the united states government has never done anything bad with ill-gotten information like use it to overthrow a democratically elected government or influence a foreign election or induce instability by fanning the flames of a separatist movement
I've been on a roll recently clearing out my backlog. The list of the games I've completed in the past couple of weeks include:
A Valley Without Wind - Weird experimental metroidvania with crafting. It has no end, but I messed around long enough to see that its a decent game prototype, but I don't think it has legs as a game properly. It reminds me of something that could have been a genre setter had it been created early enough in the history of video games. Points for originality in how it all goes together, but it isn't all that fun and the controls are rough.
Aegis Defenders - Pretty fun action adventure with some tower defense/timed defense aspects and a bit of an intriguing story. I stopped playing this before beating it because I just didn't feel like an action adventure game at the moment, but will likely go back at some point.
Alba - A Wildlife Adventure - Very interesting Zelda game, minus combat. I had a lot of fun with this, but it made me motion sick so I had to stop playing after a couple of hours. It has a setting you don't often get in games set in our world.
A Short Hike - Fun exploration game if that's what you are hankering for.
Airships: Conquer the Skies - I gave up on this as I just didn't vibe with it at all. Others would probably have fun, but the real-time aspect of it didn't work for me.
The Battle of Polytopia - I played a lot of this on the phone, but picked up the PC version at some point for a dollar. Good as always, but I think the phone/portable version just works better for the pick-up and play style. It's a fun puzzle civilization.
Ancient Enemy - A deckbuilder RPG solitare game I got from Epic for free. It's actually pretty fun, though it is a bit flat narratively.
Cosmic Star Heroine - It's a pretty good 16 bit style RPG, but the combat system and story just feel a bit underdone.
Dusk Child - exploration game. I got through most of it, but the gameplay wasn't engaging enough for me to finish. It's actually done through a webpage.
Dungeon of the Endless - I reinstalled this and played a bunch more. A hard, but very fun roguelike.
Iris and the Giant - Fun deckbuilder roguelike. It feels very puzzle-like, but for a chill turn based story about anxiety it entertained me.
Islands: Non-places - A collection of cool animations. Weirdness that reminds me of the between episode weird animations on YTV in the 90s.
Loop Hero - Fun roguelike deckbuilder auto-battler. There's some interesting worldbuilding aspects (I like the whole Vampire Lord deal, it's a cool thing to borrow for D&D games), but the story and rest of it feels a bit aimless and doesn't live up to the premise.
Slay the Spire - I put my thoughts in another thread, but this was fun until I had beaten it on all characters at which point my interest fell off. I think it would have more legs for me if I could banish certain cards at the start of the game to make the odds of getting a particular build more likely.
Splendor - This was a pretty solid version of the board game, but I recommend playing the base game or the Cities expansion. I was really disappointed in the AI which appears to team up on the player and will pull moves that let other AI players win even if it doesn't make any sense.
SteamWorld Dig - I abandoned this one. The mining is fun, but the extremely limited supplies you can carry with you means it is more of an effort in frustration and what you discover as you go deeper just left me bored. There'd be a cool game here if it wasn't constantly saying no fun to everything.
Vampire Survivors - Lots of fun, very cheap, and it goes on forever. My main criticism is that the terrain is very boring and it would be a lot more fun if terrain played a larger role (and yes I unlocked some of the other maps, but enemies ignore terrain which means it is only a drawback for the player).
Just saw a turkey vulture hoping for a bite from the same cat food the ravens/crows are waiting for a crack at. Sadly, all I have is a real shitty phone camera with software zoom, aka it just crops the image. But it's a bird photo so here it goes!
How is pulling a person under 21's pants down and showing their genitals to the public not also sexual assault? I feel like that cop should have to register on a list after that.
I do support penalties for shoplifting luxury non-perishable items, obviously. We had a big problem here during the pandemic of theft rings stealing chemicals and beauty supplies so they could be resold on grey markets, and sure, they can be a crime. Have at it.
Stealing $5000 worth of wagyu beef? Also a crime.
Stealing a loaf of bread and some deli meat? Mais non, Javert.