Bay 12 Games Forum

Oh yeah, Merry Christmas everyone! Even if it just ended in my timezone.   
I actually had a real nice day.    

I think a girl might be into me
She's called me tall dark and handsome like three times
We talk for hours every day
She says I'm smart
And that my poetry is amazing.

More to the point I actually like her and feel relaxed around her
(Don't worry, I'm not so stupid as to believe her. That way lies hubris and the wrath of the gods)

Wait, isn't having a girl you like actually express interest in you more of a Terrified thread thing? Or is that just me?   

Wait... do people still use Twitter? The Discord part is definitely a thing, though.   
I personally much prefer a good ol' fashioned forum, but I think I'm in the minority.    

So, after a brief discussion about country music in a doom metal Facebook group of all places, I've been made aware of two recent albums released by good ol' Sturgill Simpson, on which he reimagines various songs from throughout his career in a bluegrass style.   
I've been listening to the first one (Cuttin' Grass, vol. 1) and it is gosh dang frickin' fan-freaking-tastic.   
   

Whether it's early songs of his that I already loved (such as Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean, Old King Coal and Railroad of Sin) or his later, more experimental stuff that didn't do much for me (most notably Just Let Go so far), everything benefits from a shot in the ass of good ol' bluegrass. Pure class.   

So, I've created a GoG account and am currently scouring their selection for affordable titles with which to jump-start my collection over there.   
Any recommendations? Where's the good shit hidden? My taste in games is almost as bizarrely varied as my taste in books and movies, but at least there are the constraints of my somewhat feeble-but-dependable laptop to narrow things down a bit. Also, I would much rather have a close-up perspective of shitty graphics than a zoomed-out, semi-isometric perspective of nice ones - that seems to be a common thing in otherwise dank RPGs.   

Simulator/strategy/citybuilding games are sweet as well, of course.   


Also, is Tyranny worth buying for half-price? I vaguely remember looking into it ages ago when it was a fairly recent release and not quite being won over by what I read, or saw - it has that same problem with an unsightly perspective. Gods, I'm glad I didn't buy that expensive-ass game on Steam.   
Really though, I just wanna crush the weak beneath my boots, and then if that eventually gets boring, cut the strong down to size and crush them down there too. That or make endless fat stacks of fantasy dollars from shady dealings. *shrug*   

Ohh, okay. I thought the "limited time" part meant from the moment you linked your account.   
That explains it, then, I don't think I've bought any recent releases on Steam for quite some time.   

Huh, Wasteland 2 is ten bucks on GoG. I get that it has a new sequel now that people are probably losing their minds over, but still, it feels like it's a fairly recent game to me.   

...Yeah, that's right, GOG, you heard me. I've finally bailed on Steam's overwhelming and inescapable shittiness. RIP all those games, especially the ones I only just bought a few weeks ago.   

Ohhhh. So, in conclusion: dump in allll the hops right at the start of the boiling process and no later. Gotcha!   

You know, I've been thinking lately that homebrewing would actually be kind of fun to try my hand at.   
Of course, slapping together a still would be pretty cool, too. Imagine all the money I would save on booze...   

The game runs on my PS4 well enough. I had like, a couple of crashes, but meh. Oh and sometimes the pictures of people calling me would stick around on the screen for long after the call finished, just staring distractingly down at me, presumably judging my character hard as I rummaged through piles of trash for potential loot. That was probably the worst bug I encountered.   
I didn't play for very long, mind you, considering what I saw was about as exciting as watching paint dry. Colourful paint, maybe, but paint nonetheless.   
Fortunately, though, I expected the game to be pretty bad and as such had no real scope for disappointment.   

I don't mind if the reference is dated. Heck, if they put a Monty Python reference in there, I'd laugh at that too.   

   
I'm pretty sure stuff like Monty Python is kinda timeless, though, even if I'm not the biggest fan myself.