The last time I remember children being invited to a high-intensity workplace ended up with them fatally crashing an airplane with 75 people on board.

I've got one that's a gem and hasn't been mentioned yet, for once!

Upgrade (2018)

A guy and his wife are attacked, his wife is murdered and he just barely survives. With the help of a super-chip implanted into his body by a billionaire, he sets out to get revenge. But at what cost?

A stylish, savage techno-action film, basically John Wick but with AI chip. The ending is rightly haunting. Well worth watching!

Oh god, TVTropes is like fucking crack cocaine for my brain, I'm like a wet sponge after those endless rabbitholes. I have had the most difficult time explaining to others what it's about, but I'm quite content for it to be my own little getaway.

I use PurpleTV and it's been great. It's a Twitch fork modified to block ads, reduce bloat, and include customisation for chat, player and other components.

Don't know if we can share links here but the APK can be easily found online, still being updated semi-regularly. I won't come back to the official app as long as I'm able. :)

That explains why my Red Dead horses always buck me off. To give their carnivorous friends a treat while they gallop away. Sonofabitch Rockstar, you did it again

See also: Post-Truth (Wikipedia). I'm depressed that articles like these even exist...

... in Wellington to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand.

A what now? Five Eyes not enough? Confused. Recalling rumours of CCP allegedly installing their own law enforcement agents locally.

Grim Fandango!

Never has a game made me laugh out loud like when I first discovered it. Clever humour, unique characters, and each line of dialogue is packed with effortless charm and wit. Not to mention the philosophical themes disguised as one man's quirky Day of the Dead -themed quest to get to the afterlife.

The puzzles are a product of its time so a walkthrough might be needed. But that's forgivable for the game's big picture.

Wish I could wipe my memory of it and play it all over again.

It's still a feature, a decent one despite some restrictions here and there. I use it myself and get an extra copy if the publisher restricts sharing.

Here's Steam's FAQ on it:

Steam Families (Steam Family Sharing) - FAQ

We're on S6E12 right now, will I still love House MD as much as I do now by the end of the show?

Until very recently, I thought that the whole track was an original production. Turns out Gotye is something of a sampling genius - mad respect for the craft in STIUtK, and what a killer set of melodies on top of everything else.

Thank you, was going to respond with something similar.

We don't yuck others' yums, but we also shouldn't yuck their lack of our yums. Being kinky is not some linear progress bar you fill, it's an incredibly varied spectrum of things that may or may not make us tick to any degree.

To that effect, as with Jaycifer here, my play is mostly mental - the physical stuff matters less, and things like rimming aren't even on the invite list.

So gtfo here with all that "if you don't like this then you aren't kinky enough" shaming bullshit. Because it comes in so many forms, and that's the awesome fucking part.

I just said goodbye to it today. I realised there's a bigger, unselfish choice to be made in the scheme of it all

Hey friend, cheers for the thread. I'm strangely happy and relieved to have found something chill enough to engage with in the midst of all the crazy political drama around the place.

I'm glad you're enjoying Max Payne 3. I liked it too, though It had to grow on me, especially after having played MP1 and MP2. The first one especially blew me away even when I played it for the first time back in 2008 - its combination of beautiful, prosaic noir writing, the modern incorporation of Norse mythology, and innovative (for the time) gameplay, among other traits, continues to make it stand out amongst the rest.

• If you get to play it, I'd highly recommend checking out the PCGamingWiki page for the fixes to help it work better in general and on modern systems.

Currently, I'm playing RoboCop: Rogue City and Schedule I. Playing on both sides of the law by the looks of it, haha.

• Rogue City is a great experience as far as faithfully adapting the dystopian, mega-corporatised, hyper-violent world of RoboCop to the gaming screen;
• Schedule I has you build a drug empire through a surprisingly addictive (heh) gameplay loop of producing and distributing different types of drugs (I found myself staying up til 4AM while crafting all-new marijuana strains with kickass names like the Ninja Witch).

I've also been revisiting old PS2 games on PCSX2 emulator. Currently replaying:

• WWE games - Here Comes the Pain, and SvR'06/07 (peak of the franchise, imo)
• Dog's Life - the adorable yet disturbing, fantastically scored, janky GTA-flavoured canine adventure still entertains.

The degauss sound on a CRT display. The 'womp' is the best onomatopoeia to represent it.

Grim Fandango!

Never has a game made me laugh out loud like when I first discovered it. Clever humour, unique characters, and each line of dialogue is packed with effortless charm and wit. Not to mention the philosophical themes disguised as one man's quirky Day of the Dead -themed quest to get to the afterlife.

The puzzles are a product of its time so a walkthrough might be needed. But that's forgivable for the game's big picture.

Wish I could wipe my memory of it and play it all over again.

Memento meets instant-loss

Agreed. "Mistakes were made - but let's blame the dumb dad who had his moron 15-year-old progeny bump the autopilot into total submission." smh

He's having his (hate) cake and eating it too.

His true colours were yet to reveal themselves. Now you can see the size of the bullet you just missed.

Hope your meet goes well.

I've lost the art of spontaneous conversation over time. Although I can certainly hold my own if I'm the one being approached.

Being male and having lived through Slavic and Western cultures... well, no, it was never about those pigeonholes. It's the world changing behind the scenes, growing more insular and silent as we live beyond this physical realm, heads down and choosing the worlds we want to explore, safe within the comfort of the screens.

But stories are written and friends are made each time I choose to raise my head and look around and just try something. I hope to be brave enough to make that choice more often.