never see Square Enix games on the Nintendo Switch Online service. They instead sell them to you for $20+ a piece in the eShop, Steam, and mobile markets.

  Agreed. It's doubly irritating since there were multiple Square Enix titles on the NES Classic and SNES Classic, including two Final Fantasy games and Super Mario RPG.

• On the post: Nintendo Is Beginning To Look Like The Disney Of The Video Game Industry

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2022 @ 08:23pm

  Re: Re:

  It's been a very long time since we could expect that level of quality and care in a pack of rereleases of old games.

  For me, the last major example of high-level quality and care in a Nintendo rerelease was Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii. Putting aside all the tweaks and improvements, it's two GameCube games and a Wii game on a single Wii disc, which never ceases to amaze me given how expansive each of the Prime games are. On the other side is the Wii rerelease of Super Mario All-Stars. Good lord, what an overpriced waste.

• On the post: Nintendo Is Beginning To Look Like The Disney Of The Video Game Industry

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2022 @ 07:58pm

  Re:

  Still can’t play as the title character in a Zelda game, though.

  The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure say hello (and Cadence of Hyrule, given its full title).

• On the post: Nintendo Is Beginning To Look Like The Disney Of The Video Game Industry

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2022 @ 05:22am

  Across our Nintendo Switch Online membership plans, over 130 classic games are currently available in growing libraries for various legacy systems.

  "Growing" at a trickle for ages now. The NES and SNES services are still missing some first-party games (and no, I'm not counting those that needed an accessory to play) and are still lacking any Square/Enix titles, the Expansion Pack is way too expensive for what little you get (especially since most of the added cost is the Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC), and the Game Boy line continues to be absent despite having been part of the WiiU and/or 3DS Virtual Consoles.

• On the post: Minneapolis Police Officers Demanded No-Knock Warrant, Killed Innocent Gunowner Nine Seconds After Entering Residence

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2022 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ftw

  Addendum: I find it amusing that Lostinlodos has replied to pretty much every comment except mine, above. Almost as if he has no defense against what I said...

• On the post: Minneapolis Police Officers Demanded No-Knock Warrant, Killed Innocent Gunowner Nine Seconds After Entering Residence

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2022 @ 12:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ftw

  There was more than one group. That violent mob of a dozen or so in the hallway? Entirely separate from the large and peaceful group in the main foyer.

  Was that main foyer the room where people were swapping out the American flags for Confederate and Trump ones? How about just outside the Capitol Building, where - prior to anyone entering the building, if I'm not mistaken - a frickin' gallows was set up? Never mind that many of those who entered the building that day to protest/overthrow the democratic process were QAnoners, members of hate-filled groups who oppose the Not White (Proud Boys, Three Percenters, etc.), or simply wanted an excuse to "own da libs". All of them were MAGAts.

• On the post: Yes, It Really Was Nintendo That Slammed GilvaSunner YouTube Channel With Copyright Strikes

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2022 @ 01:41pm

  Given that impersonation has happened many times with copyright claims and Nintendo hadn't issued any claims against GilvaSunner in 2021, I'm not surprised the internet sleuths thought they smelled something off.

  Sadly, it seems it's the real Nintendo at fault here.

• On the post: Google Stadia's Failure Is Almost Complete

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2022 @ 08:37pm

  Re: Remember thin clients?

  That system was a "Laugh In" contestant

  You sure you don't mean The Gong Show and/or America's Got Talent?

• On the post: GilvaSunner YouTube Channel Shuts Down Due To Copyright Strikes From Nintendo; Pokemon Releases Music

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2022 @ 12:47am

  Re: so entitled

  When you want videogame music then play a videogame.

  Easier said than done. For every game you'd need a working copy of it and a working system to play it on. Then you factor in that a lot of games/systems are expensive on the second-hand market, assuming you can find one at all. Not to mention that many games/systems were exclusive to certain parts of the world, or had their soundtracks changed between regions/revisions. And some of them require accessories to play. On top of that, you'd need to be good enough at the game to hear the whole soundtrack, assuming you know how much of a soundtrack there is to hear - and even that assumes there's no tracks the game doesn't play in whole or in part. Wanting to listen to game soundtracks online isn't being "entitled" - it's wanting to listen to great (and sometimes not-so-great) music without the fuss of trying to track down and play the (sometimes pretty lousy) game in question, especially if you're not a gamer but enjoy music. But oh, I'm not done with your snobbish attitude yet!

  When you need food or shelter then you should be out there fighting.

  Sure, because everyone can do that. Never mind that a lot of people have physical and/or mental conditions that prohibit them from "be[ing] out there fighting", or simply can't make any headway out there in the world no matter what they try. I know what that's like, both in my own experience and with some in my immediate family. tl;dr - Take your snobbish attitude and shove it firmly up your sphincter.

• On the post: Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2022 @ 09:04pm

  Re: Re:

  I'll add that you should do that even if he's not your Representative. Wyden's been fighting the good fight for the American people longer, and more often, than most (if not all) of the rest of the current Congress.

• On the post: DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel's Reach

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2022 @ 10:24pm

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  Breitbart, Stormfront, Telegram, Fox Nation, QAnon podcasts, Real America's Voice, The Joe Rogan Experience, Louder with Crowder, PragerU...

• On the post: Why U.S. Robocall Hell Seemingly Never Ends

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2022 @ 01:58pm

  If the scammer's a real person on the other end, I put my phone on speaker, put my airhorn directly to the speaking portion, press it quickly, wait a few seconds for a response, and then hang up.

  If the scammer keeps doing their spiel, I use the airhorn again to make sure they get the message.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  WarioBarker ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2022 @ 03:53pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Doing others job

  And if they keep standing behind 230. They need to Fix that idea, so they can Keep 230.

  Facebook/Meta's made it abundantly clear that they want §230 neutered or dead, since they have more than enough resources to deal with any liability suits. Smaller companies (such as Techdirt) don't have anywhere near those resources and would go under, thus making FB/Meta even more dominant on the internet. They're only "standing behind 230" insofar as they're trying to push it off the cliff.

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