I just don’t have time to invest in learning a new operating system.
That’s fair. I got turned on to Linux in college so this is how I feel when confronted with Windows or Mac devices. I just get so frustrated every time I try, and it doesn’t seem like the end result is worth it if I can just stick with what works and not have to worry about some random update radically and inexorably altering how my computer works.
Howling Dogs: https://xrafstar.monster/games/twine/howlingdogs/
It’s a little Twine game that you can enjoy just in your browser (see link above), but it’s great.
Just saw you got it already - enjoy Disco Elysium!
Some of the best, most enjoyable, games writing I have ever seen. Every character is a treat.
Like toothpaste?
The dentist’s house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents
I remember rediscovering Hallowe’en as an adult. Totally different vibe except definitely still hedonistic af
Man those parents don’t know shit - you were a Hallowe’en hero
Man those are some of my favs. I’ve always loved them.
Yeah it’s actually an incredible time to be an enjoyer of games if you ignore that AAA+ space. If you look at the “III” space (or mid sized dev studios putting out mid level games) it’s kind of where many of the “big” game dev shops were at in the 90-00s.
So if you miss the popular games of this era, then you should be looking at studios that operate at a similar size/ethos. Indies, in other words.
That’s where those games are now. The good games.
I would have said video games, because I used to play maybe once a month or two, but during times of high stress being able to pick up a controller and play an old favourite has been a real balm.
So I’ve just learned two startling facts. 1) GNU Screen was still in development, and 2) that we used to have a NETHACK option, but it was removed???
From the man page:
nethack [ on | off ]
Changes the kind of error messages used by screen. When you are familiar with the game nethack, you may enjoy the nethack-style messages which will often blur the facts a little, but are much funnier to read. Anyway, standard messages often tend to be unclear as well.
This option is only available if screen was compiled with the NETHACK flag defined. The default setting is then determined by the pres ence of the environment variable $NETHACKOPTIONS and the file ~/.nethackrc - if either one is present, the default is on.
Welp, can’t argue with that
Yeah, we want to be authentic, right?
Me too, it was like the equivalent of the clown fear some people have. Like, why are you acting this way? It’s weird, you seem weird
This is the equivalent of a verbal break; statement
I’m one of them!
(I’m a really bad driver.)
I think we should normalise sharing your actual birthday, and while we’re at it also share what street you grew up on, and your mother’s maiden name
I think we just don’t call it.
The people who like that kind of stuff can acknowledge it if they want
My cat will get in front of me on camera, so blurring wouldn’t even do anything
I know I shouldn’t have even started, but I did, quitting smoking and drinking. It was really, really hard.