And big corportations will always pay good money, so long as it makes/saves them money in the future

I’m in a similar spot, but with fatigue/brainfog instead of migraines.

I believe in you, friend. I feel like shit and I’m sure you do too, but we can make it through.

I agree with most of your sentiment, but if you can’t tell the difference between a clean 1080p image and a clean 4k image, then you either have a terrible display or you need to get your eyes checked. 4k to 8k is less notable of a change, much like going from 240hz display to a 480hz display.

Assuming the crystals absorb vibes from the surroundings, the vibe-motive force of a system may originate from the range of emotion experienced by the people in the room.

Which means we can finally turn people with BPD into an energy source!

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True, but it you change the argument from “this will happen” to “this with happen more frequently” then it’s still a very reasonable observation.

Make a vibe capacitor

Glorious, I retract my statement immediately!

You’re missing hot sauce my friend! Unless the chicken is adequately spiced ;)

…you’re using the drive-in’s gravel and space from the neighbor’s yard?

But he was never taught what laws there are!

Boyinaband transitioned!!! (/s)

GUI is a generic swiss army knife. It’s easy to introduce to someone, and it has a whole array of tools ready for use. However, each of those tools is only half-decent at its job at best, and all of the tools are unwieldy. The manual is included, but it mostly tells you how to do things that are pretty obvious.

CLI is a toolbox full of quality tools and gadgets. Most people who open the box for the first time don’t even know which tools they’re looking for. In addition, each tool has a set of instructions that must be followed to a T. Those who know how to use the tools can get things done super quickly, but those who don’t know will inevitably cause some problems. Oh, but the high-detail manuals for all the tools are in the side compartment of the toolbox too.

To the folks recommending the game, can I ask you a question? Not trying to antagonize, just curious:

What makes Cyberpunk click for you? I played at launch, wasn’t really enthralled, and refunded. I later grabbed it on sale + Phantom Liberty DLC, played through the main story and half of the DLC, and it still never clicked for me. I wasn’t entirely bored, but there were so many moments where I felt like the game world didn’t really care what I did unless I was playing a main mission.

What are some things I can try in Cyberpunk to see if it clicks for me?

I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. Subtle but unusual is a good way to describe it.

However, I would like to point out that if it is their branding, then the character appearing is an advertisement for the service. It’s just not very conventional or effective advertising, but they’re not making money from a vast majority of implementations, so it’s not very egregious anyway.

Yeah, it seems entirely optional. It’s not like manually removing the Anubis character will revoke your access to the code. However, I still do find it a bit weird that they’re asking for that.

I just can’t imagine most companies implementing Anubis and keeping the character or paying for the service, given that it’s open source. It’s just unprofessional for the first impression of a company’s website being the Anubis devs’ manga OC…

I don’t think microtransactions are inherently bad, they are just used in the most greedy, money-grabbing ways.

There are some free-to-play games that don’t restrict your access to any gameplay at all as a free player, which can only be subsidized by microtransactions. If it’s just cosmetics, and they’re priced fairly, I wouldn’t feel any concern over it.

I say this as someone who will put 100 hours into a f2p game and maybe spend $10-20 on a skin or two. I feel that it’s fair to spend that much after reaping so many hours of play.

If it isn’t stimulating enough, simply play both characters at the same time - mouse and keyboard with hands, controller with feet :)

So long as your own lawyer isn’t doing the same, of course :)

If you like Jak, you’ll have a blast with Ratchet and Clank. Lots of good ol action platforming.

Klonoa 2 and Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom might also be worth looking into. I specifically remember finding tons of shortcuts in SBBB that were probably unintended, but that game also got a remaster in the last few years.