Actually, I’m totally wrong ⁻ it was Tomba 1! I had Interactive CD Sampler Disc Volume 7.

I have yet to play either, but as a kid, I had a PSX demo disc that included Tomba 2. I remember wanting the full version so bad!

Edit: the demo I had was for Tomba 1.

Yep, that’s still true. However, you can install ABadAvatar onto a USB stick which will run the exploit automatically upon startup. It usually takes about a minute for the exploit to successfully start and occasionally crashes (only happened to me once).

I actually only tested XBLA games, so yeah!

Well, it’s over 20 years old now, so probably. It’s also really easy to softmod recently. Last year I got one for $25 at a thrift shop and modded it, so it’s also a great time to get one.

So far, I only played Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie on it though, and messed around a bit with the first release of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.

I thought that this was known. My understanding is that Bitlocker is fairly secure as long as you never link your key to your account. I don’t think it has been independently reviewed, though, and of course I’ve heard of theoretical TPM attacks and attacks if the machine is on or recently powered off. Of course, the best course of action for a secure laptop is probably Linux + fully encrypted LUKS, yadda yadda.

Oh man. 13 years between the games vs. 21 years now.

As someone whose favorite game as a kid was Kirby’s Adventure, yes, Kirby is supposed to be accessible to young children. 100% completion can be a bit hard. I remember Sakurai saying that he tuned Kirby to be the easiest to control in Smash games because kids like to play him. As an adult, they’re relaxing to play. They’re not all easy though – Canvas Curse might not be retro, but I think it’s hard!

We’ve all done it. …right?

Oh my, things have changed fast. I wasn’t aware there were other metadata providers. There I go spreading misinformation again.

Spotube doesn’t actually use the Spotify API. They used to use the Spotify API for their music database, but they stopped when they received a cease and desist.