or run a cable from your pc to your tv?
Pretty ugly solution, I don't want a mouse and keyboard in my living room for starters. This seems a much nicer way to do it.
― JimD, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Key thing is going to be what percentage of people are buying this as a cool Android box to hack, and will never visit the app store. If it's like 99.9%, then the long term life of this console is going to be limited because few big developers will port games to a console that doesn't have many active buying users, and few people will buy this console after March 2013 if there aren't that many games.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
I signed up for Pocket TV, and it doesn't look like this does anything it doesn't except the controller (which, if it takes off, will be easy to find).
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
i have one of these:http://www.fingermonkeyapps.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gp2x.jpg
it was pretty cool, but it's always frustrating how much better/more active the pirate/dev community was for psp/gameboys than it was for open source stuff.
there's a thing called pandora and other revisions of gamepark consoles already.if you want a MAME for your TV, the wii/ps2 hacks are pretty solid.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
The Ouya has more processing power, a quad core 1.4GHz Tegra3 with integrated GPU compared to a single core ARM Cortex A9 at up to 2GHz. But it's in a relatively big case that has to sit somewhere, while the Pocket TV just hangs off the HDMI socket. From comparing the Kickstarter pitches, it seems that the Ouya team are more prepared to let people program/hack their box, while the Pocket TV crew are selling it much more like a closed appliance for Android apps.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I would buy another console, even for only $99, but this thing does make me wish even more that Apple would release and support a nice controller for iPad games.
― JCL, Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I guess the point I was making is that if (as some people are speculating above) that the main focus will end up being emulators and phone/tablet type games then the pocket tv already covers that. I guess it'll all depend on exactly what you can hack onto an Ouya and what you'll be able to emulate in time on a standard Android.
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Put emulators on this so's I can run Earthbound, Mother 3, Toe Jam & Earl, or Metroid Fusion and there you go.
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Thursday, 12 July 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
the only way this thing'll make any money is if they can find some way to persuade lots of people to hand over their cash without any hope of it ever being sold or ever establishing the market share required for decent content. never gonna happen.
oh wait.
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 13 July 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
without any hope of it ever being sold
Many of the people involved in this are fairly big industry names who have their reputations and future employability prospects to lose if this box doesn't get to market. They have a previous round of VC funding, the dough from this Kickstarter, and probably a future round of VC funding to get some relatively straightforward hardware (and some complex marketplace/appstore/infrastructure) made. The only real way this isn't going to be shipping come March 2013 is if some patent troll pops up. Whether it has any extended life after it ships is another thing.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Friday, 13 July 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/the-reality-of-the-ouya-console-doesnt-match-the-hype-why-you-should-be-ske
U sure about that?
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 16 July 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
man, quite harshing my mellow penny arcade
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 16 July 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
respect for Ben Kuchera, dawg
― Nhex, Monday, 16 July 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/playouya/ouyauh.5.2 million. almost three weeks still left. I got mine.
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
ooo YA
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― your friend, (Z S), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
i will be mightily impressed if this is a scam. Not so much so i won't call for heads rolling but still.
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Cyathem from Reddit... “I’ve wasted $100 on stupid things. This actually looks cool.”
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU0Ypufo6BM
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 July 2012 06:31 (eleven years ago) link
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, July 20, 2012 6:47 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I wouldn't say that until you like actually "got" it
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 23 July 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
And I don't think anyone's saying this is a scam per se, just a super dubious fantasy
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 23 July 2012 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
"Droid X360" Android handheld thingy that looks like a Vita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BN4txob1c
Android 4.0, 1.5 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 8GB on-board storage, 5-inch capacitive touchscreen, HDMI port, front and rear cameras. Ships with 9 emulators to play a bunch of SNES, GBA, Genesis, N64, etc. games. May infringe on one or two trademarks :)
No pricing info yet.
