Some of these responses are crazy. Just because it’s the rurals doesn’t mean I don’t have a full time job, responsibilities, and limited free time, particularly in daytime hours. I need a reasonable means to haul things and go places, and to do it within reasonable time frames.

I got people suggesting horse, bikes, and now Chinese wheelbarrows for getting groceries every few weeks going around 65 miles round trip, y’all are killing me. 🤣

As I noted to the person who recommended the horse, I can’t carry 6 weeks of groceries 30-odd miles on a bike. The local store has basics but is far from everything I’d need, and generally at a hefty mark-up for a lot of things not produced locally (it’s how they can stay in business, I’m not judging).

If I just needed to travel somewhere that would be fine, but when I leaves home it’s generally not for a joyride.

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Edit - also, as with the horse, it’s illegal to ride a bike on interstate highways, and I wouldn’t want to with posted speed limits being 75 mph with the average speed being over 80 mph through most of the trip. There’s literally no other road leading into town, so otherwise the entire trip would involve off-roading through rolling hills and rough terrain.

Nah, I’m not the target audience. Switched to Linux over a decade ago with no regrets. Windows is essentially malware now.

I suspected it wasn’t a serious suggestion, but wasn’t certain and couldn’t help thinking through the logistics anyway.

A horse would be even more expensive than a car, and would have way more emissions compared to my driving habits.

Plus, my car is already paid off, and a horse wouldn’t be able to carry a CUV’s worth of groceries and goods, let alone if I need to get tools or lumber.

Oh, and I probably can’t ride a horse down 35 miles of interstate highway without being arrested, let alone sheltered from the elements. Actually the more I think about this suggestion the worse it gets.

I kind of agree, but I’ll admit, I wouldn’t give up my car. I moved out here because I wanted out of city life and into more nature and quiet life. I only drive into town every 6 weeks for groceries and necessities in bulk and there’s no way I could haul all that on public transit. I want to be in the city as little as possible.

My property doesn’t even have paving, and trying to get the drive graveled was such a pain I just ended up slapping on all-terrain tires, both to deal with getting on and off the property slope in mud, and also because there’s country roads (dirt/sand) here and street tires suck on that in general and especially when it snows.

I live in a rural area over 30 miles from the nearest city in a town with a population in the low thousands. The nearest place I can get any goods is over 4 miles away. I’d be completely fucked without a car.

I know that’s not everyone’s situation, but just pointing out there are people living in remote places with no other transportation options.

To Trump: Technically Constitutionally, you’re NOT entitled to a third term, as you’re inelligible to run for a third term. Sincerely, all Americans

As long as it’s not Anno. I love the OG series, but I’m sorry man, Rebuild of Eva was a complete clusterfuck.

No “maybe” about it, the time for soft language is long past. Billionaires need to be taxed to the hilt to pay for the aggregate needs of the populace and national infrastructure. They don’t pay their share and they leverage their wealth to continually increase their wealth and influence while not contributing to the commonwealth.

There’s no reason for these people to have more money than god, and we’ve seen them have exponentially disproportionate power and levels of influence in politics and life in general, influencing all aspects of society as their levels of wealth have dramatically increased over the last decade and change.

she has had a real moral turn

Not possible, she had no morals to begin with. It’s likely just a new grift, nothing more to see.

Let’s not forget her role in the current insanity, and she certainly hasn’t done anything to earn forgiveness. A few tweets absolve nothing.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-capitol-rioter-mock-prison-cell-january-6-defendants-jail-2022-8

Pretty sure they’re referring to The Host and… yeah, it’s actually not bad.

Seemingly good, just massively padded. We’re talking about what was a ~30 hour PS1 RPG being milked for three entire games. One of which, still isn’t released nearly 6 years later. Squeenix basically got away with selling parts of a game.

I actually own Remake and Rebirth, but I just can’t get into them because… why bother? Not like I can finish it.

SteamDB.

https://steamdb.info/calculator/

Fuck $70+ games.

“Mistakenly.”

Sure.

I love CV3 but it’s brutal, I’ve played it off and on since around 1991 or so and still never finished it.

Have you played the Japanese version, Akumajō Densetsu? Some of the tracks in that version are even better with the use of the fancy sound chip (VRC6).

Nah, it’s great and has some of the best music in the series. I mean, it introduced Bloody Tears!

Try a romhack of the game, like Simon’s Redaction or Simon’s Quest Retranslated, it’s absolutely worth a play.

Nope, believe it or not the first Metroidvania style game was Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest for the NES. It was actually an excellent game, but a botched translation to English made it more frustrating and obtuse than it should have been. It was rather ambitious for a NES game.

Also, while level based and not Metroidvania style, Castlevania 3, Super Castlevania IV, Bloodlines, and Rondo of Blood were all fantastic games and Iga’s games have their lore and continuity based on the prior titles. In fact, SotN’s intro sequence is literally the ending of Rondo, it’s a direct sequel.

Not to mention, while it wasn’t as well received, the attempted series reboot (Lords of Shadow) was pretty great too. Mostly people didn’t like the gameplay changes for the 3D title.

And that’s not even getting into the N64 and PS2 games (one of which, Curse of Darkness, was popular enough that the first Netflix Castlevania series involves characters based on it).

Metroidvania was Igarashi’s style, to the point they were sometimes coined as “Igavania” games, but they’re not the end-all-be-all of the series.