Am I the only one who thinks that having only a 7% dip in visits and a 16% reduction in time spent on site is really unusual when over 99% of the site was dark for 48 hours? To me, that suggests that something fucky is going on with the count of real users vs bots on the site.

I'm just waiting for substitutes of my old groups to start populating instances here. I'll be deleting my reddit account probably before the end of the month when RIF goes offline.

Sorry, is this the five minute course or the full half-hour?

You fucker, it's been years, YEARS!

Someone has to be the early adopter, right? Give it time. People will follow.

Not surprising, given that today's the day five thousand subreddits go dark. People have to get their internet fix somewhere.

There's not a whole lot of activity around it these days, but Zelda Classic is an engine for Zelda 1 with a number of additions and improvements, that allows for custom maps, tilesets, scripts, items, enemies, etc. etc.

I've whiled away an unreasonable amount of time on quests that are on par mechanically and quality-wise with Link's Awakening and the Oracle games. Shame I can't get the tarball to work properly on Steam Deck, it's a great fit for that hardware.

Just zeroed mine a few hours ago. I doubt it'll make a difference in the grand scheme of things but it makes it harder to go back. Now that I don't have a login I don't see my own frontpage so that should be a good enough reminder.

When people can't afford to live, the collapse is already here, it's just covered up by a band-aid of bread and circuses.

Damn, makes me wish we had reddit markup lol.

Disco Elysium. There are so many good quotes, particularly out of the thought cabinet, that I remind myself of on like a weekly basis.

I was in a bad place the first time I played through it. The Precarious World and One More Door stick in the back of my mind constantly, and I cried like a baby the first time I read "In the dark times, should the stars also go out?" Never before has a game so emotionally resonated with me, this hope in the face of crushing despair, despite everything.

I did, the game's good but it's definitely got a certain je ne sais quoi to it that can be tiring at times. It's worth sticking out though, the final boss is incredible and the ending is so heartwarming.

How there's only one left? The pack come in six.

Based on usage statistics during the blackout where 99% of the site was unusable (and bots are known to post in that 1% of low traffic subs to farm karma,) I'm honestly wondering if it's not just mostly bots at this point.

https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

At any rate, I'm not going back. I like this community more, and the topics I care about will find a home here eventually.

Well, they didn't make the Gamebryo engine that NV was built on, that was provided by Bethesda. Not saying Obsidian couldn't pull it off, but they don't have the same kind of experience building engines that Bethesda does. The writing is top notch though.

Someone's gotta be the early adopters, it looks like that's us today.

No, absolutely start from scratch, the game is meant to be replayed. It's one of the few games that implements 'fail forward' very successfully, and sometimes failure leads to better outcomes than success. It's also a good way of organically making the player explore different avenues, both to get experience to improve attributes to try white checks again, and for finding thoughts and items that can reopen them.

The game's incredibly warm, except perhaps to fascist routes, and despite the bleakness of Martinaise, there is something very comforting and wholesome about it all.

After Steve's behavior and treatment of the mods and developers, I wouldn't go back if they paid me. Even in the best case scenarios, they can't undo the damage that's already been done.

Indeed. It's arguably the best, and in some cases the only way to get behind security booths and the like when you're doing a no-neuromods run, because you don't have access to mimic or hacking.

The dart also makes a fun 'squeak' noise when it hits something, great for occupying enemies.

Seconding Dusk and Cultic, and adding in Blood: Fresh Supply - the weapons are punchy and well balanced, all very satisfying to play.