Today I'd like to introduce a new NeoGAF feature. Whether you're a
PlayStation 4
gamer, or like chilling out with your
Switch
on the go (or even if you're loving Game Pass on your
Xbox One
) you'll enjoy our new Console Mentions here on NeoGAF.
What is this?
A while back we updated our user mentions system to include a small thumbnail of the user you're mentioning and we thought "It'd be cool if you could do this for game systems as well". So we took that idea and made it a reality. Everything from
Atari 2600
to
Ouya
. I can already hear you asking: what about handhelds? That depends on whether you think the
Virtual Boy
is a handheld or not. Just kidding, we've got
Game Boy
,
Game Gear
, and even the
Atari Lynx
. Too mainstream? Feel free to talk about your favorite
Game.com
or
N-Gage
games. We've got nearly fifty of your favorite game consoles set up for this even the
32X
.
Why?
If you're going to talk about the
Super Nintendo
vs
Genesis
or
PlayStation 2
vs
Dreamcast
console wars, you're going to want to be prepared. You're going to want the name of your favorite console to be shown in Orange and link to a page with more information. How else will anyone know that your first gaming system was that
ColecoVision
you got for Christmas in 1982? What if the person you're talking to has never heard of the
TurboGrafx-16
and wants to learn more about it? Or maybe you're working on a new OT and want a fancy way to display the fact that a game is releasing on the
Nintendo 3DS
because it can do that too.
How?
Just like with User Mentions, Console Mentions start with an @ symbol then just type in something like... I don't know....
Neo Geo Pocket
. And just like magic it'll appear. You'll be reminicing about your favorite
Nintendo 64
or
Game Boy Advance
games like a pro soon.
The Future
We're already hard at work (thankfully on a
PC
faster than our old
Commodore 64
) building new integrations for this feature. For now though, we just enjoy the novelty of being able to see a photo of an
Atari 7800
or a
GameCube
in our posts and we hope you will too.
PlayStation 4
gamer, or like chilling out with your
Switch
on the go (or even if you're loving Game Pass on your
Xbox One
) you'll enjoy our new Console Mentions here on NeoGAF.What is this?
A while back we updated our user mentions system to include a small thumbnail of the user you're mentioning and we thought "It'd be cool if you could do this for game systems as well". So we took that idea and made it a reality. Everything from
Atari 2600
to
Ouya
. I can already hear you asking: what about handhelds? That depends on whether you think the
Virtual Boy
is a handheld or not. Just kidding, we've got
Game Boy
,
Game Gear
, and even the
Atari Lynx
. Too mainstream? Feel free to talk about your favorite
Game.com
or
N-Gage
games. We've got nearly fifty of your favorite game consoles set up for this even the
32X
.Why?
If you're going to talk about the
Super Nintendo
vs
Genesis
or
PlayStation 2
vs
Dreamcast
console wars, you're going to want to be prepared. You're going to want the name of your favorite console to be shown in Orange and link to a page with more information. How else will anyone know that your first gaming system was that
ColecoVision
you got for Christmas in 1982? What if the person you're talking to has never heard of the
TurboGrafx-16
and wants to learn more about it? Or maybe you're working on a new OT and want a fancy way to display the fact that a game is releasing on the
Nintendo 3DS
because it can do that too.How?
Just like with User Mentions, Console Mentions start with an @ symbol then just type in something like... I don't know....
Neo Geo Pocket
. And just like magic it'll appear. You'll be reminicing about your favorite
Nintendo 64
or
Game Boy Advance
games like a pro soon.The Future
We're already hard at work (thankfully on a
PC
faster than our old
Commodore 64
) building new integrations for this feature. For now though, we just enjoy the novelty of being able to see a photo of an
Atari 7800
or a
GameCube
in our posts and we hope you will too.
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