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Y2K Game: Soldier of Fortune

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Soldier of Fortune I played this on the Sega Dreamcast. I am fully aware that this is a PC game and it's massively better to play it there, especially nowadays. Still, I picked it up at my local retro game store because I wanted another Dreamcast title I could play with the console’s mouse and keyboard peripherals. I found it to be quite the enjoyable experience, even if there are two specific frustrations with it. Bare Bones Story The story is not exactly original. You play as John Mullins and you're teamed up with Hawk. You first start off by busting some weird skin heads in an underground subway. You then discover that said skin heads are running around the globe buying nukes. So, you fly around the globe destroying nukes. Once the nukes are destroyed, you chase the skin head freaks to try to end them and the shadow organization pulling their strings once and for all. It's not going to win any writing or creativit...

My Chat With AI Concerning Digital Games

A Conversation Concerning With an AI Sony's Termination of Physical Games I decided to have a conversation concerning Sony's announcement. On July 1st, 2026, Sony announced that they will be terminating support and production for physical video games by January of 2028. Now, I've been a PC gamer since 2013. I even mention to the AI that one of my motivations to do so is that consoles where slowly but surely morphing into underpowered PCs. I did learn a few things. For instance, it is true that the vast majority of revenue is via digital sales. Keyword: revenue. Some of this digital revenue includes DLC, microtransactions,and subscriptions. So, it's not quite a one-to-one comparison versus purchasing a single game disc. Another thing I mentioned towards the end is that some games arrived digitally but never physically. These games are also included in the figures; further distorting the comparison. It's likely that digital games are still ...