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How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026

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eltondegeneres · 1786025479 · focus · HN ↗
ModRetro is owned by the same war profiteer who runs Anduril Industries which makes human-killing robots.
Their previous console had an edition made of the same metal as Anduril's lethal drones.
[1]: <a href="https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/site-news-why-we-wont-be-covering-modretro-products-moving-forward" rel="nofollow">https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/site-news-why-we-... [2]: <a href="https://kotaku.com/modretro-anduril-chromatic-attack-drone-metal-luckey-2000654868" rel="nofollow">https://kotaku.com/modretro-anduril-chromatic-attack-drone-m...
1. nonethewiser · 1786029483 · focus · HN ↗
  Oh wow that’s cool, I had no idea Palmer Lucky owned this. He pumps out quality tech. Im gonna check it out.
  1. dabluecaboose · 1786030122 · focus · HN ↗
    A friend of mine did posit the quandary that an "unpalatable" individual such as Luckey appears to be one of the few making consumer-friendly products: Removable, swappable battery packs, AA battery support, standard USB-C charging, easy interoperability, open sourced designs, exposed screws, teardown instructions, etc. Apparently ModRetro is even looking into making dumb TVs for gaming.
    It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues.
    edent · 1786032232 · focus · HN ↗
    Ted Bundy could bake beautiful Soufflé. Perfect every time. Deliciously balanced flavours. Incredible texture.
    Isn't it strange that commentors focus on the other, less palatable, aspect of his life?
    As the meme goes, "you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them.'"
    dabluecaboose · 1786032618 · focus · HN ↗
    Comparing a run-of-the-mill defense contractor to a serial rapist and murderer is certainly up there in the most unhinged justifications that I've seen on HN.
    wat10000 · 1786052340 · focus · HN ↗
    It's funny how retail versus wholesale death is seen so differently.
    Kill a few dozen people with your own hands and people are (rightfully) horrified.
    Run a business that enables the killing of orders of magnitude more people, and you can be a respected pillar of society.
    Killing instantly becomes respectable if it's done legally and for profit.
    charcircuit · 1786053469 · focus · HN ↗
    I suggest you look into self defense.
    wat10000 · 1786053737 · focus · HN ↗
    That’s not it. There are plenty of industrialists who have killed far more than any serial killer just for profit and they don’t get anything like that opprobrium given to serial killers.

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