― maybe it's a Hartlepool scarf? (onimo), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
When OnLive first heard about OUYA, we were excited to see console gaming becoming more available and open. Like OUYA, we came to gaming with a new vision for making top-quality gaming accessible to more people, and we continue to look for ways to expand on that vision.OUYA is rethinking the console business, making waves by using standard technology to make gaming for your living room accessible, affordable and more innovative than ever. In OnLive's case, we pioneered a groundbreaking, cloud-based system that instantly delivers games to any device on demand.We are pleased to announce that OnLive will be available on OUYA at launch, extending and building on our commitment to make the best games available to everyone, everywhere.What does that mean for OUYA backers?OnLive will deliver a full console-class experience, bringing hundreds of top-tier games from more than 80 publishers to the OUYA console for play on demand.OUYA owners will be able to jump in and play any of these games both at home on their OUYA console, and on the go on PCs, Macs, tablets and phones, never leaving a game behind.Instant demos will be available for nearly every game in our ever-growing library—from eagerly anticipated indie titles like Ravaged, to hot blockbusters like the upcoming Darksiders® II. Players can experience up to 30 minutes of each game for free before deciding what to buy. If they like it, they can continue playing where the demo left off.OnLive already delivers a premium gaming experience to tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs, connected TVs and HDTVs via the OnLive® Game System or dedicated streaming devices like the VIZIO Co-Star. We’re pleased to deliver the same OnLive experience on the OUYA console when it launches next year.—Bruce Grove, General Manager, OnLive
OUYA is rethinking the console business, making waves by using standard technology to make gaming for your living room accessible, affordable and more innovative than ever. In OnLive's case, we pioneered a groundbreaking, cloud-based system that instantly delivers games to any device on demand.
We are pleased to announce that OnLive will be available on OUYA at launch, extending and building on our commitment to make the best games available to everyone, everywhere.
What does that mean for OUYA backers?
OnLive will deliver a full console-class experience, bringing hundreds of top-tier games from more than 80 publishers to the OUYA console for play on demand.OUYA owners will be able to jump in and play any of these games both at home on their OUYA console, and on the go on PCs, Macs, tablets and phones, never leaving a game behind.Instant demos will be available for nearly every game in our ever-growing library—from eagerly anticipated indie titles like Ravaged, to hot blockbusters like the upcoming Darksiders® II. Players can experience up to 30 minutes of each game for free before deciding what to buy. If they like it, they can continue playing where the demo left off.OnLive already delivers a premium gaming experience to tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs, connected TVs and HDTVs via the OnLive® Game System or dedicated streaming devices like the VIZIO Co-Star. We’re pleased to deliver the same OnLive experience on the OUYA console when it launches next year.
—Bruce Grove, General Manager, OnLive
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
if you want to play android games and don't want to buy an android phone just get a nexus 7
― markers, Friday, 27 July 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Could be a good move getting OnLive onboard. After all, the OnLive console is about $99 on its own, and hopefully ouya will have a bit more to offer than just the OnLive console. That said, I think you can try OnLive on PC for free, and I still never bothered, so...
― CraigG, Friday, 27 July 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
This morning, we are honored to announce that OUYA is partnering with Square Enix to bring you one of the most beloved franchises in gaming -- Final Fantasy. We will kick this off with Final Fantasy III, which will be a launch title on OUYA. This will be the first time gamers outside of Japan can play FFIII on their televisions through a console.But that’s not the end of it: We’re promising to deliver Final Fantasy III like you’ve never seen it before – Hironobu Sakaguchi’s third installment in the role playing game franchise will be updated to exploit OUYA’s high-definition resolution in glorious graphic detail. For those of you who are new to Final Fantasy, we’ll offer a free demo so you can give it a go!Previously unreleased in the U.S. until it appeared as a 3D remake for the Nintendo DS in 2006, Final Fantasy III was widely referred to as one of the “missing pieces” in the FF series. OUYA players can now proudly claim this piece of the puzzle.We’re thrilled to bring this storied franchise to OUYA.
But that’s not the end of it: We’re promising to deliver Final Fantasy III like you’ve never seen it before – Hironobu Sakaguchi’s third installment in the role playing game franchise will be updated to exploit OUYA’s high-definition resolution in glorious graphic detail. For those of you who are new to Final Fantasy, we’ll offer a free demo so you can give it a go!
Previously unreleased in the U.S. until it appeared as a 3D remake for the Nintendo DS in 2006, Final Fantasy III was widely referred to as one of the “missing pieces” in the FF series. OUYA players can now proudly claim this piece of the puzzle.
We’re thrilled to bring this storied franchise to OUYA.
that's kinda awesome
― you're all going to hello (Z S), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
so is it a localization of the famicom game, the DS remake, or a new version?
― zappi, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
I would guess it's probably the DS version with some tweaks to make it look better in higher resolution
― aspiring barkitect (silverfish), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
i keep thinking 'maybe i should order one of these' and then remembering i don't have a tv
― thomp, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
so they launched their website...http://www.ouya.tv/and it's the same video as on kickstarter, links to their social media and "buy one now" order info and credit card taking machinethey are MIGHTY stingy with new info here.
