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Menace is definitely my new addiction. It doesn't resemble Battle Brothers in any way, except for it being a perfect turn based game that makes me think about every turn obsessively.

I played the free weekend recently. Or rather, I downloaded it and wandered around for an hour, and then deleted it. The game looks very detailed, but it didn't run great on my PC, which is pretty decent. I guess I need more RAM. It also seemed not fun. Like, you can do a lot of stuff, but it isn't really engaging gameplay wise. I don't know that flipping a bunch of switches in a ship is my idea of a fun space piloting game.

Clearly you have no taste. This is IP usage is solid gold: Also all the Led Zeppelin music.

Space Haven is fun. I load it up every once in awhile. It isn't too complicated and the tutorial covers the main stuff in a reasonable amount of time. I've been playing Menace quite a bit. I've finally figured out most of the systems and now I'm enjoying leveling up my squad leaders. I have one rocket crew that absolutely massacres pirate vehicles, I've got a crusty old mechanic that likes to run over xenos, I've got a sneaky sniper squad, and a machine gunner. It definitely has the Battle Brothers feel, despite a tremendously different setting and systems.

Subnautica 2 - It is definitely Subnautica. So far I'm enjoying exploring a new ecosystem. The story seems pretty good, a bit more developed than the first one. edit: This morning I was swimming laps in RL, and I had one of those weird moments where the real world and the game kind of blend. Also I realized how difficult it would be to swim like my character. I'm exhausted after an hour in the pool.

I've been playing a lot of SW: The Old Republic. I gave my original account to my son years ago. I had finished 3 of the storylines, Trooper, JK, and Bounty Hunter. Since then, he has finished the rest. But I had a 2nd account that my wife and kids used occasionally, and so I've been slowly working through the storylines on that. I just finished the Smuggler. I really disliked the smuggler playstyle at release, but now you can choose whatever playstyle you want. So my smuggle runs around with a pistol and uses powertech skills to punch a lot of people in the face. It is fun. I just started the Hutt Cartel expansion with him.

There are times when I question whether a beer or a soda is a healthier drink option with my dinner. I'm pretty sure the beer is the better choice.

Definitely a product of its time. Also unreliable narrators were super popular for a short while, ala Fight Club.

Looks like some guy thought the correspondence dinner security was like a video game, and you could just rush past the mobs and they would lose aggro. Thankfully it seems like no one was seriously hurt.

I've been playing Windrose. It is basically Conan Exiles with pirates. It is pretty well developed for an early access game. + Character generator nails the leathery Caribbean pirate vibe. + Crafting is really good. You raise the comfort level of your base as you go, and that buffs your character. + Story and characters are decent. The NPC's are interesting and the world is engaging +Graphics are good and the weather effects are fantastic. It's still a little rough around the edges. It's probably still got a lot of time left in the oven, but I'm enjoying it. I'm terrible at ship combat, though. It's a skill issue, I think.

Hah, that looks pretty goofy, but maybe it will work. 50 cent threw me for a loop.

That's awesome. When I retire, my wife and I plan on spending a month in Arizona taking part in Spring Training. Of course, with my daughter in college, my retirement is getting pushed back a couple years so I can pay off tuition and board. Ugh. 👩‍🎓🤑

I finished Xenonauts 2. It ends on an alien planet, kind of like the original Xcom. It was a very fun trip and they did a great job of making it playable in a reasonable amount of time, instead of grinding for 80 hours. Of course the option is there to play it like Long War, but I was glad it was respectful of my time. I lost 10 soldiers overall. They all went out bravely. Except that one guy who got friendly fired. Nobody liked him and he had bad stats.

I've built my 2nd base in Xenonauts 2 and the skies are starting to fill up with UFO's. I've also lost more soldiers this go around than in previous games. Just bad luck, I suppose. Nothing crazy, but I've lost about 8 soldiers. Mostly fairly green ones, but I had a terror mission that got messy and lost one of my favorites. Ah well, we fight on.

I am also playing WoW, after a few years away. I don't really know what is happening anymore, but my house looks nice.