252.6 hours played, last played October 2024.

It’s enjoyable, but I’ve never been really engaged with it. There’s no progression, I don’t feel like my character, equipment, or ships are getting better even though I’m upgrading things. No planet is special, even though they’re all unique.

I think it would be better if you started out in a “settled” region with interesting factions, hand-designed planets, optional quest lines, etc. The infinite procedurally generated stuff would come into play if you push beyond the edges of known space.

There is no such thing as an innocent billionaire.

It may be possible…

It may not be necessary…

A&W

Beat me to it. Also, please remove me from this mailing list.

A Nintendo64 with several game cartridges. It’s a little flaky, but it still works for the most part.

It could certainly be used as evidence in your favor. Whether it by itself would be enough to exonerate you would depend on things like the evidence against you and how much weight the jury gave to your records.

These are known as souvenir plots. Generally, you aren’t buying the land, but rather you’re buying a contractual right to prevent the actual owner from developing the land.

Californian. No.

It wouldn’t solve any problems that can’t be solved by other means, and it would create new problems that we haven’t had to worry about before. It’d be a net loss for everyone involved.

UI elements that expand and cover up other UI elements when you mouse over them.

“Flat” color schemes where you can’t even tell where one UI element ends and the other begins.

Infinite scroll instead of pagination.

He’ll have to show us his Earth certificate, though.

Do you mean before? Putting a space after is pretty standard.

   What is love?[space]   //after

versus

   What is love[space]?   //before

Some species of ants invade neighboring colonies and carry away larva to work as slaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave-making_ant

Left4Dead2 (also L4D1)

If a motorcycle has to be ear-splittingly loud for “safety”, then it’s too dangerous to be road legal.

Data has always understood humor. He may not experience the emotion of mirth, but you don’t need that to understand humor. He is pretending not to understand as a practical joke.

At least Alexander got to join the House of Martok. All Kurn got was a memory wipe.

I am tired of lies.

Define “chicken”

Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say “Ni” at will to old ladies.