I originally posted this to !shitty_million_dollar_ideas@lemmy.dbzer0.com but I feel like it would be a better fit for a writing prompt. I feel like there's plenty of chances for humorous situations like Jesus wearing a noticeably fake beard and production staff getting people to sign NDAs.

Setting off a detector might give you a time bonus while they investigate.

I was watching the Simpsons episode where Homer is a firefighter and that gave me the idea.

I know there's ways to reset the entire layout but I keep accidentally doing it. The attached images shows what I am talking about on the left.

I own Stardew Valley but I am avoiding using the Google Play store when possible. While I could just sign into Aurora Store with my Google account I think I'd need to install Google Play Services so I am wondering if I could crack the game myself. I think in the past people used Lucky Patcher but I have tried it with other games that I own with no luck.

I've looked through the megathread and it seems like there are versions of Stardew Valley uploaded to Mobilism but a majority of them are modded for things like infinite stamina and money. The version without mods on Mobilism also appears to be re-uploaded from Apk Vision which isn't in the megathread.

Let's say the PC doesn't count and you aren't taking into account backwards compatibility, emulation, online play, homebrew games, and the cost/availability of games.

I feel like I'd want to choose the PS3. Like the Xbox 360 it had a decent lifespan and a lot of games were produced for it. A lot of which are already some of my favorites.

The only things that would make hesitant are I feel like a lot of modern games are larger and have open worlds which I feel like that could be nice in the long run and many of my favorite games for the PS3 have been re-released.

I believe I was previously using PojavLauncher, it came bundled with my Retroid Pocket 3+, but I could have sworn it was wrapped up in some kind of controversy.

I could easily be blending together memories of PojavLauncher and PolyMC but I thought it had something to do with people using pirated versions of the game with PojavLauncher.

Either way, is PojavLauncher still the way to go? I'm not a fan of the micro transactions Bedrock edition offers.

It cracked me up when they sent this to me.

I feel like I'm going to get Nintendo E-Shop giftcards based off of the amount of Switch games I've been playing despite now owning a Switch.

The idea is to come up with goofy million dollar ideas that you thought of in the shower, while going to bed, or during a fever dream that would get you laughed off of Shark Tank.

Like white t-shirts tie dyed with red wine for suburban moms so they can get as day drunk as they want or a pitching machine that shoots safety razors blades for the little patches of grass that grow in sidewalk cracks.

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For those that haven't heard of the Far Lands they are explained on the Minecraft-Archive Wiki as

> Prior to Minecraft Beta 1.8, the Far Lands was an area generated at the calculated end of Minecraft maps. The far lands appear at (x: ±12550821; z: ±12550821). This bug is generated from the breakage and mathematical limitation of Minecraft's noise and terrain generation, which starts to calculate impossible numbers, even exceeding negative integers and sometimes "infinite" number.

It's where a wide array of different bugs would occur depending on how far you progress. Different Youtubers have done videos walking to it occasionally raising money for charity.

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I was wondering what some good videos you've seen explaining or exploring the area?

I recall hearing about Alovoa a year ago and while it sounds nice with no ads or paid features, being open source, and private data being encrypted I have to imagine the userbase is incredibly small relative to other services. Google Play lists it at over a thousand downloads but it's also available through F-Droid so that may not mean much. I have to imagine the userbase is mostly men which might prevent some users from joining or sticking around.

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Either way (TL:DR) I'd be curious to see what your experiences are with open source dating apps or even apps designed around making friends.

For example Project Cartographer describes itself as the following

> Project Cartographer is a modification for Halo 2 PC (Halo 2 for Windows Vista) that restores online play (Microsoft abandoned the LIVE servers) and adds additional features that are not present in the base game.

Before the release of Master Chief Collection it was my go-to for playing online.

Similarly H1-Mod exists for CoD: Modern Warfare Remastered.

I'd be interested to hear which ones you've tried and how active the community is. They don't need to be currently active or a replacement for a game's existing multiplayer services. It could be something like Zandronum which allows you to play the classic Doom or NVMP-X which allows you to play Fallout New Vegas with friends.

Most of these services don't contain DRM so you can use Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, or any other version of the game and because they are community run you don't have to worry about servers going down as time goes on and can potentially host your own games.

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I also like to make a special mention of X Link Kai which allows you to play system link games remotely. If you are curious I'd check out ConsoleMods.org for setup instructions and their website for a list of supported games.

There's plenty of other similar services out there depending on what console you are using such as Insignia for the original Xbox.

I'd love to see these communities grow.

I spent a few hours browsing it last week and some of the memes there made me chuckle.

For me it was Lisa Goes Gaga. It was focused entirely on Lady Gaga who played herself and was awkwardly inserted, I don't mind the occasional brief celebrity appearance or when they lend their voice to other characters (ex. Meryl Streep playing Jessica Lovejoy in Bart's Girlfriend) but they started to feel so forced. I tried watching the occasional episode afterwards but people like JJ Abrams would show up in Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars? and I'd lose interest.

I have started watching the show again but I am curious who else has lost interest due to an episode or trend especially those who have been watching the show since its beginning.

I recently beat the base game and was wondering what the general consensus was on the DLCs.

I was scrolling through animated shows on IMDb and decided to give it The Life and Times of Tim and a watch and really enjoyed it. It reminds me a lot of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm where the protagonist gets in an awkward or uncomfortable situation and proceeds to stumble and just dig themself deeper into the pit they've fallen into.

The humor is darker in tone kind of like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

You should be able to gauge whether or not you'll like the show based off of the first episode.

I was thinking about if it made sense for games to keep their DRM if a cracked version has been released due to the issues DRM can occasionally cause for the consumer.

GOG installers are already DRM free but I feel like you don't see those shared online anymore than you do pirated games.

The only reason I could see keeping the DRM making sense is if the version of Denovo or other DRM was updated alongside the game. If it is how long do they typically receive updates for? I know some games like Doom Eternal had Denovo removed but I don't know if that's due to cracks existing or the time the game has been out.

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I suppose account based DRM like Steam's might make sense so people aren't sharing one account. Even then you run the same risks as sharing any other account and in Steam's case you can still play offline.

I've seen some videos and guides but a lot of them are dated back multiple years.

I'm primarily looking for something to use for watching 3D movies.