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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 years agoShovelware still deserves to be accessible IMHO. Someone out there has fond memories of some shovelware DS game and wants to give it a shot again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoIf you want to make a paper on “The history of fucking over video game consumers” this dataset is invaluable.
minus-square@VaidenKelsierlinkEnglish14•2 years agoSure, but one person’s shovelware is another person’s cherished childhood. We should preserve what’s been created as much as reasonably possible, simply for the record.
minus-square@demonswordlinkEnglish5•2 years ago There’s likely a lot of “shovelware” in that figure one man’s trash is another man’s treasure
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Shovelware still deserves to be accessible IMHO. Someone out there has fond memories of some shovelware DS game and wants to give it a shot again.
If you want to make a paper on “The history of fucking over video game consumers” this dataset is invaluable.
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Sure, but one person’s shovelware is another person’s cherished childhood. We should preserve what’s been created as much as reasonably possible, simply for the record.
one man’s trash is another man’s treasure
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Why in gods name did this make me laugh lmfao
Ah, dem shovelware packs.