YES!!! I love this game!

I’m currently on Arch, but my first distro was Linux Mint. Linux Mint eased my transition into the Linux world, as it looked and behaved almost the same as Windows. You can avoid terminal commands completely thanks to the GUI apps that the Mint team includes for updating, installing, and removing packages.

I switched to Arch because one of the benefits of Arch is that it forces you to become familiar with the various different components that make up a Linux distro. When you install Mint, pretty much everything is included out of the box. You may have to install a few proprietary drivers here and there, depending on your HW config, but overall, you get everything you need to start using your computer. You don’t have to concern yourself with a lot of things. Arch is different. Even with the archinstall command that you can use to simplify the installation process, you still have much to do post-install. Audio drivers, package manager, Bluetooth, productivity apps, customization options, WiFi drivers, to name a few. And even after that, when you start daily driving Arch, you still may encounter issues that would require you to do some troubleshooting via reading the Arch Wiki or looking for similar problems on Arch forums. It can be a headache at times, but I personally feel it’s worth it.

Sigh…as a species, we are really not mature enough to be using “advanced” tech such as AI or LLMs. It’s no wonder we get crap like this instead of the use cases we see in shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation.

I quite agree. The SNES was a part of my childhood. Some of my favorite games to this day were on that platform. Donkey Kong Country 2, Mega Man X 1-3, Super Mario World, Yoshi’s Island, to name a few.

Now that you mentioned this, I do recall in the early days of mobile games, back when the App Shops were first introduced, there were games that you would pay somewhere between $1 and $5, and you get the whole thing. No in-app purchases, no ads, and no lotteries for special characters or gear. I remember Square Enix had some really good JRPG games that were made specifically for the iPhone and iPad. Chaos Rings and DrakeRider were two games I recall playing, but they were much more expensive compared to the usual games I found. But, when you paid for it, you got the whole game and all.

I think mobile app developers have realized that they could get more engagement and cash from their users if they made games that had a gambling aspect to it. Kinda like the casinos in Vegas, the house always wins, but you keep putting in money on the hopes you get a jackpot.

That being said, there is one freemium game that I do find quite fun, and that is Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe. The thing that makes this freemium game a bit different is that Square Enix is quite generous in their in-game currency. You can actually do quite well without making any in-app purchases.

The SaGa series are pretty good JRPGs, both in terms of gameplay and story. My personal favorites are:

• Romancing SaGa 3
• SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions
• Romancing SaGa 2

Octopath Traveler is really good too, with the second one in the series being the best one.

Okay, then that’s one of favorite zombie moments.

Does Michael Jackson’s Thriller MV count as a zombie moment?

Do you mean you want a link to the games for Nintendo Switch? If so, here they are:

Romancing SaGa 3

SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions

I think RS3 is on Steam, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox, while Scarlet Grace is on all those platforms except Xbox.

Might I recommend Romancing SaGa 3 and SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions? Both of these games involve non-linear, open world explorations. As for combat, they are turn-based, so I’m not sure if that’s what you would consider a “good” combat system. Also, unlike traditional RPGs, which use a point-based system to level up and gain new skills, SaGa games involve a “Spark” system, where new techniques are learned randomly or through use of an existing technique during battles.

Batman (1989), Batman Returns, and The Nightmare Before Christmas

Here are some of mine:

1. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
2. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
3. Romancing SaGa 2 & 3
4. Mega Man X 1-4

Well, I would go to the theater if there was anything worth watching. These days, I can’t seem to find the excitement I used to have to go to the theater and watch a movie I’m interested in.

Well…the animation style is similar to the style seen in Japanese anime, but it wasn’t produced by a Japanese company, so it isn’t a Japanese Anime…but it is an anime because it is animated.

Does that make sense?

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Octopath Traveler 2

I don’t think this should surprise anyone, given the new CEO they got and the announcement that was made immediately afterwards, followed by the layoffs. Fortunately, there are Firefox forks that we can switch to as a form of protest, provided that the forks keep these changes out of their codebases.

One thing I predict happening is that this move by Mozilla could spur more activities for the Firefox Forks. It would be a good opportunity for the developers of Mull, Librewolf, and Waterfox to think of ways to make their respective browsers stand out or be unique. Maybe we can one day see an Android version of Librewolf or a new web engine get developed in response to all this mess. Just a thought, of course.

I’m a huge fan of the Marx Brothers. All their movies are in black and white. Their best movies (in my opinion) are:

• Horse Feathers
• Monkey Business
• Duck Soup
• A Night at the Opera

Abbott and Costello had some good movies too. Here are my suggestions:

• Meet the Invisible Man
• Meet the Killer
• Hold that Ghost
• Meet the Mummy

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope made a few “Road To…” movies together, but the one I like the most is Road to Morocco.

Yeah…I don’t believe it.