Jess' Cool Forum

forums make up the vast majority of my online interactions, dating back to some bbs access in my youngest years into the general explosion of forum software and the proliferation of phpbb/nuke which was absolutely everywhere for the longest time I actually tried to set up a BBS first with Synchrone...

The PS3 was like the second home console I ever had, and we didn't even get it until the slim variant came out. Playing through A Crack in Time was good, and I had a nice time with LittleBigPlanet, though I didn't dig into it too much. I still spent most of my console playtime on the PS2 though, I'm...

Just like with Sonic 3 & Knuckles , I think my first experiences with it were in the Windows version, played on a Windows 98 PC. I never finished it but I'm pretty sure I've gotten to Metallic Madness Zone? Haha that was me too kinda. I wasn't the best at the 2D Sonics as a kid and barely got a...

Also, no discussion of small, long-running community forums would be complete without mentioning Jul , run by Xkeeper et al for I guess more than 15 years now. I haven't signed up myself (I think?), but it definitely seems like a cozy hangout. I'm sure there's inspirations to be had there for other...

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I were to...

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purchase fast food...

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and disguise it as my own cooking?

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Haha gottem suckers!!!!!

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dang, no syntax highlighting for markdown code blocks! ah well

I was under the impression that there's been a lot of "hey what if I made a forum" forums that never really kicked off, but after actually looking into them I think the reality is that they did kick off and get used, and have quite a few posts from 2023, but I forgot to keep checking on t...

I have no idea how long this forum will last or how many people will use it, but I think it'll be fun while it's fun, you know? I miss forums and I've missed them for a while. Chats are cool too, but sometimes it's nice to just be slow paced and thoughtful in messages and responses. Yeah, totally! ...

Not to diss on folks making their own forums to try out, even if they don't stick with it. That's a normal way for things to shake out! There's lots of good reasons that setting up your own cozy little forum has become an attractive idea in the past few years, and it's always a worthwhile experience...