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  1. I was variously distracted from by stupid gainful employment when I wrote that I specifically meant to say popular in bars. Adult entertainment. True it was a general entertainment thing; in fact it was a lot less gendered in those days. Speaking of ↓ but also, Haha, fair enough.
  2. Arcade cabinets were very popular in the days of Space Invaders and Pac Man. The target market was far from exclusively children.
  3. Maybe it varies by country but in school I was taught "hamburger" in Spanish is "hamburguesa". Loan words are a thing (see: "los blue jeans") but a quick trip down Google Translate Lane tells me that even excluding those with different character sets there are quite different words for hamburger in many languages, e.g. pljeskavica (Bosnian) or jauhelihapihvi (Finnish).
  4. Microwavehas its place, for me. Leftovers and batch prepped stuff, heating water for tea, fixing hard toast, taking the chill off something frozen before the frying pan. Sear is a great idea I was also worried about boiling a plastic bag. The packaging for the fish is pretty sturdy; I'm still skeptical of using ziplocks even if they are freezer-ready.
  5. Yeah, this. Today Zelda 1 is a lot less accessible than SMB 1. It's relatively dense and cryptic. Nintendo uses unaltered graphics, sounds, and play events from the latter much more than the former, or than Metroid 1, etc.
  6. And I know this is a video game forum but the rules come from Asimov, not Inafune.
  7. Why not? If we're just talking about the real world, that rule doesn't actually exist, so no, it's not binding. But theoretically I don't see a reason AI should be subject to lesser safeguards.
  8. Even I would say so. OoT has been superseded at least twice over by now imo. It is simpler to grasp, it's a franchise basis and was more groundbreaking, so maybe it's a better representative than later games for some, but Hyrule Field is a real snooze fest.
  9. Hardly I was looking up the book and stumbled across this quick video. No route memorization required. Too small, and too light. I played a brief, very casual round, and the thing was rocking all over the place like it wanted to fall over.
  10. Also. Idk what your experience is with actual arcade cabs, but my experience is that Arcade1Up machines are worthless fucking garbage. So while I agree it's a tough game, if that is your only exposure to it, fuhgeddaboutit.
  11. I find this so interesting, because my feeling is the exact opposite, despite not being gud at games. I really like the challenge. I find it fun regardless. I'm not better than you, I think my top score ever is like 52K and typically land around 40... 20 on a bad day. But even here it's a little exciting rush nearing your record, and if it's good enough for a Gen X girl in a dark bar to make admiring noises over, idk what more I can ask (except for her not to turn out to be a horrible person). Anyway, yes it's tough. To be really good at higher levels I think needs the memorization skill required of Battletoads race levels, plus an extra dimension, and with different concepts of timing and watching. Mastering Pac-Man by Ken Uston is a good book. I can't find my copy right now but if I wanted to go real serious on the game, that would be my period reference text. As for holding up. I would tell never anybody they must love a certain game. But if you care about video game theory or history, or early 80s pop culture, I would put Pac-Man in the top 5 to pay attention to.
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