I really wanted a modded Xbox 360 when I was younger because I thought being able to play ‘backed up’ games and having a custom dashboard was really neat.

I ended up buying one last year to fulfill that childhood wish.

  • essell@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    I bought a Sega game gear (handheld console of the 90s) when I got my first job.

    Now in my 40s I get the things I wasn’t allowed when I was younger and they’re usually gadgets or food related.

    I have all the cool tech I need. I have takeaway too often and it always cheers me up, I have snacks and no one yells at me for using too much ketchup.

    I love being an adult.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      no one yells at me for using too much ketchup.

      That made me chuckle. Do you still have your Game Gear?

        • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Fair enough. I stumbled across a Game Gear community online a little while ago and I think they mentioned some common issues occurring due to age. Not sure if it was capacitor related like the original Xbox

          • essell@beehaw.org
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            10 months ago

            Truthfully, I don’t need it and probably never did.

            I got it because of your opening question, because I suddenly could because I had money for the first time.

            I want a steam deck too and yet I have absolutely no use for it and it would go unused on the side of my table just like the portable mega drive emulator I got a while back.

            Sometimes my inner child wants a new toy! Sometimes I get it for them, sometimes I don’t.