I loved their first album, listened to it a lot. Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja and The Fake Sound of Progress are both amazing tracks. Unfortunately they’re both vocalized by a literal baby rapist, so it’s hard to rock out to them now. Asshole wrote the tracks too, so I doubt No Devotion will ever cover them.

As for Guns N’ Roses, a friend pointed out something that’s been living in my head for months now: Axl Rose is the Starscream of Guns N’ Roses.

The scuttlebutt is that they don’t get to make that decision because the PSN mandate is a part of the contract they signed with Sony.

Let 'em frown. You have Cinnamon Toast Vodka now.

Zero. Every time I’ve been on the verge of blocking a community (or instance, since kbin can do that) it winds up vanishing anyway.

Same boat here. I had no problems making a PSN account because I like the idea of crossplay, but if they were planning to add this requirement back in later they needed to be much more clear about it. Like “gigantic popup every time you load the game if you don’t have a PSN account” clear, especially with PSN not being available in certain countries.

There’s also the larger question of why this is required. Clearly the game works just fine without it. Whatever the reason is, it’s not for the benefit of the players.

I’m actually really surprised that Valve is loosening up on this one. They usually play hardball when it comes to refunding a game past the 2 hour mark.

They make exceptions when a game has major issues or implements some significant change that dramatically alters the availability of the product. No Man’s Sky, Starfield, and Cyberpunk 2077 all could be refunded outside the 2 hour window - at least for some people. And of course everyone who bought The Day Before was refunded entirely.

I expect they’ll be allowing refunds for anyone in a country where PSN does not operate at a minimum. It’s really hard to argue that the game is still playable when the required service is not available in your home country.

Local safety regulations require a breathalyzer test before you’re allowed upstairs.

I’m not predicting a Fallout-tier adaptation here, but as long as I get a few giggles then go on Comedy Central.

They have free coffee and croissants in the mornings and their chairs are decadently plush.

Blades my beloved.

Never forget what they took from us.

Also no need to buy a Steam Deck version of that game you bought on Steam ten years ago, it’s already there and probably runs great.

Android could have had this same advantage too, but Google’s now pushing this whole framework version check thing.

LTSC also doesn’t get incremental updates other than absolutely critical vulnerability fixes. It’s specifically meant for machines that need everything to function exactly the same over a long period of time, e.g. point of sale machines, the accounting/inventory machine that hangs out in the back office, so on. You aren’t going to get any major update or overhaul pushed to an LTSC version of Windows.

LTSC can also be a pain in the tuchus to get your hands on as an individual. If you have an MSDN account however (like through work or school) they often come with a bunch of keys for Microsoft products, including LTSC products. You can check here, just try logging in with your work/school email - even if it’s non-Microsoft - and see what happens.

If you can’t get your hands on an LTSC copy, then at a minimum try getting a copy of Windows 10/11 “N”, which comes without Windows Media Player and Skype pre-installed. It’s nowhere near as clean as LTSC, but every little bit helps.

So if anyone cares, here’s what I finally went with on each tape. Not every tape was full, so some of these only needed an hour-ish of content to tape over it.

• The entirety of The Backrooms, starting just after the title sequence, followed by some Everywhere at the End of Time
• The entirety of Local 58, including the 30 minute lander stream
• The bulk of The Mandela Effect (total runtime is longer than 2 hours by a lot)
• David Lynch’s Rabbits, followed by This House Has People In It
• Weather Channel Vaporwave (full tape length)
• The North Korean monster film Pulgasari, followed by the silent film version of Jekyll and Hide
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: Godzilla vs. Megalon (one of the ones with no proper DVD release, keep circulating the tapes!)
• Every FenserFilms G.I. Joe PSA parody (short tape)

This is what Andrew Tate actually believes.

OK, Boomer.

The guild is seeking contracts that include staffer protections in the event of the sale of the company, improved severance offerings, and basic protections from AI.

In other words they’ve noticed that a bunch of greedy venture capitalists bought them and aren’t gonna let 'em just liquidate/automate their jobs for a quick buck.

They’re also probably feeling a bit paranoid after watching Hard-Drive have the same thing happen.

Another satisfied customer. Huzzah!

I do want to say that Shifter was one of my earliest major mods and some of the decisions I made were not exactly the most well thought out. It’s used as the basis for a lot of other mods but they almost all make some adjustments to what I did, and rightfully so. Other than that little disclaimer, I hope you have fun! :D

Easiest thing is probably just checking my NexusMods profile.

Oh and my Deus Ex mod is over at ModDB.

Mostly Deus Ex and the Bethesda Fallout titles. (3, New Vegas, and 4)

I made some mods for a few games. People still use 'em.