Elder Scrolls games by and large suck out of the box. The prolific mod community is what makes them worth buying / playing. I’ve got a few hundred hours in Skyrim and I’ve never actually finished the main storyline. Don’t know how it ends, don’t care.

He did at least once; he streamed it and had no idea how to play the game, spent hours in silence being heckled by chat.

He should make it interesting. Pledge, say, 300 billion to a number of humanitarian charities if he doesn’t succeed in making a highly reviewed AI game in 2026. Put it in an escrow account in the meantime.

Didn’t know that! I use an always-on VPN and I’ve never had issues with Catbox (but imgur blocks me), for what it’s worth.

Nope! It’s an image host, not a social media platform, which in my opinion is the best thing about it.

Catbox is basically what Imgur used to be before it went to absolute shit. You upload images, you can link to them. That’s it. You don’t need to create an account, but if you do, you can see everything you’ve uploaded. It’s free. Not really sure what more you can ask for in an image host.

…which makes it so baffling. They could buy a lot of goodwill if they just made the store more consumer-focused, even if they earned less from it in the process. But no, they have to just commit whole hog to just being the worst.

Spyware cum!

Alternately, you’re playing an RPG, and you’ve reached an emotional climax. Mid-cutscene while a character is delivering a gut-wrenching dialog, an ad for Raid Shadow Legends fills your screen.

Hard no-thanks from me, but I could see this maybe being a viable option for folks who just can’t afford to buy games which, given the state of everything, might be a growing percentage of the population.

unbugged 1.0 launch

Based on recent Steam reviews, it seems to actually be pretty buggy, and the Mixed review score doesn’t bode well for it anyway.

I wouldn’t have beaten the ‘true’ final boss without them. No way in hell.

Nine Sols did this perfectly. It’s another very hard metroidvania, but it has some options you can enable if you want to that adjust the difficulty in a variety of very tangible ways. I wish that was standard.

It really wouldn’t take much. Just some accessibility options to address some of the most punishing mechanics would do it. Would be great if mods solved this.

The high points of the game are very good. The low points ruin it, in my opinion. I get that frustration might be fun for some people, but I find it discouraging and I don’t feel like Silksong wants me to be successful. It feels like it wants me to feel frustrated and angry, and that’s not an experience I want to have. I doubt I’ll finish the game, which sucks, because I loved Hollow Knight, and I love the parts of Silksong that aren’t just making me mad.

Fun fact: It’s actually possible for two countries to both be authoritarian!

It’s all ‘pasta’ in my house. Including the spaghetti.

Alleged.

– So, I had an idea: why not unite in small groups of interests to share knowledge and support each other in these difficult times? Of course, you can pass by and continue to waste time on memes and other things like discussions and to prove your point, but…

“I have an idea: [vague thought with no real action plan associated with it]. If you don’t pay attention you’re wasting your time.”

Let us all [avoid depression by sharing knowledge between ourselves.]

Lots of words that don’t really say much.

Or do you want to continue to pick fights in the comments and then run out of steam, after which you will most likely take the easy way out and fit into the herd, living in the comfortable illusion that everything will be fine when tomorrow for example – you are led to the firing squad with a smile and respect?

“If you don’t follow through with my ideas, you’re a sheep waiting to be culled.”

You’d be better received if you were less confrontational about it. It reads like, “I have an idea, stop wasting your time on things you enjoy and do this thing I’m going to vaguely describe! If you don’t, you’re just a sheep running with the herd until you’re culled from it!”

Rather than insulting people who don’t do what you’re suggesting, why not spend that time explaining what exactly you’re proposing, and why you think it’s beneficial?

We desperately need an active Boomer Humor community, so all of this stuff can be corralled into one easily blocked place.