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  • Generally, the best options are ports of PC games. Things like Slay the Spire, Balatro, Mini Metro, Terraria, BaBa is You, or Stardew Valley. Not as cheap, but worth the price tag.

    A couple of my favorite free options:

    Unciv - Its an attempt at recreating Civ. It’s got a lot of issues, such as lacking a lot of the more in-depth mechanics and having terrible world-gen, but its also free.

    Vampire Survivors - a fairly simple but content-rich arcade game, reminiscent of old flash games.

    Super Auto Pets - an autobattler like autochess but stripped down to its fundamentals making it easy to get in to, and easy to play in short bursts


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    11 days ago

    binary != digital actually. Digital is any system using whole numbers. For example, a trinary computer using using trits (base 3 instead of base 2) can also be digital.

    To be extra pedantic, analog is almost always held to be specifically refering to technology/machines as well, but its still a good metaphor for gender.




  • Basically, how much of the world is interesting/fun.

    For example, Fallout 3 doesn’t do a great job of this, as much of the world is baren with no story or gameplay. Half of the world feels like it could be cut out without much loss. The Yakuza games on the other hand, have smaller worlds but they feel massive and fun because there’s always something to do moments away.

    The work-around is to make travel fun, so the “empty-space” is just more gameplay. The Just Cause games are the perfect example of this. All the movement mechanics are quick and satisfying, from the grapple and parachute, to the driving, to the OP wingsuit.


  • From a low pressure sales perspective the community should be phrasing it as questions that make the Windows user think about.

    Even aside from this, I think the bigger issue is that Linux evangelists need to be open to new/ignorant users, and casual users. So much of the Linux community is made up of die-hards who expect other users to be just as invested in it as they are. For example, I’ve tried Linux twice, and both times ran into issues with support for hardware (audio issues the first time, lack of support for my mouse the second). In both cases, I have a significant number of people making absurd suggestions, and expecting me to devote significant amounts of work or money to make my PC functional when I already had a functional OS. Comments to the point of, “just buy new hardware,” “just program the drivers yourself,” or “just hire someone to write the software for you.” were a significant part of the response. Unless Linux is my job or my hobby, these are not realisitc suggestions, and they make Linux look like a nerdy hobby rather than a Windows competitor.



  • Looks like they’re all American MREs, so as long as they’re not too expired, they should be fine. Not a delicacy or anything, and probably not the healthiest for someone not doing a lot of physical activity, but they’ve come a long way from the notorious ones of old, and American expectations for food are higher than a lot of other militaries.