During EA for Hades 2 if you paused while fighting the god of time he would say “I control time here!” And unpause the game. It was funny, but if I need to answer my door I don’t want to lose my run. Thankfully that has been changed.

If we agree kidnapping people and keeping them locked up is bad, the response to someone doing that is… Arresting them and keeping them locked up.

Marjorie Green did not not think the rhetoric and threats of MAGA were bad until they started affecting her. She actually encouraged it in the past.

Some people don’t see an issue with a behavior they support and promote until they face it themselves.

What are you trying to accomplish

Honestly you remind me of my mother. She tells the stories that I wish someone that doesn’t have to worry about offending her would ask “do you think you come off sounding good in that story you just told?”
I don’t have children but my brother does, and she isn’t allowed to see them at all, likely due to not respecting their rules about how they are raising their children.

But maybe you’re right, I shouldn’t judge the way you treat your children the same way you judge the way they treat their children.

Not sure where you are getting that I am just blatantly ignoring them.

This line right here:

he should be stuttering by now because I couldn’t resist, and they couldn’t watch me all the time. :)

Really sounds like you’re bragging about breaking their rules. Are the absurd? Absolutely. What would have been the harm of following this rule? nothing. What was gained by breaking it? A small amount of dopamine for you personally.

You broke it because you could for no benefit whatsoever and are smugly bragging about it. Do you think you sound like the good guy in your story?

If you’re not going to follow a simple harmless rules, why would they trust you to follow the important ones? It reminds me of the story of the grandmother that didn’t believe the mother when she said her child was allergic to coconut oil and though it was “nonsense”: https://rareddit.com/r/JUSTNOMIL/comments/7qmed5/you_can_come_over_again_when_you_bring_me_my (Spoiler, this doesn’t end well for anybody)

I am glad you are so aware of the rest of our relationship

I only know what you’ve told us: You specifically ignored the rules they asked you to follow when watching their children, they don’t let watch their children (these two points might be related), and you claim to be “respectful of their batshit decisions”.

If some randos on the internet can hear your disdain this loudly…

Trump got elected president of the United States.

Twice.

I was experiencing auditory hallucinations when trying to sleep, tried to tell my mom about it. She told me the house was haunted and I was hearing the ghosts.

My father built that house when I was a baby.

Oh yes, I hear how much respect you have for them in your posts.

But Linux is too difficult, someone might suggest you use the terminal.

AI is the promise of slaves 2.0

I have not, I’ll have to look into them

There are also areas you can’t access until you have beaten a specific boss which gives you exploration abilities for future runs (ground pound, grow vines)

Which one is your favorite?

I loved the scarecrow sequences in that. I would love to play more games the effectively fuck with player but it’s very difficult to look for without spoiling yourself and then you’re expecting it.

Should I look for a remaster or emulate the original?

Good to know. I did play Hollow Knight for a while but drifted off of it, it is not something that I personally would want to 100%

Does it hold up well for someone who doesn’t have nostalgia for it?

Some titles here I haven’t heard before, thanks, I’ll check them out!

The combat in Nine Sols was too difficult for my tastes. Played for an hour or two and made very little progress repeatedly dying to normal enemies.

Hollow Knight didn’t really do it for me so I haven’t tried Silksong yet (I hated not having a map for each area until I purchased one).

I may have to try putting an emulator on my Steam Deck and seeing if Super Metroid holds up.