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I notice that there a lot of players that go 0 or very low deaths compare to there tram. And I not talking about player as that join late or dc I mean players that played the full game. And not just on my team but enemy teams as well. Udally it Just one player I can picI but jiust had a game that was a landslide and is reason I posting this. the attacking side only had 1 dps taking death and really there where only player I was afraid of But rest of there team had like 1-0 death. They never took space they play so far back it was so easy to poke I going be honest I dont even remeber seeing the enemy team supports and other dps at all.
Just why are these players so worry of dying it just a game they mite as well be afk with how they are playing

I think this is a topic we should continuously bring up and discuss because I believe creating a base or home is such an important part of Fallout. After a long day of fighting off the monsters and horrors of Appalachia, we sometimes just want to come home to our homey base and admire our creation and hard work. The more I build, the more I feel restricted on what I can do and have to really plan and sacrifice some creative designs to meet with the building limitations. With the evermore additions to things we can add to our base, base building really needs to be refined. I'll add what we had last post and what suggestions were made as well. I'll also add more of what I've noticed from my return to the game. Previous post for reference.

Disclaimer of Understanding

Listen, I understand there could be hardware limitations in regarding to number of items or models that can be loading and unloaded at any time for the servers though we need to find some middle ground. A way to optimize the base limits to allow for more creativity. I also understand there could be programming limitations though refactoring some the base building limits is a positive change and worth while, especially to continue improving on this game long term (if that's what is planned to be).

Quick bullet points of Ideas from previous post

• Wallpaper to be painted on BOTH sides of the wall.
• For the love of god, increase base building limits, since we cant have two camps at the same time. I'm trying to decorate haha. Ideally id love a camp to build my vendor store and a home but hey..im good with either.
• why hard limit displays? I'm a collector, let me show off my collectables :( .. increase or remove display limits.
• Vendor should have a recently sold list. Like 5 items. Sometimes I miss the notifications :(
• allow me to mass select items and scrap. Unless I'm missing something I cant seem to find this feature anywhere.
• posters and wallpaper seem to have troubles meshing. Hopefully this could be fixed. I find posters hide behind wallpaper. Also..
• why does changing wallpaper remove everything off of wall. Sad times. Hopefully this could be changed.
• No-Atmosphere-4145 commented: I'd love for a feature where adding stairs won't cause the entire construction to become unremovable.
• Belickade commented: And how about an undo feature for the times you accidentally scrap a camp object.
• Similar to No-Atmospher-4145's post but I'll add it.. JakLynx commented: I’d love it if adding stairs to a vault wall door with vault door didn’t break the door and literally prevent you from entering.

Base Building Limits Extended

Lets talk about some Quality of Life updates that would help our base building experience. I'll dive deeper into some of the points that need some extra points to it.

For the love of god, increase base building limits, since we cant have two camps at the same time..

A further increase to maximum storage is not what we're talking about ( while this is something that can be improved upon), we want to be able to build more around our base, the total base building limit is what needs to be increased. Wires should not be apart of the base building costs in my opinion, this would help alleviate some room in the limit. I'm also hoping that wallpaper and things inside the displays don't count towards it but I have not personally checked.
To add more to the strain of base limits, is it possible to put things on shelves? I feel like they're so bare, id like to have them display items like display cases do.. that would be an amazing change!
Speaking of display cases..

why hard limit displays? I'm a collector, let me show off my collectables :( .. increase or remove display limits.

Lets increase these AND do not have the items count towards base storage. It sucks so much to see my STASH storage so high and be like "oh, its all the stuff on display" .. AND in the vendor. Putting items in your vendor or on display should remove them from your STASH. This would help the currently implemented STASH limit and it would also be such an improvement to the build system.
I also believe the limits on display shouldn't be towards the category but towards the item. Wall Displays should be separate than the floor glass display or any floor display to be honest. Even if you didn't increase the total limit for building displays and just separated how many you can make of each (mind you don't decrease the amount to 5 each..), this would improve our base building quality of life.
To further talk about displays, sometimes I can't place wall mounted displays because that wall doesn't have support below, though I was still able to build the wall. If the wall exists, the wall mounted display should be able to go on it.

And how about an undo feature for the times you accidentally scrap a camp object.

This is self explanatory though this is me emphasizing that this is huge. Big feature needed. Just a general undo last change is such a big help.