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 August 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
akbar.gif
― Nhex, Friday, 10 August 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
well, they asked for my addressso that's something I guess?
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 30 September 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
Ben Heck teardown...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hh3Ezg9xf0&feature=youtu.be
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
er...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hh3Ezg9xf0
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
did you order one? i did, back in the day. with two controllers. hope it's good!
― "reading specialist" (Z S), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't order one. Because a) I'm applying my usual 'do I buy this console or not?' rule and waiting to see if it's going to have games I actually want to play (see also WiiU), b) I'm going to let other way more qualified people determine first if it's suitable for Android hacking.
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
there's a neo geo portable/console hybrid out that is apparently hack-friendly for all you MAME/emulator types.
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
this?http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?239578-NeoGeoX-Hacking-and-ModsGames on an SD card, Linux on a micro SD card soldered to the circuit board.
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah -- the whole thing is just weird. you plug in the portable into a clamshell charger that makes it look like the original console, which you plug in to the TV. very xzibit yo dawg-esque.
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
It's like the reverse of a SNES Gameboy Player cartridge.
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
man that thing looks HELLA cheap
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, like it should come with a happy meal.
― JimD, Sunday, 6 January 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
That frosted clear plastic makes everything look cheap.
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Sunday, 6 January 2013 09:01 (eleven years ago) link
Shipping to kickstarters on March 28 (am i the only one?)
― ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (Z S), Thursday, 28 February 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
full launch/in stores in June.
I'm one of them, I'll be in India then though, grr.
― JimD, Thursday, 28 February 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'm one too.
― forks is lucky he didn't get stabbed over a marilyn monroe cd (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 March 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
retail launch: June 4
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 29 March 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
the reviews haven't been too hot, to say the least
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/4180242/ouya-review
This console isn't finished — it's not even close.
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
That's a criticism that can be levelled at every console at launch, ever.
― Will you see a political publicity stunt? (snoball), Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
true. here's the full conclusion, though:
For $99, everyone who backed Ouya's Kickstarter has unwittingly signed up to beta-test a game console. Alpha-test, even: this is a product with some good ideas and a potentially promising future, but it's a million miles away from something worth spending your money on. Even if the concept is right, the Ouya misses the mark. The controller needs work, the interface is a mess, and have I mentioned there's really nothing to do with the thing? I'm not even sure the concept is right, either: there are plenty of fun Android games, but currently few that work well with a controller and even fewer that look good on your television.Let's say everything goes exactly right for Ouya. Every good game in the Play Store becomes available to Ouya, Netflix and Amazon decide to play nice with the device, and the ROM and hacker community explode and make every app and many more available to the nascent platform. Then and only then, Ouya can be viable — if it can combine a decent set-top box with a decent gaming platform, it may have a case to make for your $99. But those are a lot of cards that have to fall a particular way, and without them the Ouya is a lot more like a Raspberry Pi than an Xbox 360.To its credit, the company says loudly and often that this is only the beginning of a long road for Ouya — and I'll be watching its progress with interest. But the device is currently being sold as a product, not a prototype, and that's just wrong. Ouya isn't a viable gaming platform, or a good console, or even a nice TV interface. I don't know what it is, but until Ouya figures it out, it's not worth $99.
Let's say everything goes exactly right for Ouya. Every good game in the Play Store becomes available to Ouya, Netflix and Amazon decide to play nice with the device, and the ROM and hacker community explode and make every app and many more available to the nascent platform. Then and only then, Ouya can be viable — if it can combine a decent set-top box with a decent gaming platform, it may have a case to make for your $99. But those are a lot of cards that have to fall a particular way, and without them the Ouya is a lot more like a Raspberry Pi than an Xbox 360.
To its credit, the company says loudly and often that this is only the beginning of a long road for Ouya — and I'll be watching its progress with interest. But the device is currently being sold as a product, not a prototype, and that's just wrong. Ouya isn't a viable gaming platform, or a good console, or even a nice TV interface. I don't know what it is, but until Ouya figures it out, it's not worth $99.
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Just the one in their store. I've only tried 5 or 6 roms to be fair, and there are a few which didn't work when I tried to run them at full resolution but worked fine when I dropped them to something closer to the original screen size (which is I guess 640x480? Maybe even lower actually). So that might help.
