Greetings to the interwebs, its the One-Eyed Nerd here again and I been wanting to talk about this and well here it is. So to start this, think about your stereotype college student living arrangement. Now go back to about say 2009 ish, and you got the best idea on how I am living. An old 720p Viso TV, A broken Xbox 360, Mid 90s Bose radio, an Ispiron 3668 Dell PC, VA1 Dreamcast, one of them VHS/DVD combo player things, and a tower of blank CDs. Throw in some twinkies and ramen noddles and you have a party.
Yes it a hell of a way to live but it works for college , but you cant ask for anything better in my humble opinion. It is funny to think it the same story if you look at it from different years, it the rite of passage for every college student to go through. Sit back on a Friday night, turn on the Dreamcast and get onto the internet superhighway, log onto Quake and get some frags under your belt. That is what I feel is the beauty of the Dreamcast in a way, it is the perfect system for college in my opinion depending on who you are.
Now your millage is going to vary as well, If you are used to arcades and those style of games then it is perfect. I look at the Dreamcast as a what if case, an if everything went good for SEGA what could of happened? Not to forget the built in dial up modem that can still hook up to now private run severs. Speaking of online gaming there is something really for everyone from the sports, MMOs with Pantasy Star Online, and the best of PC shooters with Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 99. Then you look over to the east and the selection gets better with most of Capcom’s fighters that had online built it for multiplayer matches. Throw in all the arcade ports from all the big names at that time, and the Dreamcast looked unstoppable.
Sure it did not last long on the market once the PS2 came out and drove the stake into the Dreamcast, but I do feel it looks pretty decent on a 720p screen and hey it had VGA output so there is that. I feel I should do a more informal post about why I love SEGA’s little white mechanical JFK some time in the future. Alright that that will be it for right now about the Dreamcast, I do want to touch on about the whole living like it’s the 2000s.
It is the idea of simpler living and not having as much distractions, almost like making this space where your mental thinking is more clear. This is what the idea of digital minimalism is, cutting back on technology. In this case of mine, living like it the 2000s, with of course with a less crazy way of dress and less emo to boot. Another I feel benefit is less dependence on the mobile phone, and more utilization of desktop and improving troubleshooting skills. I will at some point talk on this at leangh it’s own post.
Well time to cut the chase short then. This is all I got for this weekend folks, now here is out ending tradition. Here is Live Like There’s No Tomorrow By Slaughter from their 1995 album Fear No Evil. I will see you folks around like every post, this is the One-Eyed Nerd signing off and saying good night.