Teams Fortress Classic

I like you. You have the same taste as me.

Cattle has been on a streak the last decade or so. 4 or 5 albums that are all incredible.

A Warm Place by Nine Inch Nails.

Something about this song takes me right back to a certain time and friend group in high school.

I’m the only one still standing after a loss this last winter and I can’t even think of listening to this track for a few more months.

RIP K.I.D. you and the rest of the tree people are missed.

Guess I’m a vampire slaying cheerleader. It was inevitable honestly.

It’s all gonna suck. Great show though.

They’re 100% independent now. And doing some great stuff. GB never left you. You just left them.

Personally they lost me at kernel level anticheat.

I had a passing interest but no OS / box id sacrifice for that garbage.

Picked up a preview edition last year and it just kind of sits there.

I really need to get it running for basic automation tasks but finding the time to research good tutorials seems to be eluding me.

You’ll get no argument from me on that. It’s definitely a case of the mask is fully off now.

We’ve moved on at this point. There’s no room in my life for hatred and facism.

A guy I grew up with playing music and working odd jobs for his dad is now a hardcore right wing influencer.

His family was very progressive (still are as far as I know) and we lived in a staunchly blue part of the country. Hell, we wrote songs that were hyper critical of the govt and authoritarian systems.

Now he’s screeching to a million plus followers and participating in counter protests as a pro-maga mouthpiece.

I am sure it has to be for money. He was always an egomaniac. Between that and the dopamine hit of a good grift, it has to be. I just can’t resolve in my own heart that he’s truly gone to the dark side.

In what world would Luda be at that shit show?

Please don’t tell me I missed him turning red hat.

While researching this very thing, I came across this site hifioasis and used it to guide my first purchase.

The reviews are pretty good and they account for a lot of variables.

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.

Laser, torch and claw. The only real choice.