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Victory tastes just as sweet in low res mode (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's been a long time for me. My peak PC gaming days were spent playing Warcraft II head-to-head with a friend over a modem. That was on a Macintosh Performa 550. I also had a ton of fun playing Myst and Flashback. I stuck to consoles after that.

Now the only gaming in my house is my kids playing Minecraft on a Dell OptiPlex 5040 that I saved from the dumpster at work because I'm a cheapskate. No dedicated GPU, 8GB RAM, but it gets the job done.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

a Dell OptiPlex 5040 that I saved from the dumpster at work because I’m a cheapskate.

You are absolutely not a cheapskate for doing that. That's being resourceful. You save money that way and can put it towards other things that matter more. Nothing wrong with that. Why spend a few hundred dollars for a new laptop/desktop when you can just get one used that will run for another 2-4 years before it dies?