Somewhat paradoxically, I consider immutable distros to be a net improvement for power users and a bigger hurdle for casual users.

Mostly that’s because immutable moves the pain in the ass to the setup part of the application/OS life-cycle, while theoretically eliminating the kinds of issues that crop up months or years later when something stops working, or when a custom config used to get it working originally breaks something else as things relying on it mature over time.

On the other hand, mutable distros make setting up new software a breeze (in most cases, anyways) with far more under-the-hood tinkering available and have a significantly lower barrier to entry as a result, but become difficult to manage when the user no longer remembers all the customizations and dependencies they have introduced.

So really, there will still be pains in the ass either way. Just kind of a choice on which kind of issues the user would rather predominantly deal with.

I was all over Ep.1&2 on the GameCube back then. So many fond memories of nights spent chilling online and grinding out whatever we were going for that night.

My main was a HUcast who made it up to level 168 before memory card corruption took him, and I didn’t have it in me to play seriously again after that.

Though the timing on this post is funny because I’ve just started Phantasy Star Zero like a week ago. It’s incredible having a game so faithful to the PSO-style gameplay with just enough updates to feel fresh. And a bit surreal to have that with an entire new cast of enemies to get used to.

Makes me regret somehow not hearing about Zero back when it came out. I did drop a few hundred hours into both PSO2 and NGS each, but it just never was quite what I was craving - a new PSO.

Just to give the other perspective, I think Hellblade II is a masterpiece so I hope you enjoy your time with the two games as well!

I think part of the reason for people’s reactions like above are due to how it was scooped up by Microsoft and was thrust into the hype machine.

I think more often than not, people who played the first one knew what they were getting into for the sequel, and they really are Character Games first and foremost. There’s a reason Senua’s actress won Best Performance for her role in both games.

As an aside, I highly recommend watching the behind-the-scenes videos for the games if you take a liking to them.

The number of replies in that last thread that were outright dismissive or hostile to the very idea of your collection was frankly absurd. I’m glad you were able to explain why you find value in managing your collection the way you do.

People seem to be so afraid of wasting time, or making a bad purchase regardless of how minimal the functional loss might be. But as you say, there are worthwhile experiences of fun and/or artistic merit waiting to be found for thise willing to take a risk.

I can say that I enjoy the Final Fantasy series just for the fact that I respect they are always trying something different with each one. This has the end result of me not getting on with several of them, but critically, someone else does.

I just find it kind of beautiful that a series is willing to experiment with itself to such a degree, and that at this point there really is at least one game in it for just about everyone.

All it really means is that I have to accept that not every game has been made with me as the target.

Since the primary complaint is unbalanced audio levels, perhaps the better question would be how to construct a command to normalize the audio of the clip rather than removing the attribution to the creators.

No issues on my playthrough of it this morning. It will complain about your GPU driver on launch, but then proceed to launch anyways after you acknowledge the message.

Even having done professional mail hosting for years at one point in my sysadmin career, I still think paid email hosting is worth it even for those with the skills to stand it up themselves, at least for any inbox that might see actual important communication.

The reliable infrastructure, and the reputation management demands on a self-hosters time are a tough sell, when the cost to make it someone else’s problem is comparatively low. :D

Solely to let the TV’s auto configuration and discovery pick it up and customize the inputs automatically. But you’re right, it’s not actually necessary to power everything on.

It’d feel a bit gross if so, considering they were coerced in to saying it by the terms of the settlement.

What’s more, Discord clearly wasn’t intended to be used like this at the start. The 100-server limit on a Discord account ensures the user has to curate the servers they join, at least to some degree.

The only way to join more servers than that is to start using the higher-tier paid Nitro plan, or get comfortable running multiple Discord accounts.