They absolutely did. So much more room for air/sound to flow through those speakers in CRTs. That’s why most people resort to sound bars at a minimum to get halfway decent sound for today’s flat panel televisions. You just can’t fit powerful speakers into them.

Yep. Still have my black one with AmberElec installed. I love everything about it other than the display’s somewhat muted colors and mediocre battery life.

That’s really cool that someone thought to preserve this and put it on display in a museum. It’s like a modern historical artifact from the golden age of computing.

We’re done here. That’s the one.

I do remember Lost Souls, yeah.

And that Papyrus font… I can feel the 90’s-era PC gaming vibes radiating off of it. Love it.

I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread because I would also love to know if I’m missing out on some good games journalism out there. Sadly, sites like what you’ve described are increasingly rare in the modern era. Nevertheless, here are a few that come to mind:

NintendoLife is pretty great for this if you’re looking for Nintendo-related news, reviews, interviews, and feature articles.

One of their affiliate sites, Time Extension, is also really good for long-form articles and retrospectives about retro games.

And while it’s mostly just news, like you said, Polygon will sometimes surprise you with some really excellent feature articles that have a lot of thought and research put into them.

Oh, DLC. I thought this was a full-blown sequel out of nowhere.

Not yet, no.

Is this an assumption or can someone else confirm this? I just started using Connect, so I’d love to know for sure.

Haha, wow. This is a perfect metaphor. Well done.

It’s only pronounced that way in the UK, if I’m not mistaken. I went most of my life thinking that lieutenant and leftenant were seperate terms before learning that it’s simply how the word is pronounced in Britain. Pretty bizarre, IMO, but that’s English for you.

Personally, I kind of enjoy the chaotic nature of English compared to other more consistently structured Latin languages. I feel like there is a wider variety of ways to phrase things in English than there are in many other popular languages around the world, which is a nice perk.