• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 days ago

      The older, pre EA buyout Maxis games basically made a joke of this whole phenomenon.

      Nearly, or literally all of the loading flavor text was… more or less technobabble and/or tech lingo brained jokes.

      Probably the most famous: 'reticulating splines.’

      Many other games did similar things as well.

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    14 days ago

    That’s what phone games are for, keep one open and immediately switch to it as soon as there’s a loading screen.

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    14GBps ssd is fast enough to keep the existential dread away. Usually. Maybe not when updating Windows.

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    The trick is to always keep your phone handy so you can quickly browse some memes.