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Last i checked he took a long break from social media, and eventually came back as more sober person.

This is news to me, do you have any more info? While I agree that you can't erase the bad, I would like to have another (rare) example of someone who turned themselves around.

And thanks for your post in general. I didn't know about his opinions on gender, and they're surprisingly thoughtful, especially for that time.

I've been playing a lot of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. As someone who enjoyed the Zero Escape games but had never played a Danganronpa, I was unsure about this one, but the demo really gripped me. It plays great on the Deck. The back buttons have been nice for skipping through the VN portions since my A button has gotten loud and clicky.

That game is really long and I'm trying to pace myself though, so I've now also picked up Mina the Hollower. I didn't like the demo, and am not a fan of the retro aesthetic, but I downloaded it to try it out based on the glowing reviews. I don't know what all they changed from the demo, but I was hooked almost right away. It's hard starting out, but satisfying and snappy to play, and the GBC-style graphics are better (more readable) on the smaller screen of the Deck than on a TV.

Nothing really hits the same as Outer Wilds unfortunately. I'll second Curse of the Golden Idol as another game to check out. Similar to Obra Dinn, but I liked it better in some ways.

Welcome john apple

I don't think Wheel of Time would be that hard to adapt if you just made it animated (to avoid insane photorealistic CGI budgets) and aggressively streamlined the middle books (which are a slog anyways).

How does it run on the Deck? Seems like a great fit so long as the framerate holds up.

Ah you're right, I had missed that. I've been following this story since the murders (I live in the Bay Area), so most of the article was very familiar. I'm glad she said sorry, but I wish it hadn't taken years and very lenient sentencing to get there.

In what ways did she show remorse? After the murders, she transferred many of her financial assets away such that the family of the victims couldn't sue for them in a civil lawsuit. That doesn't sound like remorse to me. Also AFAIK, she has never apologized, despite not contesting.

I don't think she needs to rot in prison necessarily, but she shouldn't be allowed ever drive again at a minimum.

"Developer promises Next Game will be a regression"

But it's not just that "they effectively trained their model using OpenAI's model". The point Ed goes on to make is why hasn't OpenAI done the same thing? The marvel of DeepSeek is how much more efficient it is, whereas Big Tech keeps insisting that they need ever bigger data centers.

Can confirm that it's very fun. I think "furry Smash Bros" is selling it short though. I'd pitch it as "Smash Bros with good online and balancing".

Easy decision, I pay every time.

Wait until the fascists don't win the election? Right now that makes the most difference, and then later we can hold Harris and the Democrats to be better.

Emacs is a tank

Normally I'd agree with that advice, but it took me the whole first season to get hooked by the show. After about 5 episodes I was ready to call it quits, but my partner who had seen it told me to keep watching, and they were right! Loved every minute of it from then on.

There's a lot of things I'd rather have, but we're not dealing in fantasy. What non-fascist options exist right now, or could reasonably be created before this year's election?

What settings do you use? I just downloaded it to my Deck for the first time and was disappointed in how poorly it ran.

Great game. The sequel, Survivor, is also really good, some technical issues aside.

If you feel that way about the prequels, just wait until you see the sequel trilogy.

Elixir. It was strange at first, but once I got the hang of it I fell in love. It's a really well thought out language with just the right amount of features, has surprisingly good libraries, and is just really versatile.