BigVault

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[–] BigVault@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To get that ad-free YouTube experience, I use Vinegar safari extension and have pinned the YouTube site to my home screen rather than using any apps.

I also use Banish to remove all those annoying "Open in our app" pop-ups in Safari.

Lastly, I use AdGuard to block ads on the phone locally and have also set up my own Wireguard VPN server at home with PiHole so that I'm always protected ad-wise when I'm out and about over 5G and on any public Wifi (I used to use my own Wireguard VPN with my old Pixels too).

Absolute bliss.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are classic side scrollers ok to suggest?

  • Golden Axe (Arcade)
  • Altered Beast (Arcade)
  • Double Dragon (Arcade)
  • Streets of Rage (Arcade)
  • Bad dudes vs DragonNinja (Arcade)
  • Die Hard Arcade (Model 2 Arcade)
  • The Simpsons (Arcade)
  • Bruce Lee (ZX Spectrum)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
  • Fighting Force (PSX)
[–] BigVault@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Keep a log of anything you do successfully find that you may need later.

I’ve started bookmarking anything I do find genuinely useful as there’s a chance that the a similar search would yield different results that wouldn’t help at all.

I’ve also installed archivebox on one of my home lab pcs to grab a snapshot of any sites and pages that I want to keep (you never know if you’ll go back and it’s gone).

Retaining good information for yourself is just as important on the web now given all the bot spam and affiliate laden shit out there that Google and Bing seem to be promoting these days.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I liked my N-Gage and it's good to see that sidetalkin' is still up.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 45 points 2 years ago

Hospital emergency rooms across the UK are likely to be declaring a major incident to deal with the rash of injuries caused by the force of facepalming and banging heads against desks throughout the tech sector.

The NHS is struggling enough as it is.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I know it’s not the latest and greatest but I’m so happy I’ve got a 3090 to play this on. Can not wait.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

We have English (United Kingdom) as a localised install.

Not any more bloated then English (US) but if this English (World) install is even cleaner as Andi says, I’ll start using that instead for fresh installs.

Nice Tip.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On my way home from Spain as I type this, AirTags in luggage as always.

Haven’t had to rely on them at all due to loss luckily but I do like having them in our luggage.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

HWUB, GN, Level1Techs and KitGuru are my serious outlets of choice.

If I want little more than entertainment, LTT, Dawid does Tech, Lowcastle Tech fill that gap.

Also a shout out to Chris Barnett Explaining Computers as I love his content.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fighting as the car (hornet) from Daytona USA on Fighters Megamix is the one for me.

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Warhammer Boltgun was a day one purchase for me and now we’re in the age of handhelds like the Steam deck, I can get my fix anywhere.

I’m on a flight to Spain next week and a good part of that flight will be spent purging heretics.

I will purge them for the Imperium!

[–] BigVault@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I’m going to go on a nostalgic trip below.

IMHO, Powerslave/Exhumed was one of the best first person shooters on the 5th generation consoles and the Powerslave engine (Slavedriver) enabled the Saturn to run an amazing port of both Duke Nukem 3d and Quake.

I remember being ecstatic that a game I could only play on a friends PC when I visited back in the day (Duke3d) was not only playable on my Saturn, it was a fantastic port too. DeathTank Zwei was a lovely hidden bonus game included on the D3D port.

Likewise, Quake was an impossible port, bought to a console that traditionally struggled with substandard 3d games vs the psx.

I remember seeing a psx owning buddy play a superb port of Doom on his psx, only for me to be burned by the absolute 💩port that Rage software put out on the Saturn. Even the 32x cartridge version of Doom was batter.

Console shooters have come on in leaps and bounds each generation but Exhumed on the Saturn was a real highlight for me in my younger years.

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