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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Ok but playing a game through a mirror would be hard af

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago

Solution: play through two mirrors

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Controller settings: Reverse X Axis.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not on the GameCube tho, where button remapping involves a soldering iron or a custom PCB.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

There are quite a lot of GameCube games that let you invert the camera controls. But I'm not aware of any that would let you invert the left analog stick

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Is that Metroid Prime? Especially Metroid Prime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You swap the left/right controls on the controller. Or game settings.

I have no idea if that would work but it sounds good and dammit now I wanna try it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, there wouldn't be any options to swap left/right movement on a Gamecube. Back then you were lucky if a game had more than a handful of settings at all. It would be interesting to try on a system that allows it. I also wonder if you just practiced it enough if your brain would adjust. Sort of like that deal with the reversed controls on a bicycle that Tom Scott(?) did a video about a while back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think that was Destin Sandlin from “Smarter Every Day” but yes I bet that would work. Although it might have some deleterious side effects like the inverted glasses experiment (see George Stratton and Dr. Alyssa Brewer)… nothing permanent since they were glasses that could be removed. This would be a very interesting experiment though if it hasn’t been done.

Or being the tinkerer I am I’d probably just figure out how to rewire the control to do it. Not that that would be super easy mind you.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When that door is closed, you're forced to stare at yourself on the toilet.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Practicing my war face

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

You say "forced to", he says "able to" 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Oh that’s very true and just weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Helps increase the pleasure.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bathroom design advice: don’t hang mirrors facing toilets.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Unless you're into that shit, pun intended..

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

As someone who’s currently rolling a nut log, this has come full circle. If only Nintendo could see me stream their games to my phone while I churn some fresh colon sausage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I generally nut ropes, but mad props to a man who can nut logs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, the Switch is already designed to take it to the shitter with you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

W a v e B i r d

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This just unlocked a memory of running a PS2 controller extension cable to use on the toilet 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My absolute favourite controller of all time. No contest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve bought a kickstarter gamecube controller that’s supposed to be shipped by February. It’s basically a modern GameCube controller, usb-C, wireless, cables to put it directly into GCN/N64… the price is a little hefty but for a good controller (that hopefully lasts longer than my ps5 stick…) I’m willing to pay that.

Here’s the link for anyone interested, but I think you can’t get any more: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nicemitch/gc-ultimate-controller-kit/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

For those that don't care about being able to plug it into the GameCube or N64 there is also the Nyxi Wizard

https://nyxigame.com/pages/nintendo-gamecube-switch-controller-wizard-series

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Man. I remember both using the controller and seeing that add. One of those GameInformer magazines way back when it was still around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These were the best damn controllers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I still have mine lol absolutely love it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Disagree. It didn't have rumble. That reason alone is why I always stuck with the wired controllers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Never much fan of that feedback. Also, battery life!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Carpet in the bathroom? Bold choice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You've never heard of bathmats? They're fairly common worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Any carpet in the bathroom ends up smelling like urine, especially with little boys in the house. Heck big boys too. At least with a rug you can through it in the washing machine. Carpet not so much. My grandmother had carpet in her bathroom. And those weird soft toilet seats that eventually cracked and would pinch your backside when you sat down. Wouldn’t recommend at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And I'm talking about a bath mat/rug. As clearly shown in the picture. I'm not a 100%, but I don't think they use the kind of glued on whole floor carpet anywhere outside the US because it's just crazy. Carpet elsewhere is just normal carpets/rugs, like sane people use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The house I'm in right now has 3 bathrooms and they all have carpet. It's carpet everywhere actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Worldwide? Never seen in my life even in media.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes? And how prominently do bathroom floors feature in the media you consume? It's not like this is some outlandish concept lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The good old days.