I had a good time playing the EA, I’ll have to check out what they added for 1.0. It fills the niche of hack and slash that’s better than Diablo 3+, but doesn’t require an insane amount of work like PoE.

Edit: Full offline mode is awesome to have.

I was able to ditch Windows completely thanks to them, haven’t had to dual boot for years. I remember back when I first tried linux there were only a handful of games that would run without hours of tinkering. Now compatibility is an afterthought; I just assume Steam games will work and I haven’t had any issues yet.

I play usually with my spouse, and occasionally my brothers. With the former, we usually get pretty into ARPGs (PoE, Titan Quest, Van Helsing, older Diablo) or Don’t Starve Together. With my siblings it’s usually random stuff they suggest that’s not too complicated so we can catch up while we play.

I used to do Overwatch, but the time commitment to stay good is just too much, and the games end up sucking more often than not. Haven’t touched OW2. TF2 is still fun, and I’ve been doing a bit of Sea of Thieves solo but occasionally interacting with other crews. Basically anything that involves playing with strangers is usually not worth the effort for me.

I remember back when Treyarch was considered the B team that got the side projects, but even then World at War was the only game in the series I ever really liked.

Look into The Mountain Goats; all their early stuff was recorded on a boombox cassette deck.

I subscribed during a promotion for $2 and the only thing on the entire service I watched was Yellowjackets (and that’s a Showtime series, so don’t know why it was on there).

I don’t understand why so many companies want their own streaming service when they don’t have the content to carry one.

Newman-o’s is the superior cream filled sandwich cookie.

Metro 2033 Redux: I’m not usually big on first person shooters, but love horror games so I gave it a try. The atmosphere and mechanics combine to make it a really immersive and tense experience. I loved that they put a stealth option in a FPS. There’s limited gas mask filters which pushes you to move faster, while at the same time the traps and lack of ammo make you want to slow down; which keeps up the tension even if there’s nothing elsr happening at the moment. There’s a good variety in the types of levels, so you’re not just blasting your way through everything all the time.

Their approach to moral choices was also very well implemented; instead of giving you clunky and obvious dialogue options, they just watch how you play the game to determine which ending you get.

I did, but I cancelled before the next year so who knows what’s going on. For a while I wondered if maybe there’s few enough people canceling that it was cheaper just to let them keep the service rather than hire someone to code the thing to remove them.

I cancelled months ago, but they never cut me off from the streaming or prime shipping. I’ve checked multiple times to make sure I’m not being charged, and so far so good.

How do you block instances yourself? I had anime bestiality porn popping up on “All” earlier, and would like to not have that as part of my normal browsing experience.

Those are both pretty good. I just tried looking up another song by The Seatbelts and it was very strange. Do they exist just for Cowboy Bebop soundtrack stuff?

That’s perfect, thanks!

I still listen to new music, but most of it is related to stuff I listened to as a kid. I was big into 90’s alt rock, and there’s so much of it that I keep finding stuff I hadn’t listened to from that era. Right now Butthole Surfers have been getting a lot of play; they were always kinda on my radar, but the name really put me off. Can’t believe I missed out for this long.

I’ve always liked folk punk and alternative country, but there wasn’t a ton of it when I was younger. Now there’s so much more so I’ve been discovering lots of new bands. Blackbird Raum is pretty great, and Amigo the Devil might be one of my new favorites.

Do you like ARPGs? Titan Quest is a Greek mythology themed Diablo II clone that has some nice improvements over D2. It’s usually pretty cheap on Steam.