I didn’t really think so, but to each their own! I like the progression from not being able to afford much, up to maxing out upgrades on each tower.

There’s a speed multiplier to cut back on the waiting around. I mostly leave it around 8x speed so it’s a little faster paced.

I think Anuto TD (a tower defense game) is the best I’ve come across.

I also really like Gauguin (Sudoku-esque) and Lexica (word game) on the more casual side.

Don’t know that it’s on F-Droid, but Lichess is also high quality and open source.

I thought Insidious was good, and not annoyingly gratuitous with the violence.

Makes me think of high-score runs, mainly in arcade games. Have to play for a long time, and eventually you get stopped by a kill screen.

The great thing from their perspective is that even if they can’t make you be onsite, you can still have to work on snow days.

I think this is a really good answer. Just search for a focus playlist on whatever platform and let it run.

If I’m picking out music more specific, I find myself thinking about that, and what it’s like, and if it’s helping, and maybe I should hey this other album or artist.

Don’t let picking the music distract too much from focusing on what you want to do.

I get this. Loved Tri and Freedom Unite, played a decent amount of 4, some of World, and barely started Rise.

They’re always exciting, and I don’t dislike any of the games, but it’s just a lot to get going, really invest the time, and get the value out of these.

Same. I don’t really use Google search any more, but I still keep the phrase. It’s just something people understand.

The website https://nobsgames.stavros.io/ helps surface these, and let’s you filter out based on different things.

One that I like in particular is Gauguin. It’s a Sudoku-like with different math-y rules.

Anuto TD is a tower defense game that is also really good, but not so low stress.

Lichess, if you’re into Chess. It’s a great, no compromise, high quality app. Stressful if you get too worked up about competitive, but puzzles are at least relaxing.

Yeah, somewhat agree.

It’s great just to see it exist. And not every game needs to reinvent the wheel, especially when the series hasn’t had a game in 15 years.

But by the end of it, I was kinda left wanting some new hook.

Sylux showing up was a cool moment though. I didn’t expect them to honor that tease from Prime 3, and I appreciate it.

Ehh, I know it’s not the original source, but I saw it there. Then it was either link to that or Twitter.

I hadn’t heard the rumor yet, but the timing sure does feel right for one of those!

Metroid is the big question. My guess is that it’s a no-show again, but wouldn’t mind being wrong.

I’ve heard Fire Emblem remake rumors, so I’m hoping for that.

Well said. Within the existing framework of copyright law, the emergency open library thing that got them sued seems obviously illegal, despite it being a good thing. What’s good and what’s legal don’t always line up.

The Internet Archive’s work is too important. The library portion (that does controlled digital lending of published books) is nice, but I wouldn’t be too hurt if it goes down. Regular public libraries can fill a lot of that role. But the archive itself is incredible, and losing that would be a huge shame.

Legally, I don’t know that admitting fault and saying sorry does much good, but it certainly isn’t surprising that they got into hot water here.

Definitely reminds me of NES Remix too. I really like the the little mini time attack challenges here, so I’ll probably check it out eventually.

The small print on the page does clarify for sure that the full NES games aren’t included though, which is a huge shame. Would be a really solid package if they were.

I had similar happen to me. Put all of it together, turned it on, then panicked a little when it wouldn’t boot up.

Turns out one stick of RAM was not fully slotted in, so obviously that’s not OK. Was easy to spot once I double checked components. Popped it back out and in, then it was good to go.

No. Though I think he said his YouTube channel will be stopping soon as he’ll be starting a new project.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised though if he decides to oversee an inevitable Ultimate port/expansion for Switch 2.

Not really federated so far, right? They talk a lot about being open, but (when) will they be really? Can I sign up for an account that intereacts with Bluesky through any other provider?

I mean, I signed up, it seems interesting enough. If nothing else it has some recognizable accounts to follow, better network effect than Mastodon.

Should be interesting.

I haven’t kept the closest eye on this - rumor is they’re planning to port more of their games to competing platforms, maybe allow 3rd party Xbox hardware, and phase out most physical Xbox games, right? Or am I way off the mark?