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That's a pretty dumb reason, but that's what's been putting me off for so long. Oh well, I'm a konvert now...

Saad ='(

Me too! I had only scorn for the initial comment, but this response was perfect

I can also confirm. I write software for a living. A hammer is a must-have.

I love how the post never mentions the country, but everyone just knows.

Thanks for your time and efforts!

I've got one of these, and I'm pretty sure I found a subreddit about people like us at some point. There are dozens of us. Dozens!

[Edit] There ya go: https://www.reddit.com/r/PencilStabbers/

Some arcade-y faves of mine:

Gradius V: a classic horizontal scrolling shooter, it gets hard quickly! (This is the game series the Konami code originates from)

Neo Contra: a twin-stick shooter inspired by B-movies, also kinda hard, and incidentally also a series that made the Konami code famous.

The Red Star: a bit obscure I think. It's a twin-stick with both shooting and melee. I like the girl's fast melee moves a lot, you need to use combos to juggle your enemies. I think this one got a bad reception because it arrived quite late in the life of the PS2 and was a bit underwhelming graphically.

That's what we call lla here at ~

That's it, I'm jumping in the nearest warp storm.

It's fine, it's probably filled with helium

I see the paintings. This isn't his first rodeo.