I hope the best for you, friend, speedy (yet comolete!) recovery and all.

I once knew a guy that got a job by telling dick jokes on a forum. Got hired to work on some internal newsletter at Microsoft.

Oh, oh, my turn: I was fired on my first day of FMLA for a mental break caused by the ongoing discrimination at my workplace. Woohoo!

Edited to add: your job is protected for 12 months on FMLA. Your specific position is protected for 3 months after which they either have to give you a job, but not necessarily the same position you were in previously.

West. There’s gold in them thar hills!

Have you seen the movie Serenity? When they’re out in Reaver space, remember the radio chatter?

That’s what it would sound like.

How many Starbucks stores do they need in one office building?

Did they check the couch cushions?

I tried contributing to game8. They only accept payment through paypal. I’ve closed my paypal account.

An effort was made.

Free WiFi!

Ooh Chorus is a good suggestion, it reminded me of Everspace when I played it, which is why also recommended Everspace 2 elsewhere.

Everspace 2 might be what you’re looking for. It’s fighter piloting and npt battleship style combat bit it’s one of the closest feels I had to what Xwing vs Tie Fighter was back in the day. You can drift and swap end for end just like XvT.

You might also like the spaceship portions of Star Wars Outlaws. I’ve been having fun in there, too.

I have an xbox elite pro series 2 that my wife bought me last christmas. I love it. It has a good weight and is a joy in your hands. The triggers have 3 resistance levels. D-pad and thumbsticks are magnetic and easily swappable. Four back paddles can be removed easily if they’re not wanted or needed. It connected to Pop_OS via bluetooth with no issues. I have not tried using the xbox accessories app on Linux because I was able to calibrate it with Steam just fine. Thry’re not cheap but it was worth it.

Edit to add: someone mentiomed drift and I did have a slight issue but was able to adjust for it through Steam. There is also a common complaint that the controllers snap back to center with enough force to actually hit the opposite direction; most commonly noticed in metroidvanias or other 2d platformers where it can make you turn around unintentionally. I was also able to adjust for this with Steam calibration.

Just realized I was posting a reddit habit on a lemmy thread about reddit…

Happy cake day

Modgoloid is great.

Coridden Isometric 1 to 4-Player Online Co-Op Shapeshifting Action RPG Platformer with light Metroidvania elements developed by Aftnareld a small studio started by a gaming couple in Sweden.

This was on my wishlist and Steam has it on sale for 30% off. I’ve played 14 hours so far and it has been worth the $14.99 I paid. It’s an isometric action RPG with camera rotation and jumping, so there’s also platforming in there. You play as one of four siblings which as far as I can tell only affects the color your character outline is and some dialog spice.

There are 3 main human classes with their own skill trees plus 2 more once a main class has been chosen; Surge, Hunter, Protector, Hellion. There is also a Custom class which allows you to pick 3 skill trees from any of the other classes. In addition to the human skill trees you will collect various animal forms you can shapeshift into, each has their own main skill tree and another which can be chosen from 2 or 3 options.

Combat is fluid and fun. Your human and shapeshift form have separate energy bars which encourages swapping forms to maintain your energy for attacks and abilities. I have mostly played the Hunter class but have tried others briefly, thanks to an inexpensive respec system you can experiment fairly freely and can respec individual skill trees for human stats and skills and also for the shapeshifting skills.

My only minor complaint is the inventory system; it lacks any options for sorting, and the alterants (like gems or runes in other games) don’t all stack which can cause them to occupy a lot of inventory spots.

I’m stuck on the bells boss early on. Put it down for a minute because Coridden was on sale and Helldivers had some big updates recently.

It’s on my wishlist and on sale for $5.99 right now. Thanks for the reminder!

GaaS-lighting

Autocannon is love