STASH Quality of Life Updates

These points were mentioned before but I'm going to mention them again. I understand that Fallout 1st is a good way for you to make some money on the stash limits, so upgrading the already set 1200 storage limit is unlikely BUT there are things that count towards stash that should not be. Such as:

• Vendor Items. These should not count towards our stash limit, its in the vendor..
• Displays. The item or weapon is being displayed outside my stash, therefore should not count towards my stash. This should be the case for all displays including bobblehead displays, Nuka-cola displays and so forth. This would alleviate so much space for some people and allow there to be more room without needing to increase the hard limit on STASH space.

That's pretty much it on that front.

New Ideas

Scrapping.
Scrapping my building item (generator, wall, lights) and losing most of its materials is a little frustrating. If I built it, I should get my materials back though I understand that is what storing items is and that you want to continue to have a game loop for gathering materials. So, its not a huge thing if this isn't changed in some way. Maybe I'm upset because I scrapped a generator to build it after I change the floor and didn't have enough materials anymore to re-build the generator. lol.
Fast Travel Spawn Point
This is a really cool request. Give us the ability to choose where players spawn when they fast travel to my base? Have one custom spawn point that must be put on a foundation or floor. Reason I say this is because my base is on a cliff and sometimes people or even myself don't spawn in my base but on the side of the cliff and then I have to fast travel again. It'd be nice to just have them spawn in a location that is preset so that no one falls or gets stuck.
I can see players setting up traps and what not with this, though I think the benefit outweighs the negative. There are many free fast travel locations if you get stuck and you only drop junk on death so? Maybe I don't know of other negatives from dying but I feel like most people want to show off their homes and not setup prisons lmao.
Shelves as displays
I talked about this earlier though shelves feel empty and I feel like my kitchen shelving would look nice if I can store some ingredients on them. Make it look more full and lively. Otherwise idk what to do with them lmao. Doesn't need to be crazy, just like fill the front side of the shelving unit and have 3 or 4 items to be displayed on the shelf. Also if this is implemented, items on shelves should not go towards STASH limits.
Renaming Power Chassis
I get confused on which power chassis hold what or displays what. Its like 7 power chassis in my stash. It'd be nice to name them lol.
Mark as To Be Scrapped
It'd be nice to mark items as "To Be Scrapped" so you know what you want to scrap, or even sell. That way you don't scrap something by mistake.
Guest Book
I remember reading somewhere an idea of having a guest sign book so that people that visit could sign saying like "I was here' or maybe "yolo 420" lol but it could also be emotes, stickers, pre-generated phrasing that people could sign with like a date saying when they signed it. Would be cool. Even something that could be done on the personal terminal?.

Conclusion

Look, I get it, some of these features are big asks but overall the quality of life improvements to STASH limits by removing the items displayed and in the vendor would be such a good change and one that wouldn't require too much refactoring of the CAMP code base (I hope). A lot of what was mentioned is nice to have but some are like really important to the ecosystem of building your base. Display limit segregation, removing wires as counting towards base limit, fast travel spawn point, undo button are just some to name that would bring big changes to the base building feature in this game.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk. Until next time!

I have sent my game to betatesters and almost all has a following request: The player should be able to move an item from inventory to loadout without moving the previous item out first.
However, there are two problems:

1. When the item is equipped, it is dragged to the corresponding loadout slot. The fingemousebutton is then released, so at least with mobile, the previous item cannot become dragged after the swap, since the fingemousebutton is already up.
   
2. If the item being dragged leaves placeholder object to the inventory, it works unless the player switches different sized items. So what happens if player switches small dagger from hand to big shield that does not fit in the inventory?
   

My idea is that when dragging on top of another item that is equipped, it checks if there is space for it in the inventory. If not, then it just gets deleted. The player has better item anyways when they have decided to replace the old item.
Any thoughts?

I am thinking about buying a high capacity 2.5 inch drive that I can put all the offline games. single player games and just other stuff I don't use that often while keeping the important stuff on my M.2 drives. My MB only has 2 m.2 ports and those 3tb are almost full. I like to have a lot of games to pick from and I also work on my gaming PC so it fills up quick. Just wondering if SATA drives are still okay in 2024.

