It´s not considered “normal” by most but It´s also obvious how this is very tempting for anyone who feels lonely. However, there is a high probability the company actively optimizes the bots behavior to make lonely people emotionally dependent, not necessarily to make money out of them but even just to maximize screen time. Keep this in mind and practice awareness regarding how much of your life you want to invest into this fantasy based on a commercial AI service. If you use it consciously to fill a gap for some time, like playing a video game, there is almost no risk imo. On the other end of the spectrum, having an actual relationship with and becoming emotionally dependent on an AI bot, that is created and owned by a company, could cause serious problems in your life and hold you back socially too, even despite getting better in other areas like health. I recommend a conscious use approach.

There’s no guarantee the company doesn’t try to tune the AI’s behaviour for maximum value extraction from you.

Agreed, I would even say there is almost a guarantee they are doing that.

Metroidvania is a stupid name

It´s a perfect fit for games like Dead Cells though, isn’t it?

Those damn radicals, won´t they ever think of the economy?

The answer to that is obvious, finally we get an option to romance Regis!

Removed by mod

That guy is so good, he makes the originals sound cheap in comparison to his cover versions.

Why only devs though? No worker should be exploited like that, no matter the occupation!

Make real life great again /s

And of course it will be full of micro-transaction bs. No thank you, I will keep playing my indie games instead.

I think the PC version of Dune 2 was fine, so this project seems a bit obsolete. On the other hand I can only respect the perfectionism though.

AKIRA and the stuff by Hayao Miyazaki, like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausicaä. Can’t really decide between those. Most other anime look like cheap quality productions to me in comparison.

Because our design is not particularly intelligent …

Edit: Scientific proof of my thesis:

This is playing down the actual behavior of fascists in a very careless way.

• They do not just kick out minorities, once in power they systematically hunt down and murder them!

• They do not just jail dissenters, once in power they systematically hunt down and murder them!

• They do not just “say no” to Jews, once in power they systematically hunt down and murder them!

Please stop posting about every fart that asshole makes …

Race the Sun was beautiful and I enjoy roguelites, wishlisted!

• Vanilla ice cream and/or raspberry sorbet topped with pitch black, salty sweet licorice sauce. (common only in Denmark afaik)

• “Birnen, Bohnen und Speck”, a stew made from pears, green beans, bacon and a herb called satureja/savory. The pears in this one are a certain old breed, that is pretty hard and sour before cooking. (This is a local delicacy from the city of Hamburg in northern Germany)

• Watermelon and feta cheese, especially during hot summer days (common in mediterranean countries)

• Pickled cucumbers and feta cheese (those are eaten as a combo around the black sea afaik)

Not that weird, just relatively uncommon. I can recommend it, try one if you can :)

That has always been a pretty classic combo on cheeseboards. Probably that is why they came up with the idea to put it on pizza. My favorite pizzeria has it on the regular menu too. They make thin slices of halved pears for it, so the pear is not raw after baking.