Fallout 2 is probably one of my favourite games of all time. Absolutely amazing game, if a bit sprawly. I’ve played through it many times and expect I will do again.

Red Alert 2 - the pinnacle of the isometric RTS genre. Bordering on too silly but without tipping into absolute farce. Mechanically very strong, the art is lovely, and even has nostalgia for me.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Massive game but a run can be completed relatively quickly. I always disable the music because I don’t like games that try to scare and intimidate me. I’m pretty good at the game so it tends to be pretty relaxing for me, if a bit fugue-state-y.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2: the apex of the Battlefield multiplayer games for me. The others have plenty going for them, but BFBC2 was the best compromise between destructibility, player counts, etc. for my tastes. Sniping took significant skill and one couldn’t go prone - it meant that open areas didn’t feel like a death sentence (looking at you, later BF games!).

Assassin’s Creed: Origins/Odyssey two open world games with beautiful maps and locations to explore. I think I preferred the setting of Origins but the story of Odyssey. A bit of escapist fantasy, I suppose. I loved the Ezio trilogy too, mind you.

I’m contracted for 37.5 hours per week, which is pretty normal for the UK.

Corporate-owned media can get fucked. Adapting vocabulary to the whims of their feckless advertisers is complicity.

Because Bluesky is just another commercial centralised platform.

Interesting trick! Thanks for sharing.

That sounds like you’ve only experienced a peaches culture. It can be tough.

I’ve known about it for too long to say, I’m afraid!

Any time I see people hawking their religions on the streets I’m grossed out. If you’re such big believers in your noddy religions, go do some actual good rather than turning it into a bloody pyramid scheme. Free bibles courses? No one needs that!

I’m sure they’d have something to say about you pulling out of your boyfriend!

An important bit of information that’s missing here is what kind of culture are you in/from on the coconuts/peaches scale?

(Coconuts - hard to get to know initially but very warm once that hurdle is overcome. Peaches - warm to everyone but very difficult to get truly close to. Finland vs. USA, for example)

As long as you’re enjoying your gaming time, you’re doing it right!

Optimising the fun out of it is an own-goal.

It’s not been a good time, has it? “Austerity” wasn’t an economic policy, it was a justification for needless cruelty (as opposed to policies that leverage short term pain for long term positives).

Useless be-suited twats.

That only holds true if the price doesn’t vary over time.

Orphan crushing machine.

Preach!

I have similar questions when YouTubers say the old “don’t forget to ring that bell” and the like. What on Earth would I need notifications for? It’s on-demand video! The whole point is that it waits for me!

Earn big pounds playing cricket?!

(I’ll be impressed if anyone gets this reference)

What are the sandbags made of?

To be fair, FoMO can be justified. That multiplayer game isn’t going to be worth playing in five years time. That game that has cool new tech isn’t going to dazzle once things move on, etc…

First day of sitting lessons.