Long story short I 26M found my gf’s spam twitter 25f, I have to admit first of all that it was a huge violation of her privacy and I know I was wrong. We talked about it and have moved past it. However it is over a year later and I still think about what I saw.
To start my gf is very supportive and a very good and attentive partner. She has been a huge inspiration to me as I pursue my career and strive to become a more self aware and emotionally developed individual. I love her dearly we have been together 2 years
During this time we had just moved together and its safe to say I had gotten complacent in the relationship. I was not planning and executing dates like i should and I wasn’t doing my part in house upkeep. (I have long sense improved these things, it was my first time in this situation and needed to get into the flow of things, I’m very loving but if im not mindful that will just manifest as me saying “I love you” 100 times a day and constant hugs. And thats not everyone’s love language ) I say this because this was during the time i checked her spam twitter, she was acting distant not returning any affection or engaging with me but hadn’t said why when I asked. When i checked the page she trash talked me almost everyday, most of it I can understand. But to this day certain things still hurt and cast doubt on this relationship for me. She said that she loves sex often but can’t even see herself being intimate with me because I didn’t do “anything strong, sweet, or expensive like its nothing.” She talked about things she would do if we broke up and how i sounded naive whenever we’d be drinking and I started talking about how much I loved her and will be with her forever. But what sticks with me the most is when she compared me to her ex and how she was so wildly attracted to him she wanted to have sex with him all the time and how I “have no game” and am a huge turn off to her. I took it on the chin because after we talked I saw all the ways I could improve and I got to it. I know I probably have no right to say this but it hurt because i felt like she was a safe space for me until that point. Fast forward a year and some change later I have improved my faults and we have no major issues at this time. However our sex life has gradually gotten worse to now we may only have sex a couple times a month. We have talked about it multiple times but its starting to feel like she is giving me the run around. I can’t help but think back to the tweet i saw where she belittled me in comparison to him and think about if i were him this wouldn’t be happening. She has made multiple small comments that indicate she compares us that could have easily gone over my head but didn’t. Once i confronted her about it but she denied and truthfully it could have been my insecurities getting to me but its also a good chance I caught something she didn’t want me to.
Now we rarely have sex, anytime I try to flirt with her its almost always dismissed and she rarely initiates. Honestly I could have made the compromise if it was an issue of mismatched libido because i genuinely love her and our relationship. But knowing it because she has some sort of aversion to me being myself and potentially sees me as less than her ex its like a bullet i can’t swallow. For some background he is a software engineer most likely making well into the 6 figure range and im a veteran who is currently in school to be a radiographer then mri technologist. I am a fairly skilled options trader and I work as a security officer while in school. My income is about 80-90k gross so im not financially struggling but obviously im not making engineer money. Not to sound arrogant at all but im a pretty handsome guy but I have a lot of emotional volatility, I can be difficult sometimes and she doesn’t deserve that when im a jackass because im having big emotions. I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years back so im really forgetful and it can be a struggle keeping a cool head when life does its thing. (Not an excuse in the slightest I always take full accountability for poor behavior) I confide in her a lot when I’m overwhelmed and I wonder if it has made me look weak. I’m not sure what course if action to take moving forward?
TLDR- I found my partners spam twitter and on it she belittled me in comparison to her exe. We had just moved together and I was failing to meet her needs as her partner. A year has passed and it still bothers me

As a side project starting from February, I've been making fun web apps, ranging from a melody maker to simple web games - all free of charge. Initially, it was about sharing something enjoyable, but unexpectedly, the products gained popularity, leading to a significant increase in traffic and significant maintenance cost. One idea is running ads but I really don’t like it bothers user experience. Could you space a few minutes and help me the direction of the service?
Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6BdRABMeIQiQuAn2E3fd71Ir4XMQnlZ8B5sgMTFlSVZOGAA/viewform?usp=sf_link

I'm planning on ordering a custom built PC and I'm wondering of this is any good. I'll be using it for gaming mostly. I have some questions.
Is my motherboard good, and if not, what should I get instead of it? I need 4 memory slots, since I'll be transferring 16 gigs of ram from my current build (2x4 and 1x8)
Is my PSU and cooling enough? Im not knowledgeable and another redditor recommended these to me yesterday, so I want to get a second opinion.
And lastly, is there anything I should change? I have about 200 euro to spare. Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I don't know much knowledge on PC building in general. Here's the link:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sNyNmD
Edit: forgot to add, but will I have space for an Adata SU750 1TB in there too? It's my current SSD. I also have another old HDD which I'm not sure the brand of, but I want to transfered these to since I need the space

