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  • Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories

    From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, August 27, 2026 02:42:03
    What?s the first thing you think of when you see that colour?

    <https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/xbox-marks-25-years-with-a-translucent-green-accessory-line-but-none-of-it-is-xbox-hardware>

    To me, it?s ?algae?.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Retrograde@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 21:24:45
    Subject: Re: Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories

    On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:42:03 -0000 (UTC)
    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    What?s the first thing you think of when you see that colour?

    <https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/xbox-marks-25-years-with-a-translucent-green-accessory-line-but-none-of-it-is-xbox-hardware>

    To me, it?s ?algae?.

    Believe it or not, the translucent plastics remind me of classic Handspring/Palm devices from the late 90s. I kind of like it.

    For example:
    https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/himag-jta3fdwe/imgs/9/2/924a6b27.jpg

    https://i.pinimg.com/736x/91/ac/2d/91ac2df5d5feccf39ad1752c1a44640a.jpg

    And ... now I'm nostalgic for the pre-smartphone era again.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, August 27, 2026 07:15:08
    Subject: Re: Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories

    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:24:45 -0600, Retrograde wrote:

    On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:42:03 -0000 (UTC)
    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    What?s the first thing you think of when you see that colour?

    <https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/xbox-marks-25-years-with-a-translucent-green-accessory-line-but-none-of-it-is-xbox-hardware>

    To me, it?s ?algae?.

    Believe it or not, the translucent plastics remind me of classic Handspring/Palm devices from the late 90s. I kind of like it.

    For example:
    https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/himag-jta3fdwe/imgs/9/2/924a6b27.jpg

    https://i.pinimg.com/736x/91/ac/2d/91ac2df5d5feccf39ad1752c1a44640a.jpg

    Those look like nicer greens.

    It might be just the Tom?s Hardware site that has done something to
    the colour (anti)correction that ends up reminding me of stagnant
    water.

    And ... now I'm nostalgic for the pre-smartphone era again.

    It does still exist, you know.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From John McCue@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, August 27, 2026 15:23:58
    Subject: Re: Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories

    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    What?s the first thing you think of when you see that colour?

    <https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/xbox-marks-25-years-with-a-translucent-green-accessory-line-but-none-of-it-is-xbox-hardware>

    To me, it?s ?algae?.

    And 25 years of spying on what users run on it :)

    --
    [t]csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
    - Paraphrasing Star Wars

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
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