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  • If I played any Rockstar games, I’d be unhappy with their new anti-cheat too, since it needlessly blocks linux, but this isn’t the way this should be protested. If anything, this probably validates their decision.

    The way this should be protested is to just stop playing. Stop giving them money. Stop boosting their month active user numbers that they can flaunt to investors. Hit them financially, since it’s the only hit they really care about. There’s a sea of other high-quality games you can play instead.







  • For the lazy, three of his kids died before 30:

    • Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain: died at 75y/o (heart attack)
    • Wife Olivia Langdon Clemens: died at 58y/o (heart failure)
    • Son Langdon Clemens: died at 19 months (diptheria)
    • Daughter Suzy Clemens: died at 24y/o (spinal meningitis)
    • Daughter Clara Clemens: died at 88y/o (likely overdose)
    • Daughter Jean Clemens: died at 29y/o (drowned in bathtub after epileptic seizure)

    Worth noting the life expectancy when Mark Twain was born was about 60-65, so he did outlive the average by 10-15 years. But this is still more due to his children having tragic deaths rather than his longevity.








  • Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Collection is a blast if you’re okay with a kart racer.

    Flatout 2 is the OG combat racer.

    If you’re looking for a true “racing sim” type game I would probably recommend one of the Assetto Corsa games, either the original or competizione.

    CarX Drift Racing Online is probably not what you expect, but is really fun. Not exactly a traditional “racing” game because you don’t compete for time, but rather compete for “drift points,” with longer/wider drifts getting more score. It has a surprisingly thorough singleplayer mode, and the multiplayer is relatively relaxed. Multiplayer is setup in an open-world style; you join a big lobby and can just drive around with friends or randoms without actually competing for anything, although people in each lobby can start competitions that everyone else can opt-in to. The main reason I’m recommending it is it has very thorough car customization and is a chill, non-competitive driving game, whether that be singleplayer or multiplayer.









  • Not too different. The bot problem started in… early 2020 maybe? Then it took about 2yrs for community leaders to start the first push of #SaveTF2 in 2022. Valve did a little bit back then to help (votekick changes especially helped), and things were good for a few months… but ultimately, things have slowly gotten bad again (if not worse). It’s been 2yrs since #SaveTF2, so it was about time for another round, this time rebranded as #FixTF2.


  • Save.tf has the full rundown. But basically, if you join TF2’s casual mode (TF2’s most popular game mode), there’s a 50/50 chance the server will be overrun with user-created bots. These bots have aimbot, pick sniper, and instantly kill anyone who comes into their line of sight. They also try to votekick real players, and if there are enough bots in the match, usually succeed. The bot hosters are trolls who just want to ruin the game for everyone, and have gone as far as swatting the lead developer of MegaAntiCheat, a user-created anti-cheat for TF2.

    There’s been a big #FixTF2 / #SaveTF2 social media push recently, trying to push Valve to do anything to try to solve the bot problem. After a day or two of getting no response from Valve, people resorted to review-bombing the game.