Gray Beard Nerd
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A nerd who is into cars, video games, movies, book and more. I love to write and hope to share what I have written with others. Please enjoy!!
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Falcon and the Winter Soldier Ep. 3 Review
Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode Three Awkward Execution. For those of you keeping pace with the new series on Disney plus may have noticed that while the show started in a strong place with its first two episodes that something was off when going into to third. Now I am not saying it was bad, just off. Lots of theories have come out online trying to put a finger on what made the episode stumble a little, but I would like to share my thoughts on the show do far as we reach the halfway point in the six-episode series.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Geeks
Why I Still Own a PS2
Okay, I have a confession to make. I like to collect vintage electronics. Stuff like old TV’s, VCR’s and more. But my biggest obsession is old video game consoles. When people come into my house and see all the “junk” they will often have one question for me, why? It’s not a bad question really, especially considering how easy it is to emulate software and the plethora of new video games that are coming out all the time. Why collect and play old video games and consoles? Like with many things in life there are multiple reasons. One might consider the necessity of archiving and conserving the past, especially in light of the fact that many of the companies who make these games do not feasibly have the fiscal resources to do so themselves. In the early two thousand’s it was revealed that SquareEnix had accidentally erased the files related to Final Fantasy 8 and 9 as well as Kingdom Hearts and other popular games from their hard drives. This and other incidents left many people interested in the preservation of games wondering who would take the initiative to conserve this medium of storytelling and artistic expression. Museums were opened and online forums established by the community to record and archive the enormous amounts of information related to this still growing media which includes more than just games. Artwork, manuals, news articles, magazines and even code are all collected and stored somewhere. But more than these the community of collectors take in hardware, clean it up or repair it and keep it in their own personal archives to preserve for posterity and to enjoy.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Gamers
