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insane that nintendo is so litigious that they send lawyers to take down fan-made games meant to be patched on Ocarina of Time. What, is this fan game gonna detract from the valuable income you're making on a 22 year old game for the Nintendo 64?? It's at their own detriment...

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-0...

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-missing-link-is-an-impressive-an...

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Lawyers have no sense of humor. They are like the opposite of hackers.

>Lawyers have no sense of humor. They are like the opposite of hackers.

Although you're posting this on a forum for hackers where humor is considered a mortal sin.

Humor is just held to higher standards compared to other forums. Most of us can't attain that standard so we don't make humorous comments.

Yeah let’s not pretend we’re better than anyone else. What the parent comment said is accurate.

low effort drive-by puns are looked down on here on this particular forum, sure.

But playful hijinks like getting your o-scope to run DOOM is what hackers thrive on.

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