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King of the Castle
Bravery and Greed
Amanda the Adventurer
Mediterranea Inferno
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REZ PLZ
Viscerafest
Heaven Dust
Streets of Rogue
Warman
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
Blue Fire (redeemed)
Metro: Last Light Redux
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Rising Hell
Soulstice
Death Squared
Other Fantical and Humble games:
12 is Better Than 6
AFTERGRINDER
Aer Memories of OLD
Alien Rage - Unlimited
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
BATTLESLOTHS
Black Book
Call of Juarez
Chains
Coromon
Crash Time 2
Dark Matter
Dead Estate
Deadlight
Deadly Days
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Dragon Spirits
Encodya
Enemy Front + Enemy Front Multiplayer Map Pack DLC
Evergarden
Frontline Tactics Complete Pack
Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition
GRAV
Golden Light
Grey Goo Definitive Edition
Hektor + Hektor - Official Soundtrack DLC
Infectonator: Survivors
Kingdom: New Lands
Kraken academy
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Larva Mortus
Monsters' Den Chronicles
Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
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Omen Exitio: Plague
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Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
Replica
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
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Schein
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Soulless: Ray Of Hope
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Space Trader: Merchant Marine
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Streets of Fury EX
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
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The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day
Tormented Souls
Train Valley 2
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• Insane Volume: Over $20M in volume already – the numbers speak for themselves!
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Campaign is set on the continent of Windermere. About 150 years ago the dwarves, elves, and their human allies who already had control of much of the continent tried to take full control from the beastkind and races they deemed lesser than themselves. The rest of the races banded together to fight back and almost lost, but the well trained knights and military of the dragonborn joined the fight and fought back the dwarves into their mountain region and home in the south-west; Uthakar, which left the elves to retreat back to their forest home of Nilyra-el.
After the war, the dragonborn settled and built three military/border control like cities along the northern border of Uthakar. This was to make sure that the dwarves could not try to take power from the rest of the world again. The elves, no longer having their more powerful allies to aid them, have mostly kept to their lands in the north-east.
Years later, there’s mostly peace on the continent. Cities and borders have been set as the world furthered into an age of working together after the wars. Rumors of a strange, dwarven ran, mercenary group pops up. The rise in information and history gatherers from the Dragon ran, island sized, library on Vesleria has increased as the dragon's reach out for more items of history, gossip, and information on the ongoings in the world. There are ongoing stories and rumors about sailors and the like never returning from voyages beyond the seas of Windermere as the continent takes the newfound prosperity and groups begin their try to explore the rest of their world.
This story starts out on a smaller scale though, the adventurers drawn in, whether for money, gossip, or their own goals to do good and be heroes, to the town of Toridge. Word has gotten around about what seems to be a normal agricultural town, almost large enough to be called a city by some, being targeted by a group of bandits. From what our adventurers have gathered on their journeys before coming to the town, is that the attacks seem far more targeted than just bandits after money or the like. So the adventurers head for the town, with their own goals in mind, to do what they can to help the struggling town.
Player slots: probably only four, might allow for five
System: 5e
Session duration: 4ish hours, longer if its wanted or able to (Would hate to stop in the middle of good roleplay because of time)
Schedule: Discord, Weekly, Saturdays @ 6pm EST
Character Building: starting level 3, one uncommon magical item (ran by me first), dnd beyond or roll20 for character sheets. Roll 20 for maps etc. No homebrew races or classes. Roll for stats(in discord), or point buy if an individual prefers.
Race Availability Info: There is a homebrew continent and pantheon. Warforged, as well as interplanar races, are not allowed (because setting) (such as astral elves, gith, shadar-kai, fairies, etc) Any race based on being in the mortal realm I can make space for if not already thought of.
About me: I’m 30, male, gay. Been playing for six or so years and have a good handle on the rules. I have a small amount of DMing experience, and I’m wanting to do it again after about three years of only playing. Played in a lot of heavily homebrewed worlds with weird magic systems and wild world stuff going on, and I just miss a good old simple dnd campaign. I’m a proponent of keeping the rules as they are, but rule of cool is of course a case by case basis.
Also, as I am 30, would prefer to play with other adults, 21 and up. Gonna be honest, not very lenient on this. Sorry.
Will be doing interviews for future players through discord.
Send me a message with some interesting facts about you, your discord name, favorite classes and past characters. Some of your own dnd stories that have stuck with you, good or bad. Experience with the game and roleplay in general. Favorite dnd shows, or shows in general, books series etc. Just some general stuff you think could sway my heart lol. Also any questions you might have.
Also, repeat, I am gay, so let’s keep that in mind when trying to join the game.
And a quick reminder that, though I’m a "veteran" player, still fairly new to DMing.
Thank you.

