I... I think I just got Rickrolled by my own brain.
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Slay the Sire - Instigate a medieval peasant revolt and establish a commune.
GoT simulator - Crusader Kings but somehow with even more incest and also dragons.
Return of the Obra Dinn and The Outer Wilds both for sure. Both have common themes of solving an over-arching puzzle by exploration and examination of an environment.
Not a new thing in China. I've seen similar robots on patrol outside major railway stations back in 2019. Those ones seemed to be equipped with facial recognition and tasked with basically detecting people who are loitering and telling them to move on.
There's no reason to do that with an electric motor (as far as I know). It would only reduce the efficiency. Maybe it's something that the car enthusiasts could get on board with though?
I think of kbin as 'Kabin' so something like 'Kabby the log cabin' would be what I'd design if I had any artistic skill
I live in a country where manual transmission is the default. I drive a manual and I'm fine with it. This idea of fake manual transmission is bizarre to me. Who is it for? Car enthusiasts will know it's fake and avoid it and surely your average driver will not care and would actually appreciate the simplicity of automatic transmission.
Also in the truck driving bucket - Snowrunner. The focus is on off road trucking, mud and snow physics, with a winch that you can use to unstick yourself.
If you want to try out the jet boots on a mission they can be found on the second level of this week's Deep Dive.
If you like Hoplite try Pawnbarian