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All the more reason for this man to continue his good work. The drivers have clearly demonstrated that they care less about kids' safety and care more about arriving at the next red light eight seconds sooner.

I see most of my faves have already been covered by others, so I'm going to add the Metroid Prime games. Unlike the mainline Metroid games, which are awesome in their own right, the Metroid Prime games are played from a first person perspective.

You still get to explore, you still get power-ups, but because you can scan almost anything with Samus' visor, there's some actual worldbuilding, which the mainline Metroid games didn't really start doing until Metroid Fusion (which was alright, but Metroid Dread did a better job at worldbuilding, I feel). As for the platform, I played the GameCube versions on the Wii.

Good picks, but I don't think Dark Souls qualifies as a metroidvania. Metroidvanias gate off parts of the map based on what abilities the player has/doesn't have, whereas Dark Souls blocks off parts of the map simply because you're missing a key. Also, Dark Souls doesn't really have ability power-ups with the exception of acquiring the Lordvessel.

I have the Flydigi Vader 4 Pro with the USB dongle. And yes, it's plug and play.

Can't remember what the title is, but it was a multiplayer shooter (mayber Counter-Strike?), where at multiple points in the video he goes "Yeehaw." in the calmest voice possible while unloading his whole magazine into someone.

The only time an average person will care about privacy is when it's taken away from them. Generally speaking, people just don't care so don't worry about it too much.

Previously, on Best of Netflix: price increases, flip-flopping on their account sharing stance (currently on "don't do that"), removing shows without warning, iffy show recommendations by their algorithm, inability to watch shows offline etc.

So, if you're not already pirating at this point I have to ask: what are you waiting for? Seriously, why are you giving these companies money?

"We want more money." There, that's the article.

Which one is that? Mario Kart?

I don't think I've ever been this disinterested in a Nintendo console and I bought the WiiU. So far we have:

• Insane price tags: 80$ to buy games digitally? And 90$ for physical? This isn't how you stop piracy, it's how you start it.
• The tech demo costs money. Why? Sure, they explained why. Just not very well.
• That Nintendo-Denuvo deal from 2023 is still a thing. Thankfully, no games on the Switch have implemented Denuvo. With the Switch 2 coming out, I'm not certain this will remain the case.
• Far as I can tell, they did next to nothing to fix the joycon drift. The one big problem with the Switch 1.

Also, the launch titles are kind of sparse. Most are rehashes of existing Switch 1 games, with two or three exceptions. Not for me, I guess.

Just finished Yakuza 0 and am psyched to start Yakuza Kiwami (which is a remake of the first Yakuza game). The action is soo good. Beating the shit out of enemies is already satisfying enough, but where it gets really good is when you build up something called a Heat meter as you're fighting. Once it builds up, you get access to Heat Actions and they are nuts.

I mean just look at this madness (spoilers for move unlocks)!

They go in a quantum state, existing and not-existing at the same time until someone perceives them, at which point they go into one of the two quantum superpositions: being or not being.

Or nothing would happen, idfk.