That is a valid tactic for programming or how-to questions, provided you know not to unthinkingly drink bleach if it says to.

Relies on people knowing about it, sadly.

Occasionally good games get nominated for the correct categories (Terraria for Labor of Love) but it’s very rare. I haven’t even played any 2024 games but wanted the badge so I just nominated some off brand games that will never win.

I still see the old one so your comment is appreciated

It is possible to agree with something and still believe it is terribly presented.

I’m an absolute Borderlands slut so I am pumped for this. I really hope the monetisation scheme is fine and that they added some QoL features I’ve been wanting since 2012 (multi quest trackers?!) but either way I’ll probably play this.

Depending on what you mean by casual, Terraria fits the bill. I love sitting down with a journey mode character and taking the game at my own pace. For the first playthrough I would probably point people to softcore normal mode as it’s the “proper” way to play, but once you’ve grinded out goals once then journey is a really nice way to take control of the game’s difficulty on the fly.

This really depends on the type of person you are. I find with the time pressure each in-game day that every time I launch it I get caught up in a mess of wiki pages and spreadsheets figuring out the ideal crops to plant and when, what gifts people like and when to gift them, etcetera etcetera. It became stressful and I stopped playing it after finishing most of the main objectives.

This problem is solved by having paper towels (air dryers suck) and placing the paper towel trash bin next to the door so that you can use your hand-full of towels as a barrier between the handle and throw the towels away as you leave.

Real tree, usually with 10 strings of lights around the rooms but that has been reducing as we age. There is a smell and ambiance of a real tree that can’t be beat, it really sets the winter mood.

making phone calls (yes this is calling myself out too)

They do have achievements, yeah. Not much else though.

They kind of shot themselves in the foot by launching it paid. I saw plenty of launch coverage when you had to pay a subscription and also buy games but everyone knew they would shut down because it was Google so no one bought into it. This is the first I’ve heard of it being free and I had to confirm it but that would have really sweetened the deal on launch.

I enjoyed 7 when it first released. The visual style in the first 10 minutes was appealing and I figured we were retreading the same notes for nostalgia before going on a different plot with Finn. Nope, just poorly written rehashed story lines with nonsense plot devices. So much potential thrown away.

And yet Windows 7 did all these things 10 years ago faster than Win 11 does them now.

If true, that… explains a lot.

It’s not just a question of affording employees. Where I work there’s only so many jobs to go around. If you hired enough extras to cover, then most of us would not have work to do on the daily. Even if they paid us to stand around, there are few people who want to do nothing at work all day. We have enough employees to cover one or two sick or vacationing people but we can’t let everyone on the team take the same time off with only a month’s notice. Well, not without losing customers.

A. They didn’t assume, they said “we’re lacking info and here is a hypothetical”.

B. Everyone else in this thread is assuming the opposite and no one cares there. Why only care about assumptions when it’s one you don’t like?

It’s valid to point out the other perspective.

Me thinks they weren’t planning for twins and panicked.

An amusing observation. It’s a general statement to indicate a lack of mallice and imply I’m not just trolling. Posting grammar corrections with no fluff or preface is a fantastic way to earn downvotes, sadly.