One step at a time. We’ve been assaulted from every angle and need to choose our battles one at a time. You can’t invoke systemic change by being scattered across a thousand tragedies at once.

I had the exact same response when I found out about them!

They are great gifts.

Have I got a thing for you! Culo Clean

Hey look, the name of the game and a direct link to its steam page.

Out of Action

I tried going back to it on pc recently and was met with a pretty janky experience. GoG and Steam versions. I ended up emulating the PS2 version with some upscaling and it was great. There’s community texture packs and widescreen patches as well if you have the hardware to run them (low bar fwiw, I had success with an anbernic android device and a few mods as an example).

Portal 2 was my first thought as well. It can also work as a good litmus test for how they will respond to FPS controls. You can try kb/m or controller and see what feels natural. My partner (we found playing left4dead after portal) is an inverted controller person. Which was wild to me considering they worked in a heavy clerical field and really took to building keyboard with me. Yet, no kb/m for gaming. After that switch , they were able to enjoy co-op 1st person stuff a lot easier.

After portal we played borderlands 2 together. It’s low pressure most of the time and can be a background activity while you talk and hang out. The story is kinda cheesy but it’s fun to share the inside jokes with someone and bonded us in an unexpected way.

Hopefully those work for you!

Edit: it takes two and split fiction are really fantastic coop experiences as well. But, it take two should probably have a small warning for emotional content. Split fiction is a ton of fun but does get kinda difficult for less seasoned players. I found it endearing helping through those sections, but it could be harder for others. There are some moments that we both audibly wowed at though! That made the difficulty worth it.

Classic version of this is used way back in my tech support days.

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Edit: looks like it’s dead. Dang.

Big fan! Barry had a brief appearance on the Street Trash remake that recently came out as well if you’re looking for more of that energy.

Laser, torch and claw. The only real choice.

This movie is a fever dream on film. Worth a watch but be prepared for a lot of nonsense.

Decibel. Subscribed to the edition that includes a vinyl single from an indie metal band every month. It’s cool to have something to spin while reading the editorial.

IIRC it’s reprint comics. I had a subscription to Mad that was later passed to my son that we kept until the very last issue. We grabbed a few recent ones and it looked like reprint content. Not sure if that’s changed.

Microsoft really shit the bed. And then continued to do so. This makes me happy.

Found my first new project of the year! Cheers for the link.

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Are you talking about Lumo or is there another way to access their models?

I can’t say for certain they are but I’m of the same generation as him and grew up around conservatives that considered that type of “America at any cost” media to be sacred texts.

When you scratch the surface on it, it’s all just thinly veiled jingoism in a glossy suit. Hence homeboys desire here to have a “cool guy” jacket with unearned valor on it.

It’s 100% about the optics at the photo op after the real work has been done by someone trained and qualified.

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It’s moments like this where we can see how much copoganda really affected some people’s perspective on the world. I am willing to bet there is no small part of this person‘s reality that they don’t think is straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, and they are the forces of good and justice.

I guess being realistic with where we are now, straight out of an Amazon TV Tom Clancy series.

Beyond Oasis on the Genesis should fit the bill.