Huh, I hadn't heard about this. I hope Rossman doesn't think he's above criticism.

My current favourite half-life is Abiotic Factor, to be honest.

If you liked vampire survivors and retro graphics you might want to check out Halls of Torment. It looks like old school Diablo but it's a vampire survivors like game.

Only slightly facetious: Cruelty Squad

It raises an interesting question; if it were feasible to implent without massive privacy concerns, would you support income-proportional fee structure for government services? I'm imagining below a certain cutoff income-bracket, everything would be free.

Saw him live this past year and he was great!

Canadians celebrate Remembrance Day and I've always appreciated how much of it emphasizes solemn reflection on the horrors and loss associated with conflict.

I'm pretty sure it does

Okay but: https://buck65.bandcamp.com/track/smurf-burps

This fucking killed me, love Mr. Terfry.

What a bummer. I know how good of a resource it can be for tracking down rare physical media but I haven't really followed the seller side of the site. Another great reminder of how prone to enshittification private websites that rely on user labour are.

I think you make some valid points about server and network ownership but I think the mid to late 2000s had an interesting blend of corporate and personal internet spaces. Yes there were some leviathans MySpace and Facebook, but a lot of the places that had relevancy were forums, portals or imageboards. Hell, YTMND was an early example of a individual hosting and building a massive site out of complete nonsense. That landscape has certainly changed significantly since.

Partner is playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and I'm helping with inventory management and tutorial quests.