I need help in regards to a recent situation between me and my partner. I will start off with some follow up events to include important details.
To Set Up The Situation:
My (26M) partner and I (22F) had a pretty uneventful day. I had the day off of work, and as he does not work and is just staying with me - he was “off” as well. That day we had one thing planned: to go to my parents place so we could change the oil in my car, and also eat dinner with them.
After dinner, on the way back I asked what he would like to do when we got home. I suggested we continue watching The Office together, or if he preferred to game, or we could do something else. He chose gaming.
When we got home I asked if we could put The Office on the other monitor so we could at least participate in a shared activity. I asked if it would distract him from his game and he said no, and put on the show. I sat on the bed and decided to do my nails, and he sat in his chair about 4ft away and gamed as we both listened to The Office.
The Situation:
After a handful of hours of doing that, he logged off of the game and spent some time on his phone. He then abruptly said he wanted alone time in the other room. This to me was surprising as it was nearly time for bed and I had work early the next morning. The window for spending time together that day would have been closed if he took space. He walked to the living room.
I followed him out to ask how long he might be spending alone, and to ask why. After much conversation he told me it's because he “didn't feel wanted” and was upset that I didn’t go over and hug him while he was playing the game during that time period we spent together. He expressed he was upset we did no physical hugging / spending time together.
This to me was surprising as firstly, I had asked if he wanted to do anything together before we got home and he chose to game. It also surprised me because I had even gone as far to suggest meeting in the middle by putting on The Office so we could do a shared activity while he gamed. I was under the impression that he wanted to game, and that us simply chilling together in the same vicinity was okay.
So I responded that if he wanted to do something else or wanted physical connection, he should have communicated that. I said that he had chosen gaming, and if he wanted physical connection he could have even asked me to pull over a chair so I was closer.
He then responded that if he has to ask for it, then he didn't want it.
The Sub Situation:
Now about a week prior we had a similar situation where he called the very same mindset “flawed”. This ties-in at the end, so I will give you all a brief summary.
A week prior I walked into the room to find him playing a co-op game with his friends that he previously said he would invite me to (I also game). I got hurt that he didn't invite me after he said he would, and asked him why I didn't get an invite. His response was that he didn't know I wanted to play, and that I should have asked him what game he was going to play when he told me he was sitting down to play a game with friends - yet he still did not invite me after that conversation. So I communicated that I was hurt about the situation, and that I was extra hurt he didn't think of inviting me even after he knew I had a rough day at work.
He then invited me. However I declined as it was clear to me that he didn't really want me there, as he did not invite me the first time I asked why.
Basically: Because I had to ask (twice) I really didn't want to join, even if he did eventually invite me. He told me that my mindset was flawed, and that I should have just accepted.
Wrapping Things Up:
Now those two situations share a similarity - Both with the case of “If I have to ask for this, I don’t want it at all”. However, in both situations he had a different approach.
Where he had previously said that just because I had to ask for something it does not take away from the gesture, and that it was silly of me to decline. He now thinks it is a valid approach when applied to his situation when I told him he should have communicated.
So I asked why. And I asked which one he believes to be correct.
His response: That because I have felt that way in the past, HE is now forced to feel that way about it. Even though he previously did not on multiple occurring occasions. He said he “learned it from me”. He said that it's not because it's a right or a wrong mindset, but that he's learned that is what’s supposed to happen.
Ending Thoughts:
That to me seems very off. I can’t put my finger on why, maybe it is a lack of accountability? Maybe he’s shifting blame? But this is not the first time he has claimed to feel a certain way or take a stance purely because I have felt that way in the past. And this is not the first time he has used it to justify a thought that he previously did not agree with.
Does anyone know if this is something I should watch out for? Or even if this reasoning is correct? Perhaps I simply do not understand and it is a very normal thing to happen. I am trying to figure out my next steps moving forward, and how to handle that response in the future.
Thank you for reading.

Prey is a game that's garnered a strong fanbase over the years, with many immersive sim fans hailing it as one of the best games in the subgenre. I remember playing this game on release and being somewhat disappointed by it, but given the recent news of Arkane Austin's closing, I decided to do a replay to see if my experience would be different.
I'm disappointed to say that my experience replaying Prey was not any better, although now I feel that I can articulate why.
Prey falls short of the classic games that it imitates, and unfortunately some of the things that it tries to innovate with it fails to do so meaningfully. This comes down to essentially three critical issues that the game has:
1.) The Story: This is where Prey falls the most short of other immersive sim games. Ken Levine may catch a lot of flack for dumbing down gameplay systems in the BioShock games, but people keep coming back to Rapture to hear Andrew Ryan wax philosophy. They come back to the Von Braun to hear SHODAN. And they come back to Deus Ex for the rich world of conspiracies.
Prey's biggest (and well-presented) twist is over in the first 30 minutes, and while it's not a bad story per say, the game makes it very clear that you can't trust anyone and then from there you just take everything with a grain of salt. But what is really disappointing is that the story wants to borrow from touchstones like The Matrix and Moon without really adding anything to the deeper themes that those films engage with. There are no philosophical themes and memorable characters like BioShock or Deus Ex.
2.) The Combat: Immersive sim games seem to frequently struggle with good enemy design because of the vast array of options that the player has to be able to engage with them. Prey is no exception here, and pretty much all enemies from the Phantoms on up are frustrating to fight. Prey's combat never stops feeling sticky and unwieldy, and the Typhon powers never feel powerful enough to give you that sense of eventually becoming death on two legs that you get from other immersive sim games. There's no good flow, and I found that most combat encounters are determined by whether or not you have the right gear going into the fight rather than any amount of tactical or reflexive skill.
Now you could argue that that's an intention of the game's design, but if the designers really wanted to deemphasize moment-to-moment combat, then they should have added in meaningful stealth mechanics. This would have been especially useful in light of the other major gameplay issue, which leads me to point #3...
3.) Enemy Behavior: Prey is really fucking proud of its Mimics. They were all over the promotional campaign, and after playing I can't for the life of me understand why. Yeah, they're unique, but they're not fun to fight and they stop being a threat after the first 2 hours. After that, they become annoying.
Speaking of annoying, the Nightmare system is... interesting. The Nightmare is a difficult enemy to fight, but the fact that it (and most other enemies) infinitely respawns, while resources don't, artificially increases the difficulty and discourages revisiting areas, which is kind of against the point of having a game designed around a large interconnected space station.

