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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I agree with much of what you said. Lemmy is (to me) a place to find memes, news, and shitposts. It’s not a place i would attempt to find a meaningful community for a specific hobby-- something Reddit was able to pull off to some extent. Even then, i found Reddit was often a low-quality substitute for communities that were often better served on a dedicated site and/or forum elsewhere. Reddit could still point you to those places though, so it all worked out imo. It’s a shame it all went down the way it did, nothing good ever lasts for very long–especially on the Internet :/
















  • I do too! From the oldest to the newest, they all have something to offer. I just fixed up a 1976 Williams Grand Prix for a friend’s family and I can’t get over how much action that old game has under the hood. I mean that in 2 ways actually: it’s literally loaded with mechanicals, it’s considered one of the more complex games of its generation… But it also plays strong and fast, just needed some switches cleaned and adjusted and a flipper rebuild and some other odd tweaks/rebuilds and it plays better than it’s probably played in 25+ years. Check out the inlane/outlane setup–it’s pretty sneaky, I still lose a ball occasionally trying to trap it on the flipper :)

    Nice variety of games on that list! Wheel of Fortune is a very interesting game, also dig Iron Man and definitely Attack from Mars. Dr. Who is cool too – though I’ll admit I don’t have too much experience with that game. Always loved the multi-level mechanism towards the back of the playfield–very cool feature!!

    I’m personally drawn very much towards the late 70’s/early 80’s generation of games. For me, that era captures the perfect blend of art, playfield design, sounds, and nostalgia. Not to mention, they tend to be pretty consistent ass-kickers, not usually allowing very long ball times. I like my games very difficult, lol! Someday I’d like to get a ‘deeper’ game… But space is at a premium at this point and I’m not really looking to get rid of too many of the pins I have, so it’ll probably be a while before that happens…