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I’m not sure if its open source, so technically not FOSS, but Connect is by far my favorite UI and UX wise.

I’d use it, but it doesn’t have kbin support

And he is EAGER to make them remember

From what I’ve heard he gets attacked by harpies if he tries to stop.

Ultrakill. Sometimes guys will talk to you, but its rare (only before bossfights), can mostly be ignored, and can be skipped after listening to it the first time.

I’m aware they’re a bit sketchy but as I said, I like their gesture controls.

I use Opera GX because of their unique gesture navigation. If Firefox or a fork of it had something similar, I’d probably switch over though.

There’s a reason I mostly play singleplayer games.

Steam has some competition, its just that said competition never took off because Steam is so much better.

Most are scams, but there are reputable ones, like Humble Bundle and Fanatical.

I have blocked exactly 10 magazines, all non-English.

Meta are performing what is called an EEE attack (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish). Basically, it involves a larger corporation creating a thing that hooks into an open standard, artificially inflating it, slowly adding new, proprietary closed-source features that other members of the open standard cannot use, and eventually removing support for the open standard entirely, forcing other users to enter their walled garden because that’s where all the people are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Omori is a great RPG with forgettable gameplay but an unforgettable story.

Ultrakill is an excellent shooter with fast pacing, unique mechanics, and difficulty that is hard but rarely unfair.

Satisfactory is a factory building simulator which is pretty similar to Factorio, but a bit more chill and in 3D.

Intimidate, explosion, and bite. Intimidate drops the opponent’s defense, explosion weakens them significantly, and bite can finish them off.

Turn it off, REMOVE THE BATTERY (important step, batteries are dangerous and do not like liquids), then disassemble it. Remove the keycaps and rubber membrane and wash them with soapy water, and wipe down the gold contacts with isopropyl alchahol. Wait for it to dry completely before reassembling it.

Sea of Stars was the only one I tried, and what they had looked really good.

I’m not usually a fan of triple a games, but I bought Doom Eternal yesterday and its been really good so far.

This is a great idea for patents, but probably doesn’t work as well for copyright, as the cost of a creator’s time and effort is subjective and hard to prove. Additionally, this gets a little wonky with free or open source products, which are unlikely to be making much (if any) money.

I do think copyright is essential for protecting smaller artists. However, it has been corrupted by big corporations into something to gain complete control over their creations, which is essentially the exact opposite of its purpose. With this in mind, I would propose two changes:

1: Change copyright to only apply for 10 years. Most smaller creators would have a chance to build up a community by that time, and it lessens the amount of time a corporation can maintain a stranglehold on their IPs.

2: Make a clause that allows for derivative works, as long as the source material is credited clearly and at the beginning of the work. This means works like fangames, fanarts, and fanfictions are all fully legal, and don’t have to worry about corporate stranglehold, and also benefits smaller creators, as these works can essentially serve as free advertising.

This obviously isn’t a perfect solution, but its almost certainly far better than what we have now, and restores copyright back to its original intended purpose.

With open-world games, I usually end up overwhelmed or lost on where to go next pretty quickly, and inevitably move on to something else after messing around a little.

However, Metroidvanias, a very similar genre, don’t overwhelm or confuse me nearly as much, even with some of the larger ones like Hollow Knight. I think something like that is the ideal progression for an open world game - a world that starts out limited and somewhat linear, and eventually grows in scale and nonlinearity as you collect movement options and paths to new areas.