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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • So I have a story for you. I own a fairphone 3+ for a little more than 5 years now.

    Recently, while doing the dishes, my phone accidentally slipped in the sink. I protected it with a phone case and a screen protection, but still, panic ensued.

    I removed the battery as fast as possible, dried it up as best as I could, restarted it, and it worked just fine.

    Well, most of it at least. The jack port took some damage but ended up fixing itself (???) and the usb- charge port refused to charge the phone unless it was tilted a specific way.

    Doesn’t matter, I ordered a new usb-c module for less than 30€, and replaced it (i’m not really good hardware-wise, but fortunately, it was pretty easy). Now it works like a charm.

    I feel like an event like this would have been a death sentence for most other phones, and even if it wasn’t, my clumsy ass keeps dropping my phone, so it might have been even sooner.

    So far, this phone just refuses to die. It might be slightly outdated and buggy at times (apparently it got better in the last iterations), but it is still very much usable with no critical failure yet.













  • Alright i’ll try to go with things that has not been submitted yet.

    • Ace combat 7 has consistent bangers. Also project wingman in the same style, slightly less consistent, but the best tracks are absolutely amazing (showdown and redline are in my opinion)
    • I did not play Mighty Switch Force and Mighty Switch Force 2, but this game has really good tracks
    • ULTRAKILL is not really out yet, but its soundtrack is already amazing
    • Turrican 2 has some pretty damn good chiptune tracks
    • VA-11 HALL-A which also acts as an amazing background music to work
    • Tekken tag 2 / Tekken 8
    • Distance (this one is probably a bit personal though)

    Aaand i’ll stop there otherwise this will be a way too long post







  • Ironically, I think Ubisoft has a good example of a multiplayer game with a good end-of-life despite not reaching its sales expectations with BattleCore Arena, where the last update allowed P2P play after the servers went down. Meaning that the game wasn’t totally killed off, even if it was thought as yet another service game, which is always appreciated.

    That said, given the lack of marketing that was done around the game, it was perhaps a “not too expensive game that could maybe work on a fluke”, where Ubisoft’s lack of attention potentially left the devs quite free with their game. Devs who thankfully respected their players and made good end-of-life decisions.