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Retro Gaming · by Urban Noodle · 2026-09-14

Notes from a very normal quiet Sunday with Retro Gaming from my busy month notes

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 9 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. emulation got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

I tried this in Melbourne with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. arcade got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

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Jonas Schneider · 3 likes

I would not call it wrong, just incomplete. I used to overcomplicate this constantly.

Tomás Gómez · 0 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. I would test it for 10 days before deciding.