It’s hilarious how reactionaries pretend to hate “identity politics” when that’s quite literally all they have.

UFO50 is one of the most astonishing pieces of game design I’ve ever seen; its a master class in elegance.

Calibre is basically required software if you have a Kindle, and I’ve read it’s great for other e-readers too.

It facilitates easy file conversion and transfer.

He truly is on a path of exile.

Some other favorite hacks are a bit more practical and have to do with extending the life of existing products.

Those are some of mine, too. Even a 15 year old phone still has some cool tech on it that is more useful than e-waste.

Exactly. If I run over someone going 100 MPH and blasting through traffic lights, it isn’t an error; its a callous disregard for the safety and rights of others for my own agenda.

Commander Adama tried to warn us.

I hope e-ink displays get way cheaper. I’d love something like a Raspberry Pi 500 and a portable e-ink display for writing.

Nausicaa is my favorite, too. The hand-drawn animation is incredible, the conflict is nuanced, the setting is beautiful, and the characters have interesting motivations. Its a masterpiece.

I completely agree; the buildup and production involved in most RTS games is tedious to me. Close Combat seems like the perfect middle between simulationist war games and RTS chaos. It was actually developed as a Squad Leader game before they lost the Avalon Hill license.

The Combat Mission games were fairly similar, with my favorite feature being a mode where you issue orders in 1 minute increments; you’re watching the battle play out in real time, but it’s still turn based. Edit: Apparently they’re still making these. Here is the one I remember playing most. I still like the Close Combat games better to just jump into though.

The only modern franchise I’ve played that has a similar play style are the Total War games, but I think they realize WWII isn’t a great fit for them.

Why would anyone eat at a restaurant called Robert James Ritchie’s overpriced middling fare?

I’ve played more Team Fortress 2 than anything else. I can always go back to community servers there.

Is there anything more American than cops burning down an entire black neighborhood to target a few people inside and then getting off scott free due to qualified immunity?

Yeah, the christofascists and the technofascists are both groups of unbearably abrasive control freaks, and neither of them can stand to give up one miniscule bit of power. It’d be delicious if their edgelord ideologies weren’t so dangerous to the rest of us.

The provision, introduced by Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, states that “no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.”

More proof that “State’s rights” has always been code for oppressing minorities.

The remasters always look off to me.

Wait, you’re telling me that appeasing fascists doesn’t work? Who’d have thought?

You’re absolutely right, I got the two types mixed up. That’s what I get for going off of memory.

I do use boudin sometimes, but I always go half and half with a chunkier sausage that holds together. Thanks for the note.

I’m glad you’re finding it interesting. Season 2 is even better in my opinion.

Andouille is great, but really any smoked sausage works well. I actually prefer boudin if you can get that, because the chunks all stay together.

But don’t forget to brown them first, that’s very important.