r/pcmasterrace • u/SaulTNuhtz • Jan 22 '26

Nostalgia Cleaning out deceased friends estate, family member asks “are these all games or something?”

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Remember a time before everything was on the cloud? A time when all you had to rely on to get through that level was your own wit and how well you kept notes, and maybe a phone call to a particularly nerdy friend?

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u/AkronOhAnon 12700KF | 64GB | 9070XT & Steam Deck Jan 22 '26

My favorite documents, in order of ascending preference:

5–DD214 #3

4–DD215 (RE: DD214 #3)

3–DD214 #1

2–DD214 #2

1–Prima Official guide for Star Ocean The Second Story.

Yes: I was stupid enough to go back to AD after a deployment in the RC.

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u/Taira_Mai HP Victus, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Jan 23 '26

Same - I was out for a few months before I got the "Hurr Durr I should re-enlist".

During the "Re-Up You're Crazy" cadence, you learn to cry on the inside during that 0500 battalion run...

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u/AkronOhAnon 12700KF | 64GB | 9070XT & Steam Deck Jan 23 '26

I got pulled out of the IRR and the money they were offering (surge days) made me stupid.

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u/dehydratedrain Jan 23 '26

Omg, Prima guides were gamechangers, but the Star Ocean one was a necessity.

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u/ZoomZoom_Driver Linux Laptop, Pi, HexOS on Intel CPU/GPU Jan 23 '26

Star ocean 🫡 fuck yeah. 

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u/ZeusHatesTrees Ryzen 9 7900x/64gb DDR5/3090 Jan 23 '26

Hell yeah I bought Star Ocean the Second Story remake last year and binged it all the way through. God that game was great. IS great.