r/facepalm Aug 21 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/aloneibreak Aug 21 '24

WHAT WAS THE GAME HE WAS PLAYING IS ALL THAT MATTERS!

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u/koopa72 Aug 21 '24

Bet it's Shenmue

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u/SepirizFG Aug 22 '24

Worlds youngest Shenmue fan

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u/AHugeHildaFan Aug 21 '24

My guess is Sega Bass Fishing.

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u/mhoke63 Aug 22 '24

Nope. He's a Minnesotan. Minnesotans don't fish for bass. There are 3 target species that Minnesotans will target:

  1. Panfish: Usually when ice fishing. Talking home a bucket filled with bluegills and crappies just leads to a fish fry. Super good.

  2. Walleye: what most people in Minnesota target. Fun to catch. Delicious.

  3. Muskellunge: aka muskies. These are the big guys. They get big and they fight hard. You're usually waiting a while for one. There's a reason why it's called the "Fish of 10,000 casts". You cast and cast and cast. Just when you're about to give up hope on life, you don't catch anything. You become numb. You don't even know why you're still out there. You're contemplating sinking the boat for the insurance money. That's when you get one. It's such an adrenaline rush and life affirming that you begin the process all over again.

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u/Low_Pickle_112 Aug 22 '24

But hopefully it's Seaman.

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u/Lewtwin Aug 21 '24

Probably Phantasy Star. On Dreamcast it was pretty epic for it's day.

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u/aloneibreak Aug 21 '24

My favorite DC game!

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u/ATN-Antronach Aug 22 '24

I bet he's got the knack for phantasy star

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u/MattBoySlim Aug 22 '24

Dreamcast PSO temporarily but legitimately became a serious problem for me when it was at its peak. Like an “ignoring all responsibilities” kind of problem. I know his story was probably just a comical off the cuff exaggeration…but if it was PSO, that’s intensely relatable.

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u/Lewtwin Aug 22 '24

It was a great if not addictive game for it's day. PSO now? Ugh.

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u/MattBoySlim Aug 22 '24

Yeah, it’s a shame. It was also great on the OG Xbox with early-days Xbox Live…but the thing that now pretends to be “PSO2” is nothing like its predecessor. We may never see its like again.

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u/This_Aint_Dog Aug 21 '24

He was training to win MvC2 at Evo.

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u/Arilyn24 Aug 21 '24

I hope some of it was Sonic Adventures. Gotta go fast.

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u/chop1125 Aug 21 '24

Marvel v. Capcom???

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u/super_sayanything Aug 22 '24

Rumors have reported it was Crazy Taxi!

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u/Zer0read Aug 22 '24

Please be Jet Grind Radio. I need his first act to be negotiating with Japan to have SEGA do JGR and JSRF remasters.