Wow. I wonder how Steam and Nintendo and other game marketplaces are going to deal with the incoming wave of extremely low quality games. It's easy to find garbage game on both of those platforms, but I wouldn't say we're at a point yet where most of the games are terrible and it's impossible to tell the difference before you buy. Maybe refunds will become a more vital tool for consumers?

So, obviously that's crazy and we're all here to dunk on this person.

But also, I want everyone to know that Gatorade sells their product as a powder as well. One container of powder makes something like 24 bottles of Gatorade. It's super cheap, and way more environmentally friendly. Thank you for your attention

I think you've done a wonderful job of expressing who he was and who he was to you. Thank you for sharing and I hope you'll always be able to enjoy some memories of him

Purchase a huge swath of wetlands. Start cutting down all the trees and filling in the swampy bits. Once there is a credible threat to the existence of the alligators, start a campaign to save the wilderness and undo the damage. Allow people to donate money by purchasing "Gator-Aid" packages for $100 a shot. Steal the money and run.

If you feel like partner is the right word, then I'd back you up on that.

My Nebula subscription is totally worth it, every year I get more from that subscription than almost any other.

The "work" that LLMs are doing here is "being educated".

Like, when a prof says "read this book and write paper answering these questions", they aren't doing that because the world needs another paper written. They are inviting the student to go on a journey, one that is designed to change the person who travels that path.

Ha. Me too! It wasn't until I saw the bit about "his new album" that I realized something was wrong. But it took a while. I first assumed that there was a typo that cut out the artist's name.

There are literally 100s of dads out there doing this and worse right now. It sounds like you're a great dad almost every day. That much is obvious from the things you've said. This was a bad day for you. It's okay to have bad days.

I'm willing to bet that if you're the kind of person to think about this enough to write it out, then you'll also certainly think about what worked and didn't work today. You'll come up with solutions. Either you'll change yourself or you'll change something about the family dynamic to ensure that it doesn't get this bad again. I believe in you; you'll come away from this better than before.

And never forget that parenting is hard. Much harder than any person realizes before they are a parent. It's okay to fail at doing hard things some times. Just don't stop putting in the effort. You've got this. We're cheering for you.

I'm honestly having so much fun getting out in my neighborhood and completing quests

I love Wandersong so much. I've tried to put into words what makes this game different to every other game. It usually goes something like this.

Nearly every game is about winning. Some are about plumbers leaping their way to the flag pole. Some are about gun-wielding heroes shooting everything. Those are pretty obvious examples of games where the primary emotion is Fiero (the feeling of pride after accomplishment). But even games about cozily pushing blocks, or doing skateboard tricks, or running a successful shop are also predominantly about fiero.

Now, I agree that not all games are about this one emotion. Horror games feature fiero, but are mostly about exploring fear. And there are lots of games that explore other emotions as their primary goal. But the vast majority of games are about winning and the emotion of fiero.

Wandersong is about happiness and not fiero. It makes that perfectly clear in its opening moments. The protagonist is made (painfully?) aware that he is not the hero. The Bard goes on to have several conversations with other characters about happiness. The plot largely revolves around increasing happiness. And, in terms of gameplay, in almost all the places a typical game would offer players chances to feel fiero, this game offers the player opportunities to experience happiness instead.

If you're looking for it, it's clear that the game is occasionally working to prevent fiero and present happiness in its place. The game frequently puts the player in situations where there is no opportunity for them or The Bard to "win". Instead, they have the chance to help or to be helped. And sometimes even when things turn out well, it's despite The Bard and the player failing at their goal.

It's a unique game made with tons of love and I treasure it. I would recommend it to anyone with a heart.

Love this movie and book!

Yeah, you're honestly way out of line here.

Being correct is not a virtue. Other people are not impressed by how correct you are, or by how great a job you've done in correcting others.

Knowing more than others is not a virtue. Literally everyone knows less about some things than others; there is no super genius that is right or most knowledgeable about everything. For that reason (and many others), lack of knowledge is not a good reason to treat someone poorly.

You obviously care about the mechanics of clear communication. I believe that you can be better than this, that you can keep in mind why we communicate, not just how. You obviously know a lot about certain topics as well. I believe you can be better at how you demonstrate your knowledge. This time you showed off your knowledge to shame someone else. Maybe next time you could show off what you know by sharing it with someone in a helpful way.

Then people really would be impressed.

How is it I've been alive this long and I've never seen this joke made before?! It's so simple and obvious after the fact, but completely new (to me) and a delight. Thanks!

This looks great. Going to check that out

Can the controller go diagonal?

Aw, that was such a sweet time in video game history.

It's okay to disagree with people. You're being a dick while disagreeing with people, though.

My coach used to tell the story of a really promising track and field athlete who might have had a serious shot on the world scene, but quit to play in his band called The Barenaked Ladies. I never fact checked that, so I have no idea if it was true or not. But it stuck with me because it made me think of all the people who might have been incredible in one field or another who just never gave it a shot.

I agree with you there. It seems like communities need a certain mass to feel right and above or below that it's time to split or consolidate.

I can imagine the mods making a rule like #3 to help avoid taking traffic from the hardware-specific communities.

Some advice that is related to polyamory, but not dating apps.

Do your polyamory homework before creating a dating app profile. There are a lot of emotional pitfalls that people in the same situation have fallen into. I thought I was ready when I went down that path. Looking back on it now, I really should have taken more time to untangle my life before.