That said, the game's art direction is still breathtaking, and the outrageous attention to detail across Talos I is staggering. The zero gravity space sequences are really unique and cool. And I actually thought the game was pretty good at being scary, with the enemies' undefinable shapes and jumpy movements being unnerving as hell (especially the Poltergeist, Weaver, and Nightmare).
Ultimately though, the gameplay never felt quite right and the story didn't leave me with much to remember. While I don't think that it's worthy of being held up with some of the classic immersive sim games, it is still a decent, perhaps 6/10 game in its own right.
What baffles me though is why Prey has received such a glowing reappraisal in recent years, while I don't see the same level of affection for games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution/Mankind Divided; which while not perfect, are much better immersive sims and better games all around.

I’m a little weirdo and a sweet girl who’s into music festivals and love almost all music but especially love emo and EDM. I can nerd-out about aliens, true crime (deep interest in serial killers), the paranormal, film, fashion, music, Disney, space and animals (especially cats 😽). I’m a night owl and I love going to film festivals, music festivals/raves, concerts, traveling, fine dining and the beach. I am an extroverted introvert and have a little bit of social anxiety 🥺. But if I seem to vibe with someone and they feel trustworthy I warm up quickly. I’m currently employed as a phlebotomist. I have a car as well. I guess I’m decent looking? (pretty hard on myself about my looks 🥺)
I want to get to know someone that lives in California (or seriously willing to relocate to California), in their late 20s/30s/early 40s and have a genuine wholesome connection, no nsa, no couples, no poly- a monogamous relationship only, BE SINGLE, no cheaters, don’t have a wife/gf/partner and/or children, Someone kind, attractive, giving , intelligent (intellectual-types a big plus), makes me laugh/similar humor (Superbad, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Borat, Bruno-that kind of humor) has a job and a car, stable job/career, has their own place or is living with roommates, likes animals especially cats, a night owl, someone who wants to get married in the near future and have a family, similar interests/tastes especially in the arts, decent sense of fashion/style and taste, talkative but also has good back and forth banter and can have long deep convos, expressive emotionally, similar values and societal/political views (towards the liberal side), not afraid to be vulnerable/open with their feelings, cultured/worldly, honest from the start, humble, trustworthy, open to other povs and ideas, emotionally intelligent, understanding of mental health and can handle someone with mental health issues, has some mental health issues of their own so we can relate to each other, makes their partneSO/whoever they are dating their priority, knows what they want, mentally strong, likes taking care of others and compatible in intimacy. I am only interested in someone who wants to jump with both feet in. I want a risk taker and is ready to fall in love- not someone who is super cautious and calculated when looking for their potential partner in life. Life is short. I am looking for someone who longs for that passionate fiery love.
Would love someone that is into EDM, film/TV, the arts, a little bit of gaming, cats or animals in general, film festivals, a reader, loves traveling or wants to travel, enjoys fine dining or just good food and the loves the beach. Emo, goths, ravers, tats/piercings or just has a cool/edgy aesthetic is a huge plus! Feel free to hit me up on chat (not DM) and send a pic (I’ll send one back if I’m interested) so I can put a face to who I am talking to :) (Physical attraction is important in building a connection so If you can’t send a photo showing your face in the beginning please don’t respond to this post)

Replayed PS2 and totally forgot the ending. Evil earth aliens… really? Story of earth humans (our future) destroying our own world and taking over another via manipulative means… I like it.
But the connection in a PS3 ending where you end up back at earth (our earth) and are greeted a space agency in London…..Just added additional cracks in the already amazingly disbelief ridden universe of PS.
Still a great game.

