Instantly brought back memories of zoning out to Knytt on my then new PC 😊

Systemic, I tell you

I quite enjoyed this write-up, OP 😊

I agree. All of that is very true. That’s why I am comparing it to Dwarf Fortress myself, which is similarly expensive.

Yet, the bias I feel between the two is one I cannot explain.

But I’m sure in a few days I’d consider it a Christmas gift to myself anyway and forget all about how expensive it felt at the moment :]

That does feel a tad bit expensive… Even though Dwarf Fortress is right there for comparison.

The Persona series as a whole, including the other Shin Megami games… If we count summoning them as playing them, but it’s basically pokémon isn’t it.

Fate/Grand Order also features a huge roster of mythical figures, but actual gods make a far smaller portion of them. Very few games get to feature, Ishtar, and, Quetzalcoatl, together with Shakespeare and Merlin.

I shall pay a tuppence, and not a ha’penny more.

What if I am robot, Bloomberg? Aren’t you one as well? Would you judge the circumstances of your creation?

I use Penpot for every personal project that I can. The new(ish) grid layout is just beautiful. Figma can’t do that, can it!

Unfortunately, there’s a lot more Penpot can’t do that Figma can. And for any reasonably complex project, or commercial ones, I have to go back to it.

Hopefully Penpot catches up soon! My biggest showstopper right now is variable fonts. If it was possible to manually set CSS somehow, maybe that would help bridge the gap a lot!

The only thing cooler than a living miracle of portable computing is an undead miracle of portable computing that I’d still be playing games on come 2025 🧛

Me too! My original discs for the sequel was unreadable even before I got to play it (it was a hand-me-down).

I also found this mod on itch as well, after your post. I think I had to edit the configs to get the resolution writing for Nolf2 even on the revival copy (and, save files from different resolutions don’t load!) If this patch can work around those issues that’d be great.

Time for another playthrough of the series, on the Steam Deck!

Which is what the NOLF link in my post points to.

Edit: no that’s just NOLF revival. I suppose I shouldn’t change it now, and thanks for posting ☺️

No One Lives Forever! Please and thank you.

They’re both fantastic games, but the original (in which you go to Hamburg and a space station) felt more adventurous rather than the more grounded sequel (in which you go to the arctics and even more exotic locale: my hometown of Calcutta). Set it in the fictionalized disco-themed cold-war with the lead jet-setting around the world, and we’re golden!

Also, only a single game, but: Arcanum. (At least this one’s possible to buy on Gog and Steam…)

Arcanum supposedly had a sequel in the works at some point: Journey to the Center of Arcanum, and frankly, while I’d prefer to see other continents on that world explored a là Around the World in 80 Days, I’d still be sold on a hollow-earth adventure any day!

[Finished with the edits now!]

Allow me—blissfully unaffiliated with all the parties involved in my post—highjack this irredeemable piece of spam with an actual “blackjack game” worth playing:

Dungeon Degenerate: Gamblers is Balatro but blackjack and just as wild a ride!

Doesn’t have an entry for monads 🙃

One hand, the game changed surprisingly little over the years in early access. On the other, it remains incredibly fun since day one in early access 😊

Look, the longer the power-up arc, the stronger the power!

I’m told ADHD also comes with magic powers. But so far, I’ve not awakened to my birthright.

Moonlit skies are never clear enough these nights, you know.

As an EXR elitist I deeply resent Google’s blatant sabotage of JXL.

(And also laugh at the PNG elitists, as is custom.)

Yeah, as pinned tabbed. Very much so. I actually like them specifically because I can forget about them. I use them like someone would use a napkin in that classic Hollywood trope sense! Just to work something out and then forgetting about it, except, if needed, I can open up the tab again and copy over stuff to my actual notes later!