Pros: You have the freedom to do almost anything on it Cons: …including fucking everything up

Oh wow, that ESA letter is just so full of misinformation and misdirection, it’s kind of embarrasing. At the same time, the POG Act is clearly getting under some people’s skin, so that means the movement is working! Hope Ross & co. can keep up the pressure.

Screamer! I’ve been wanting an arcade racing game to sink my teeth into and this is it. It’s probably the most technical arcade racer I’ve played: gas and brake are left and right trigger, no surprises there. The steering is where it gets interesting. The left stick does make your car turn left and right, but only ever so slightly. Steering with just that even in a slightly sharper bend will result with car in wall. Instead, you’re supposed to make use of the right joystick, which is basically drift on command. If anyone’s familiar with the game Inertial Drift, it’s pretty much that. You also have to m

In addition to this, the game is aggressive. After a certain point in the campaign, you get access to the strike mechanic, which is a short boost that insta-kills anyone it comes in contact with. There’s also boosting, shields, overdrive (which is the strike mechanic, except it’s always on until the gauge runs out, but the slightest contact with the wall will blow you up), etc. AND if that’s not enough, each driver has an ability. For example, one driver can get two boosts in a row, another gets bonus boosts and strikes whenever they K.O. an opponent, etc. It’s super fun.

If anyone’s into arcade racing, definitely try this out. Just sail the high seas first to see if it’s for your or not, the game unfortunately does not have a demo.

This is for connecting a Dreame vacuum robot to a PC for purposes of flashing Valetudo firmware over their stock firmware. The breakout board is needed because the connector on the robot is not USB, but a 2x8 PIN connector. When connected to the vacuum, it looks like this.

No, I’m aware. This is essentially “think of the children”, take #894561.

Here’s an idea: how about parents don’t give their kids internet access the second they’re ejected from the womb and actually monitor how they use electronic devices instead? Why do these lawmakers insist on making this everyone else’s problem?

Oh cool, I was not aware. It’s always nice to have options.

To add to this: unless I’ve missed some, Mullvad seems to be the only VPN provider that doesn’t take your data at account creation. You are assigned a random account number. That’s it. No username, email, birthdate, etc.

You’re right, but let’s be honest: it may as well be.

I’m running Artix Linux with dinit and worry not, Mullvad does work. It just needs an additional step. I followed the instructions from this Artix forum topic, so I can vouch for that. I later discovered I probably could have just installed this AUR package, but I never tested that. The AUR also seems to have packages for runit and openrc, if that’s more your speed. You may want to do a test run in VirtualBox or something.

Anyway, good luck!

Far as I’m concerned, Denuvo just means “play something else”.

What’s with the random kishin in there?

Looks like it, I get an error too. Here’s a working one:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/iran-young-people-human-chains-power-plants-donald-trump-deadline-looms

No, I don’t think it’s just AAA games that don’t deserve all the hype, I think indie games can be overrated too. To give an example of both categories:

For AAA, it has to be The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for me. And, I suppose, by extension Tears of the Kingdom. Good games, great characters and I really like the guardian enemy designs. Additionally, the game is a great showcase of what the hardware in the Nintendo Switch is capable of. The game is also highly rated on review sites and has received so many awards, wikipedia actually has to list them in a spreadsheet.

However, I genuinely think previous Zelda games are more fun. I think the vast, open world actually hurts the game, as it gradually becomes less about exploring and more about checking off tasks like finishing shrines and finding korok seeds. Previous Zelda games had smaller, more focused worlds and I think they were better for it. And even one would choose to ignore that, there’s the fact that weapons break every two seconds and you constantly have to replace them, which I feel most reviewers just glossed over. Combat is pretty frequent, after all, so it does get grating. In previous Zelda games you get the weapon and you keep it.

For indie, I have to point at Don’t Starve. And I want to focus on the original, not Don’t Starve Together, which has a slightly different approach. Very pretty, with great animations, involved game mechanics and great replayability. It is also well reviewed and was nominated for several awards (I think it only won one, but being nominated is impressive enough, I think).

I liked it well enough, but ultimately bounced off it. Reason being, I found the game kind of stingy with telling you how some of its mechanics work, so I played it with a wiki open in my browser. I also couldn’t bring myself to make additional playthroughs because of its glacial progression.

Sorry for the wall of text, but I hope this explains my position a little bit.

No clue what name rater in pokemon is, but you do have OpenCritic, MetaCritic and the various awards some games get. I don’t think liking a game and thinking it’s overrated are mutually exclusive.

According to this thread overrated means either “games I didn’t like” or “games that didn’t work for me”.

“When I say jump, you say how high!”

“No, not like that!”

Marketing/occupations in advertising.

For a second I mistook his harmonica for a gun.

It feels like people admitting their mistakes is a rarity these days. Good on Gitlab!