Round 1, Pick 26 - Graham Barton, C, Duke:
NFL: The Buccaneers fortify the offensive line with an experienced player who offers position flexibility. His elite presence on the interior should help elevate the run game and keep Baker Mayfield upright.
CBS Sports: A. This is a great pick. They have major issues at center and a question at left guard and he can play both. I love this pick. Barton will move inside from tackle, but he can play there in a pinch too.
ESPN: The Bucs got their top pick of an interior offensive lineman in Barton, who can immediately step in to fill the void left by center Ryan Jensen's retirement. While all but four of Barton's offensive snaps over the last three seasons have come at left tackle -- where he allowed just one sack in 2023 and two in 2022 -- he played 446 snaps at center as a freshman, which is his most natural fit and what caught the Bucs' eye. He plays with a great base, a good anchor and a "nasty temperament" that the Bucs' front office covets.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Likes his coffee hot and water cold which is actually reasonable.
Round 2, Pick 57 - Chris Braswell, DE, Alabama:
NFL: It's not often that a player with two college starts lands inside the top 60 picks, but Braswell did emerge last season as a jack of all trades for the Crimson Tide. At the very least, he could be a terrific special-teamer, but the Bucs likely hope to develop Braswell's pass-rush arsenal and squeeze even more out of his terrific athletic profile.
CBS Sports: A+. Had early RD2 grade on this outside rusher. Length, methodical pass-rush moves, deceptive power. Very productive generating pressure at Alabama. Sets a sturdy edge. A need in the post Shaq Barrett era.
ESPN: While the Bucs did sign Randy Gregory in free agency, he'll likely wind up being more of a rotational player opposite second-year edge YaYa Diaby. What they've needed is a replacement for Shaquil Barrett, who departed for the Miami Dolphins in free agency. Braswell's three forced fumbles in 2023 were tied for the most in the SEC, while his 42 pressures were the third most in the SEC. His eight sacks were tied for the fifth most in the SEC after having 2.5 sacks from 2020 to 2022. He also had 53 coverage snaps in 2023, which Todd Bowles does ask of his edge rushers. Braswell played 41 games with Crimson Tide but only made two starts, both of which came last season.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: He only likes the yellow part of the gummy worm.
Round 3, Pick 89 - Tykee Smith, S, Georgia:
NFL: Smith has a Mike Edwards-like projection, so it's easy to see why the Bucs took Smith here, in the same range they drafted Edwards in 2019. Although Smith is undersized and not an elite athlete, he has the nose for the ball and enough special-teams value to be a contributor in Year 1.
CBS Sports: B-. Slot defender / safety hybrid closer to slot CB size but doesn’t have those quicks. Surprisingly powerful hitter at his size and plays with a lot of conviction when tracking the football. Super-smart in coverage. Reads QB’s in a flash which helps him play faster than his timed speed.
ESPN: The Bucs see Smith as a nickel, and he played 80% of snaps in the slot with Bowles keeping a close watch on the UGA program, where his son, Troy, plays. They started undrafted free agent rookie Christian Izien last year and signed Tavierre Thomas in free agency, but their secondary as a whole needs more takeaways, which is where Smith comes in. His four interceptions in 2023 were tied for the third most in the SEC. He was also one of three FBS players with four or more interceptions and two or more sacks in 2023 alongside Michigan's Mike Sainristil and UNLV's Cameron Oliver.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Ribs. This man loves ribs. Cannot get enough ribs!
Round 3, Pick 92 - Jalen McMillan, WR, Washington:
NFL: A smooth-moving slot or outside receiver, McMillan returned from injury to help the Huskies make it all the way to the national title game. He has big mitts, good hands and more juice than he's sometimes given credit for. This is a really nice weapon to add to the Bucs' WR room.
CBS Sports: B+. Crafty, complete wideout with a trademark trait. Runs quality routes. Adequate separation. Not a burner. Not slow. Tracks it with good concentrations. Not a huge YAC type nor someone who thrives when leaping for the football in traffic. Robert Woods type with a bit more juice.
ESPN: The Bucs declined No. 3 wide receiver Russell Gage's option this year, and he was released. Mike Evans will also be 31 and Chris Godwin enters the third and final year of his contract, worth $20 million per year. McMillan can line up inside or outside but 33 of his 45 receptions came out of the slot in 2023, and he caught six passes out of the backfield. He's also a master of the post route. His six touchdown catches on post routes since 2022 are tied for the most in the FBS, while his 253 receiving yards on post route concepts since 2022 are the 10th most in the FBS.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Still willing to try and get the band back together.
Round 4, Pick 125 - Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon:
NFL: Bucky to the Bucs keeps the run on Ducks going. He's not terribly fast but can get up to max speed quickly and might end up as a decent complement to Rachaad White, even if they do similar things well.
CBS Sports: A. Bad testing figures - - despite reasonable speed - - but one of the most elusive, hard-to-corral RBs over the last few drafts. Smaller stature. Decent contact balance too. Weapon in the receiving game, and of course, out in space. Fun addition.
ESPN: The Bucs have had the league's worst rushing attack over the last two seasons (82.9 yards per game) and wanted to bolster competition. Irving is 5-9 and 192 pounds and ran a 4.55 40-yard dash at the NFL combine -- 14th among 20 running backs. While his testing was not great, the tape shows production. He topped 1,000 rushing yards in each of his two seasons at Oregon, including 1,180 with 11 touchdowns in 2023. He broke or evaded an FBS-high 144 tackles since 2022, and he had 896 rushing yards between the tackles in 2023, averaging 7.1 yards per rush. His 56 receptions last season led all FBS running backs.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: He once ate an 8 layer peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Round 6, Pick 220 - Elijah Klein, OG, UTEP:
NFL: With 55 college starts and good length, Klein has a chance to make it in Tampa. He's stiff and might be an inside-only blocker, however.
CBS Sports: C. Smooth operator at guard. Quality run-blocking abilities. Opens the gate too soon in pass pro and not ultra experienced there. Not many true sets in college.
ESPN: The Bucs didn't re-sign Matt Feiler or Aaron Stinnie, who both started at left guard last season. Along with Cody Mauch, they finished with a combined 70.2% run blocking win rate among guards -- 16th in the league last year. None of them finished in the top 50 in pass block win rate either. The Bucs did sign free agent Sua Opeta from the Philadelphia Eagles, and Klein will compete with those two. Klein allowed 1.3% pressures at UTEP and in 45 games, he allowed four sacks with a 1.6% blown run block rate. In 2023, he allowed one sack all season.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Always wondered how Raymans hands worked if he doesn’t have arms.
Round 7, Pick 246 - Devin Culp, TE, Washington:
NFL: Culp shocked a few people when he ran a 4.47-second 40-yard dash, but his 230-pound frame figures to limit his role quite a bit. Even so, Culp improved each college season and has some unrealized potential as an H-back.
CBS Sports: B+. Smaller, speedster H-back TE type. Was very underutilized at Washington but flashed when given the opportunity. Made some impressive snags in traffic. Not much YAC-wise but can run away from second-level defenders if given space.
ESPN: The Bucs' 502 combined yards from tight ends last year was third worst, and they needed to bolster competition at the position. At 6-3 and 231 pounds, Culp ran a 4.47s 40-yard dash at the scouting combine, which was the fastest among tight ends this year. But he'll need to improve as an in-line blocker, which is where his size is a concern. He's also had some drops with six (8.8% drop rate) in 28 games.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Has soft hands… both ON and OFF the field.

