This feels like the early days of Reddit. Smaller communities and a greater degree of authenticity.

Just be respectful of the rules and other users. I’ve encountered a few people just looking to start shit, but way less frequently than on what I experienced on Reddit.

V-Rising, Valheim, No Man’s Sky, Palworld, Enshrouded, Conan Exiles.

Minecraft is probably the quintessential survival game and has a significant modding community.

That’s rough. I tend to cycle in and out of games (particularly ARPGs).

Paid DLC content acts as a deterrent to me going back to a game that I only play fairly casually. Not saying that I won’t do it, but it does raise the bar on my expectations.

Horizontal progression. Relatively flat power curve, but you gain more options.

Guild Wars 1 is a really good example of this.

I played on a Half Life (the first one) deathmatch server that had a grappling hook mod. It was awesome.

This seems fairly common among the survival games genre.

Bonus: if you have multiple gamers in your household, Steam family sharing can really shine compared to having multiple Gamepass subscriptions.

Game Pass is (was?) good for some gameplay patterns and bad for others.

It doesn’t fit my preferences, but I can see why it is appealing to others.

We all knew enshittification was coming, but it spooled up faster than expected.

Descent was ahead of its time. Are there any modern games that are similar?

Indeed, it isn’t like the money paid out for UBI just goes into a black hole. Sure, some will save it. But many will spend it.

felt more like an insult

I certainly use the term as a pejorative, hence the quotes in my original comment.

Yeah, a lot of these are just things that the commenter obviously wants to get rid of. It would be more of a “2 birds, one stone” than an actual sacrifice.

I liked the OG Tesla Model S (I know there was a roadster before it). But the other models just didn’t do it for me. The X, 3, and Y are all oddly proportioned. And the interiors on the 3 and Y are just not good. I know Tesla fans will excuse the lack of instrument cluster and other missing features that are standard on other vehicles, but no thanks.

And the Cybertruck is just straight-up bizarre.

My reaction, the first time I saw him: I don’t like you, jerk-off

Facebook, Twitter, “influencers”, most social media in general.

Lemmy (and Reddit) are social media, but my brain keys them more as forums rather than lumping them in with other social media.

Man in the High Castle

Although I liked the series, the “supernatural” elements in it really threw me off. I would still recommend the series but be clear that it is science fiction and doesn’t always adhere to physical limitations as we know them, without getting any more specific than that.

I thought “In Time” was a good movie. I agree that there is a lot that could be done with it, however only so much can be done in a movie. This sort of concept really lends itself to multiple movies or a series (just don’t drag it out too long).

Downsizing

First 20 minutes (give or take) seemed like a solid start. But then they did absolutely nothing with the concept.