So glad I clicked on this thread when I spotted your avatar @Werehog. I hadn't realised you had announced your return. When I saw some of your posts on certain threads I had an inkling it was you but wasn't sure if you were going for a fresh start with the new name so I didn't like to mention it.
As it seems many have mentioned, it's great to see you back. The absence of your positivity and enthusiasm for many of the threads here was easily noticed and missed.
"A corpse, should be left well alone. Oh, I know very well how the secrets beckon so sweetly. Only an honest death will cure you now. Liberate you from your wild curiosity."
@kyleforrester87 So long as there's always somebody else who doesn't know what's going on the other half of the time, I'm sure you'll be a-okay. Roll on Destiny 3, though!
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@Spectralmews Welcome aboard, and thanks for the Sonic-related praise, too! I caught a glimpse of your previous profile image, so it's always great to meet a fellow fan.
Hope you enjoy your stay!
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
@Herculean My mum has been very ill since last summer, which has been a worry. I've also been increasingly struggling with ADHD, so am waiting to get methylphenidate (hopefully soon).
@mookysam Oh, that's not great at all. I remember from all of your posts throughout the year you and your mother are very close, I'm pretty close with my mom too, so I understand the worrying.
Is your mom's illness connected to the ADHD struggles at all? My whole being responds very strong to stress, so I could see that adding to the whole situation. Anyway, not much useful I can say on ADHD, but I just hope the meds help you feel a bit better.
Don't forget to take some time daily to calm yourself a bit when facing difficult situations like these. And always feel free to vent on these here forums!
@Herculean Stress can exacerbate it, yeah. I think ADHD itself also causes anxiety for me, because I tend not to get much done and am not very good at regulating my emotions.
However, I think there’s been a greater impact on my psoriasis. When the dog died last summer (about a week after my mum got ill) one of my hands was so bad I looked like I had leprosy. 😅
Anyhoo, thank you for your kind reply, hopefully it won’t be too long before I can get the medication. 😃
Hi all, so after lurking and posting on the main site for a year or so, I have stumbled across the forum here so thought I'd do the decent thing and say hello!!
I've been gaming since the spectrum, via all the sega consoles, an amiga, most Nintendo consoles, a bunch of handhelds, an imported PC engine and a few xbox... despite that, due to working out on site (geologist) here and abroad for a while, and many years of playing in various bands, the gaming has been marginalised, and mostly limited to nintendo for many years, meaning the last 10-15 years of mainstream gaming has mostly passed me by.
I picked up a PS5 maybe 14 months ago, and have been making up for lost time... having an absolute blast, playing a mix of new games on the PS5 and my Switch 2, and games from the last couple of gens...
@Dimey hey buddy, I have seen a little something of your transition from Xbox to PlayStation this last year or so… and glad that it appears to be working out for you. Welcome to the real Push Square 😉
@Dimey Welcome Dimey, Geology? I'm trying to think of something to follow that up with. But all I can think of is Hank collecting minerals and rocks in Breaking Bad.
@Metonymy Also happy Christmas, hope it's going well.
@Dimey Welcome aboard! Here's hoping you continue to enjoy catching up with PlayStation's rich history and that you unearth some new favourites along the way!
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
@Dimey That is an illustrious gaming history and one that suggests an age range close to my own 🙂I started out with the Commodore 64 back in the day, moved on to the Amiga 500, then to various PC builds, the OG Xbox, the Xbox 360, jumped the green ship around the time Don Mattrick did his infamous "TV TV TV" thing at E3, grabbed a PS4 and then a PS5 and never regretted "going blue".
Welcome to the Push Square forums, hope you'll have as good a time with these people as I have 🙂
@Dimey That is an illustrious gaming history and one that suggests an age range close to my own 🙂I started out with the Commodore 64 back in the day, moved on to the Amiga 500, then to various PC builds, the OG Xbox, the Xbox 360, jumped the green ship around the time Don Mattrick did his infamous "TV TV TV" thing at E3, grabbed a PS4 and then a PS5 and never regretted "going blue".
Welcome to the Push Square forums, hope you'll have as good a time with these people as I have 🙂
thanks fella... in a moment of madness earlier this week I ordered a steam deck OLED, after seeing how amazing the emulation was... and have a whole bunch of Amiga ROMs downloaded ready to play when it arrives. Been great looking into best of Amiga lists, and finding games that I totally forgot about (pipe mania, pinball dreams, etc!!)
@Dimey
Welcome to PushSq, another old timer I see.
My first home computer was a zx81 (my mate had a zx80 which looked more sleeker than the zx81 imo), 3D monster maze was the highlight on the machine even with 16k (via a wobbly RAM pack) it still managed a far few jump scares. Following that was a Spectrum but the Commodore 64 was my real joy, such an amazing machine and I still listen to SID tunes on YouTube to this day.
(Eg Airwolf ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnW8XhoFwQ )
I did have a day one Amiga 500 but didn’t really have the time to devote to it that the C64 got.
Anyway enough rambling, enjoy the PS5 as it has a bumper library.
@Dimey
Welcome to PushSq, another old timer I see.
My first home computer was a zx81 (my mate had a zx80 which looked more sleeker than the zx81 imo), 3D monster maze was the highlight on the machine even with 16k (via a wobbly RAM pack) it still managed a far few jump scares. Following that was a Spectrum but the Commodore 64 was my real joy, such an amazing machine and I still listen to SID tunes on YouTube to this day.
(Eg Airwolf ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnW8XhoFwQ )
I did have a day one Amiga 500 but didn’t really have the time to devote to it that the C64 got.
Anyway enough rambling, enjoy the PS5 as it has a bumper library.
cheers pal. I had the 48k spectrum, and my younger brother got a 128k with in built tape recorded a year or two later. as you couldn't adjust the volume on it, he couldn't play all the copied games I had, haha, older brother wins again
only game I truly remember on it was chuckie egg though!! one thing I do remember about the spectrum... on Saturdays my mum would give me a pound, and I'd ride the free bus to the huge new Tesco across Bristol. they had a shelf full of 99p games, so I'd grab one, get the bus home and fire it up... they were mostly pretty rubbish haha...
something magical about amiga music mind, turrican soundtrack is an all timer...
@Dimey Don't take this the wrong way but do you mean new games were £1? as in brand new? Did you keep all of your old games or are you rebuilding your childhood like a lot of others? Any memorable random buys?
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