― JimD, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WBVmBuk.jpg
;_;
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
have to admit i'm tempted by that $39.99 sega, though. never had a genesis growing up!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
The Ouyas on that shelf are still priced at $99.99, which is what they sell for on the Ouya website.
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 08:13 (ten years ago) link
What's really ;_; is Stuart Ashen finding a Kickstarter developer version in a second hand shop before the official release.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf_jmGaanuY
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 08:19 (ten years ago) link
that $40 genesis is made by some non-sega company in china, i guess? amazon reviews are hit and miss. one says the emulation is funky (distorted audio, slower performance). and 40 of the built in games are weird homegrown shit, which sounds like a draw, imo.
― ☞ (brimstead), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 19:11 (ten years ago) link
I bought one of these for $80 just for playing emulators. Just got it up last night and both GoldenEye and Mario Kart 64 worked great. The Ouya games seem pretty lame though.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
the bitcoin of game consoles
― gimme the lute (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 March 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link
i used it for 2 days. it's been sitting behind my tv ever since.
yes, i'm an idiot
― Karl Malone, Friday, 7 March 2014 02:13 (ten years ago) link
ditto, on all points
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Friday, 7 March 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
Thritto.
― JimD, Friday, 7 March 2014 07:55 (ten years ago) link
And their latest move is really laughable. I'm sure their original pitch was something like "android games are great but so much better on a big screen", so it takes some brass neck to then try to sell the "imagine how great it'd be to take these big screen ouya games and put them back on mobile devices!" argument.
― JimD, Friday, 7 March 2014 07:58 (ten years ago) link
whats their latest move
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 7 March 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link
im actually just amazed that any of you guys even got one
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
like, received one
Ouya Everywhere
― JimD, Friday, 7 March 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
http://kotaku.com/theres-pretty-much-no-reason-to-buy-a-ouya-anymore-1537697326
^yup
― JimD, Friday, 7 March 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/06/ouya-everywhere-starts-with-mad-catzs-mojo-microconsole-in-spri/
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/03/report-ouya-everywhere-puts-games-on-tv-pc-without-the-ouya/This is so stupid, it's basically admitting that the whole idea of the Ouya was a waste of time, because all anybody had to do was hang around for slightly less than two years for Android tablets and TV dongles to get powerful enough.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Or, you know, play games on your PC, because it's not like you can do that at the moment oh wait you can! Which kills off the one remaining advantage that the Ouya had, that it was powered from the mains and could run it's processor at full speed without having to balance that against battery life.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
I wonder who feels that they got burnt more: people who bought a Wii U or people who bought an Ouya?
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
Gotta be Ouya, Wii U's performance was fairly predictable
― Nhex, Friday, 7 March 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Got both, feel ok.
― JimD, Friday, 7 March 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
at least the bath people took on the ouya was a cheaper bath.
― Jeff Malone, no relation (Will M.), Friday, 7 March 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
And the Wii U does have some good stuff; it's just looking like GameCube Redux.
― Nhex, Friday, 7 March 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
i just got an email from ouya with the subject line "Fart where no frog has farted before"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
this company's gonna go out of business or something
― markers, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure the mass market will pick this over a fire tv or android tv
― markers, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
they're just gonna sell apps
― I made a grave mistake with my balloon at the end (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
if only someone would have warned me that buying an Ouya might be a bad idea
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
speak for yourself, i bought mine with bitcoin
― I made a grave mistake with my balloon at the end (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
i was a little shocked at the enthusiasm for ouya given the graveyard of linux-based game systems already out there plus the well-established and polished hacks for existing systems if your main interest was emulation.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
maybe ouya was just a way to vote against the big 3? like it's main feature was being a political lever -- in which case I'd say it was a success.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
pyrrhic, but yeah
― I made a grave mistake with my balloon at the end (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
feel like the steambox is gonna be what ends up getting that Fuck Everyone dollar
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
― markers, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
i would get that over this
umhttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmqJnR5IUAEC4z7.jpg
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Nhex, Saturday, 24 May 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iEPBagF.png
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Saturday, 24 May 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
Amico Intellivision - this holiday season's Ouya (if it actually gets released on time).
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 2 July 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
who's in?!
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
afaict the guys behind it are all hardcore conservative christian boomers who wanted to make a console for conservative christian parents without all that sex and violence and microtransactions that would fill little johnnies head with sin. no surprise that creepos like Doug TenNapel are working on games for it.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link