If there was, they’d already have us on it from childhood.

I recommend psilocybin mushrooms.

Whine

I would tackle some of the sloppiness of Fallout’s lore in relation to the Bethesda games.

Primarily, I’d set Fallout 3 like 25 years after the bombs instead of 200. It never made sense to me that creatures or people can survive 200 years in a location with poison water. I’d have to take out the Ghouls or alter the lore there a bit, though.

I’d revamp the plot of Fallout 4, either making it totally about the synths or removing them entirely, and also set it shortly(ish) after the bombs fell. Bethesda doesn’t necessarily make bad games, they just don’t fully consider established canon before making creative decisions. Which irks me tremendously, because really all you have to do is hire one obsessed nerd and run decisions by him.

It is. So good. I haven’t stopped analyzing it since I heard it yesterday. My friend showed it to me when I was in high school, but it’s been a long while since I’ve even thought about it.

Obviously, the actual musical composure of the song is gorgeous. I mean, really one of the most beautiful pieces I have heard in my lifetime. Infectious earworm, as well.

The lyricism is so well considered. I keep getting blown away by how the story of each verse changes the meaning of the chorus.

It really is an all time masterpiece… in the same vein as Eraserhead, or The Girls of Porn by Mr. Bungle. I don’t think I could listen to it all the time, though I may give it a listen through again to try to get it out of my head. Not a great song to have as an earworm; when could you sing it through the work day?

Yeah, A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold gave me that sonic rush today, but this will be the first time I can say I am definitely not going to listen to this one on repeat.

They don’t know nothin bout that PS Triple

It’s almost as if the forces of good and evil don’t abide by the line we draw in the sand, for some reason.

Wait, this guy’s gay?

The best part of Linux is shitty games don’t work on it.

With how much talk of breaking your install goes around, I assumed it would be a challenge. I run pacman -Syu almost every time I update lmao.

Some people are enthusiasts that want to take the training wheels off and challenge themselves. I use CachyOS, which is Arch-based, because it thrashes everything else almost every time in speed tests. Thus far, it hasn’t proven to be more complicated than the Debian-based distros I’ve used. I also wasn’t expecting better features in Arch with certain programs. Being able to get the absolute newest version of a package at all times has proven to be much more useful to me than detrimental.

Dishonored is one of the few games that I’ve turned right around and played through again after I beat it. The gameplay is just so free. It’s not really the biggest map ever, but it is so dense and easy to navigate. I also haven’t experienced a lot of titles that just ooze atmosphere the way that Dishonored does. The art direction is off the charts, and I think it’s aged pretty impeccably. It’s always a good idea to do stylized over realistic, at least if you want your game to stand the test of time.

While you are not wrong, this news displeases me greatly.

The Cleveland Steam Box

Omg. You’re beautiful. Were you able to start HRT in high school? Sorry if that’s invasive, I understand if you’d rather not divulge.

Yeah, that got me at first, too. It’s pretty directly pulled from the TTRPG. Just pick a combat skill + whatever you think you’d like to do and you’re golden. FYI, Tremere has magic that heals you and fills your blood meter. Great clan for a first playthrough.

Steam and Protontricks and that’s it.

Perhaps I should explore some alternatives, just to make sure my bases are covered, but I can play all I want to play with those tools.

Sorry if that’s not the response you were seeking. Do you not use Steam?

That Rik Schaeffer soundtrack is fucking irreplaceable. VTMB oozes atmosphere from its every crevice.

This game also has a stacked voice cast. Dee Bradley Baker, J. Grant Albrecht, Grey DeLisle, John DiMaggio, Steve Blum. If you grew up in the 2000s, you’re going to hear the voices of your childhood.

I think that what I adore about VTMB is how it’s designed to let you play the game with extreme variance depending on your build. I love New Vegas, but if you want to get into a place, you’re either talking your way in or shooting your way in. VTMB lets me complete objectives by finding ventilation systems to crawl through and hacking terminals to get the info I need rather than speaking to or fighting any person. This blend of RPG and imsim elements really scratches that itch for me.

Really, that’s just an indicator of how this game is designed to be Roleplaying-forward. If you play as an ugly bastard monster man, you better get ready for everyone to treat you as such. Luckily, the devs thought of that, so you can also complete most everything as if you were an ugly bastard monster man.

This all falls apart a bit in the end. The game is built upon the Source engine, so combat is really fun. With that being the case, I guess they didn’t have too many issues with making the final stretch of missions a LOT of combat. I don’t think the game falls apart there, per se, but I could definitely see someone not speccing for combat and then suffering the consequences late game.

But that said, the side quests in this game! Holy shit! Whether it’s becoming a bounty hunter, saving people with your vampire blood, or taking out vampire-hunting strippers, this game is memorable as fuck.

Play it. I had not played a game that felt similar to VTMB until the recent release of The Outer Worlds 2, which has that same RPG/imsim design to it. Gems like this are rare, and you’re doing yourself a disservice if you never take them off the shelf and play.

I really love CachyOS. It’s so fast. I’ve been seeing lots of reports of performance issues in The Outer Worlds 2, and I’ve gotta say I’m not experiencing any of that.

Just make sure you familiarize yourself with some of the quirks of Arch, such as why you might want to use a program like Timeshift for backups, or the risks of the AUR.

Also, get a flash drive and back up your important files, just in case. I have done full system upgrades every time I upgrade, and I haven’t had issues with my system yet. But with Arch, you gotta be careful.