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2025 YOU'RE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY I LOST YOU

They don't know nothin bout that PS Triple

Honestly, is this a bad thing? It's so easy to get lost in the cacophony of internet noise that being able to identify the intent of a post is kinda helpful.

It's almost as if the forces of good and evil don't abide by the line we draw in the sand, for some reason.

Wait, this guy's gay?

The best part of Linux is shitty games don't work on it.

Okay, what if we build the calf out of copper wire and RAM sticks this time?

With how much talk of breaking your install goes around, I assumed it would be a challenge. I run pacman -Syu almost every time I update lmao.

Some people are enthusiasts that want to take the training wheels off and challenge themselves. I use CachyOS, which is Arch-based, because it thrashes everything else almost every time in speed tests. Thus far, it hasn't proven to be more complicated than the Debian-based distros I've used. I also wasn't expecting better features in Arch with certain programs. Being able to get the absolute newest version of a package at all times has proven to be much more useful to me than detrimental.

It is a good option indeed. But, we're Fallout fans. I, personally, would like to see more games in that world that carry on its deep exploration of humanity, player choice, and RPG themes. Fallout's a big part of a lot of people's lives, and I think that it's perfectly normal to want it to continue in its own tradition.

I don't think it's reasonable to be, like, toxic or obsessed about it, but it's totally okay to criticize series you like. Vocal feedback from the fanbase helps build the community. Bethesda's business model is based upon mass appeal, which means drawing in fans of other game types. This really boosted the popularity of Fallout with Fallout 3, where they sought to draw in FPS fans. Then Fallout 4 brought in survival crafting elements. These aren't bad additions, but they focused on those over the actual RPG mechanics.

You see the feedback here. It's community-wide, not just Lemmy. In this case, Todd Howard has missed the point of what fans didn't like about the game mechanics. They have a new audience, and there's no need to actually delve into the problems that people had.

It's just a weird experience to have the dev of your favorite series be like, "Actually, we want a new audience," and start catering to a different crowd using the series you like. I also totally get why people that prefer the Bethesda Fallout games feel that way, they do their gameplay loops solidly and are dripping with atmosphere. But there's always going to be ire from the community if they just kinda, stop caring about the experience that drew in the people that gave Fallout its initial success. Which it really feels like they have. Or maybe Fallout fans are just whiny, idk. Thanks for reading my essay.

Dishonored is one of the few games that I've turned right around and played through again after I beat it. The gameplay is just so free. It's not really the biggest map ever, but it is so dense and easy to navigate. I also haven't experienced a lot of titles that just ooze atmosphere the way that Dishonored does. The art direction is off the charts, and I think it's aged pretty impeccably. It's always a good idea to do stylized over realistic, at least if you want your game to stand the test of time.

Dude, nothing about the US school system makes sense. Here's some bullet points from my time there:

1. Due to a health initiative by Michelle Obama, cafeteria food had to be low-fat, low-sugar, and low-sodium.... but most of it was still processed carbohydrates.

2. This policy extended to vending machines. The snacks all had to be healthy. So we had fruit vending machines, right? Wrong. Reduced Fat Doritos and Powerade Zero.

3. Collective punishment.

4. Teachers bullying students. Like, directly saying they would end up nowhere in life.

5. "monitored" official school dances that smelled like a distillery and looked like a clothed orgy.

6. Scare-tactic Sex Education. Abstinence-only sex ed had gone by the wayside, so instead they showed us a bunch of pictures of extreme STD cases and said the only way to prevent that for sure is to abstain. Which is totally different, right?

7. Wellness classes where we'd go bowling and stuff our faces with fried food weekly.