Basically my daughter not only empties my actual bank account, she does it on Animal Crossing as well. 🤣

…so today I've been juggling 3 Switch's: mine, my daughters and the S2; travelling between islands basically to help my daughter get her island up to 3 stars and both her houses (on her island & the shared island) increased in size.

…and if I'm honest, I feel a bit silly. 🫤

Worst thing is, my socially awkward ass will sit there and *not* get any of those things out to entertain myself, because I'll feel awkward/silly doing so.

…So in my backpack I've got things to keep me entertained:

• a Retro Gamer magazine
• a Miyoo mini Flip
• a Nintendo Switch Lite and a handful of games.
• a kindle

It was only after I packed all this in my bag that I felt like a bloody child going somewhere "boring"…

Because there wasn't room for full words:

NS = Nintendo Switch
MD = Sega Mega Drive (Genesis if you're across the pond)
GB = Game Boy

I'm so used to crap music on any short-form video these days that I wasn't ready for such a banger. 😆

I had a subscription to Commadore Format as a kid. Always looked forward to the "Power Pack" cover tapes.

When I moved to consoles, Mean Machines. It being multi-format meant I could read about all the systems and games I didn't have/couldn't afford at the time. 😆

I didn't release there was more than one model. That's cool. 😊

Tangentially related: it pains my bones to think of the PSP as "retro gaming".

This month's Retro Gamer magazine has a feature on the Xbox 360. I almost straight up died. 💀😆

I still think of the 360 as "last gen" 💀😂

Not OP, but it looks like an Anbernic RG Cube.

…to my surprise I found that the shitty thoughts that were plaguing me completely vanished for the time I was playing and I really just enjoyed the game.

So take this as a wholehearted recommendation for Discounty. 😁

…so I generally just end up staring into space rather than ruin a hobby.

I picked up the game Discounty recently and have played a little bit of it.

Last night I sat down with it and ended up getting really stuck in; played it until the early hours of the morning…