A lot of strategy games fit this bill to me. Mainly the Paradox ones like Europa Universalis or Crusader Kings. I'd much rather play the most recent version (EU4 and CK3). However, it's interesting that I feel the exact opposite about the Total War and Civilization Series, where I'll prefer the original Rome Total War and Shogun 2 Total War over many of the more-recent games, as well as Civ V over VI and VII (though I haven't played VII yet, to be fair).

The Football Manager series also comes to mind. There's little tweaks and improvements each year (this year being an exception where they are redesigning the entire engine) so I prefer playing the most recent one (even if I still boot up a few of the older games for some nostalgia every now and then).

First off, that's a great gift! Funny yet super wholesome.

Secondly, holy crap you have a lot of cousins!

I had the complete opposite experience. Played the Balatro demo during one of the Steam fests and was instantly hooked. Played it for like double-digit hours in one weekend and pretty much knew I’d be getting the full game when it came out.

I had fun with the Dungeon Clawer demo too, but I agree with the person above that it felt a bit slow. I wonder if there’s been some updates to it since I last played it a couple months back.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Another favorite of mine is Hexcells, which is also 100% solvable.

while you can get a step counter on your phone (including privacy apps like Pedometer on F-droid), I’d go for a dedicated clip on simple counter. There is something about a physical object dedicated to the task that makes a difference to me sticking to it.

Honestly this advice is just as good as the first tip!

What a game by Doue. Crazy he's only 19! PSG have some other incredible young players too, interesting to see if they can continue this success in the next few years.

the CTR remake did have all the Nitro Kart levels in it

:O I did not know that! Will check it out, thanks!

Thanks for the recommendation! Just watched a couple of his vids and ended up adding like ten games to my wishlist.

I finished season 2 of Severance as well as the movie Society of the Snow. Both were great and featured some incredible cinematography!

Same here. That's one of the best free kicks I've ever seen.

Game could have ended like 6-1 easily. Courtois conceded three yet was still Madrid's best player IMO.

other than them taking the noise cue away from lockpicking!

Noooo! I loved Oblivion's lockpicking system. Got so good at it that one time I tried doing it with my eyes closed and was able to lockpick purely using the sounds. It was so fun and intuitive. Haven't played the remaster yet but am sad to hear that they took those sounds away, lol.

Great comment, lots of examples! I agree with pretty much everything you listed.

Regarding CTR, have you tried Crash Nitro Kart? I always loved that one more than the original. It had a few improvements over the first game, so I wonder if it aged a bit better.