I’m looking for a 4TB nvme card.
I’ve got 4 options basically:
1) TeamGroup MP34 4TB ($299.99 CAD)
2) Silicon Power UD90 4TB ($308.05 CAD)
3) MSI M461 4TB ($319.99 CAD)
4) Crucial P3 4TB ($329.99 CAD)
The TeamGroup ssd has Dram cache, the Silicon Power ssd has SLC cache. The other two ssd’s are dram-less cache.
They are are PCIE Gen 3 and all use 3D NAND flash storage.
All 4 companies offer a 5 year limited warranty and are warrantied to 1.5 million hours. However, TeamGroup and Silicon Power offer up to 2400 TBW, whereas MSI and Crucial only offer up to 900 and 800 TBW for their warranties.
TeamGroup drive Read/Writes are rated up to 3500/2900 Mb/s. Where as all the others are up to 5000/4500 Mb/s.
The MSI and crucial drives are almost write-offs in my books. Not only are they marginally more expensive, but they have worse components and significantly worse warranties.
So I guess I’m split between TeamGroup vs. Silicon Power.
The main reason I’m upgrading is because I am tired of uninstalling and re-installing games on steam and I want to get rid of my SATA ssd and clear up some space in my case by deleting the sata power and data cables. (Absolutely zero room for an HDD lol)
Edit: the more expensive SSD’s are pcie gen4… oops
Someone sway me in one direction or the other, or send me down a new rabbit hole with a product I haven’t looked at yet.