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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most of us want to go back. It was a simpler and much more optimistic time. Not even 9/11 had happened yet.

[–] Quicky@piefed.social 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There were definitely 911s here

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's from a scene in Baby Driver where a guy misunderstands getting Michael Myers masks for a robbery, he gets Austin Powers masks from the comedian Michael Myers instead of the bleached William Shatner mask the killer Michael Myers wears in the Halloween movies

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the explanation!

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No. Suffer. Enjoy your AI generated friendslop.

[–] eru777@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

friendslop?

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Tbh, AI isn't even the biggest issue here. The decline happened much earlier and like in pretty much any industry it happened when the MBAs took over top-level management.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only NFS I tolerated. I even liked it a little bit.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not even Most Wanted (2005)?

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 6 points 10 months ago

Too "moderny-racey" ugly cars, as for my taste.

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Goddamn! This game was peak NFS. I keep replaying it every few years, and the handling model still holds up.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

I only had a joystick when I played that. I should try it again now with my wheel. The stunt school that taught you to do j-turns and such was so good in that.

[–] Ajel@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This game didn't run properly on our old as fuck pc back in the day. Most of the maps did not load properly, and were weirdly just... Pale pink. Like textures missing from all of the lvl. We learned to drive them by just looking at the map in the corner, and became so good that we even won most of the time 😁

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Improvise, adapt, overcome.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The last NFS that was any good, imho.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

NFS Most Wanted (2005) would like a word with you...

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It did want a word, back in 2005, & to me personally it was nonsense (tbf I don't even remember what the problems were - but I'm not into arcade racing, I only liked the first NFSs & Trackmania ... maybe a few more demos, but the length of the demos was already enough for me).
But I know it had a notable community at the time, and it seems it's remembered, which is nice nostalgia stuff.

[–] ZonenRanslite@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

I loved this NFS.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

God I love this game, I played it on a XP machine when I was very young, was the first computer game I ever played. Still play it every now and them, works great on linux under lutris.

[–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

SAME! I remember my mother going to college still and bringing a cartoon CD or whatever and her bringing that game one time, one of the first games I remember ever playing, the only thing I remember playing before that is like Feeding Frenzy and Zuma. The picture gave me such a nostalgia blast in an instant :D Also, thank you for mentioning lutris, I instantly thought that it's a shame how I probably won't bother enough to see whether it works on wine or whatever, I'll probably install it rn actually :DD

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] eru777@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

interesting, thank you

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago

I loved this game (PC version). I recently found my disc too!

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Sour patch kids song hits the nostalgia button for me: https://youtu.be/TLs3xaUInB8

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I was never there, I wish I could've been there 🙁

[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The music and scenery where great

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Oof, there are 23 games?!

[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I had a demo disk that had only one car and map, played the everloving shit out of it. Great game

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Stopppppp ittttttt

[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I feel this, but for Midnight Club 3