Bow tie, not sure why, I just find it more visually appealing

Sounds awesome, I love his writing.

Side note: If it could not involve any helmets like the one pictured which some lights into the eyes of the occupant that would be great! One of my constant irritations when I’m watching sci fi.

Another vote for the Bastion soundtrack by Darren Korb.

I think my 7T is no longer in update territory. Probably time for a change!

For people currently playing, how does it compare to something like Against the Storm or Dwarf Fortress?

I think it’s a fun game, I never get very far but it’s good to play, quick, amusing and you can gather all the bugs up into a bait ball for lots of profit 😁

After many many recommendations on here I’m playing Slay the Spire mostly, with some Valorant thrown in when I’m playing with my kids.

Funnily enough I was talking to my teenagers on this exact subject last night. At a basic level, nms appears to have what Minecraft does, plus spaceships. Why doesn’t it work the same?

For us, we decided that nothing in Minecraft is difficult to get at the level you need it. Wood is easy, always there. When you learn that you need coal for torches, it’s just in that rocky outcrop. Start digging, here’s some iron for you.

In Minecraft you don’t need to understand anything complex, until you’re ready to understand something complex. And if you want to spend a week running around on the surface and collecting chickens, you can do that too.

I restarted a nms game the other day and remembered that constant “warning, warning” as the planet inevitably tries to kill me. It was disheartening.

Nope. I don’t think the way my mind works would ever have led me there!

Mostly Wildermyth, it’s a gentle but compelling story driven/generating RPG that occupies those few half hours I have for gaming!

And you did!

What’s that? Increase my unplayed games queue? Right you are.

It feels like matrix is the answer to a something I considered a lot a few years back which is that it shouldn’t be on me, the sender, to know what messaging app the receiver would like to use. I should be able to send to some sort of message clearing house and then the receiver can elect the way they want to retrieve from that.

Is that about right?

Looks fun, I’d forgotten about Raft!