I have an gaming buddy that is waaaaaaaaay down the conspiracy rabbit hole, I wish I had the energy and position to help him. Another friend of mine that is closer to him says he’s gone, she’s been trying for years to talk him out of it. He has a constant stream of right wing insanity on in the background of his house.

You’re doing a wonderful thing for this young man

COBOL, because I loathe myself and don’t want to be happy

The Mega Man 2 soundtrack has been my favorite VGS since the mid eighties. The “introduction” music is what you hear when the main screen loads after you start the game, and has always given me little chills that I’m about to experience an amazing game.

https://youtu.be/lDC4X8Dgxr4

Mmmm, gotta love that enshittification strategy every big tech company is working on right now.

I think it’s a really good move. Keep everyone together while we’re smaller, and then as one or two games start to dominate the feed (Fortnite or LoL or something) they can split those communities out so they can explore their niche game needs without annoying the rest of the users, and just keep doing that indefinitely.

I’m kinda there with you. My cousin has two chocolate labs and every time I’m at their house I hear their name combined with the word “stop it!” Or “get down” or some other variant every 5 minutes or so. I’m sorry, dogs are just inferior cats. Cats are pet perfection.