i stopped commuting to work in my car and switched to a motocompacto + public transit. Probably one of the best decisions ive made this year. while it was a little up front investment, i have since paid it off with no longer having to pay for downtown parking. im also a one car home and i would prefer my wife have some easy access to a vehicle should an emergency happen with me or my kiddo.

love riding the moto every morning to the metro line, packing it up and out of the way of other commuters. anecdotally, it really does seem like more scooters and assisted bikes are on the road in my area. though that could just be due to the season.

the change would not be ideal for many, but it fit my needs perfectly.

I don’t follow Adin, or really anyone, but I also had that video show up in my feed today. Given what you said i wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same one just patched up and wrapped for the stunt. We didn’t see the interior in the video so it could still be rough. Looks all like a PR stunt and the truck isn’t actually being gifted. If it’s called into question it is easy to just say the gift was declined.

Given Musks character, if he was involved, he’d be right there with them delivering the vehicle.

Whatever the truth was, it was all awkward to watch.

Now that you mention that… I feel like a bad boy breaking the law on my Motocompacto 😎. I am a threat to society as i bob and weave through both pedestrian and vehicle traffic at the high octane speed of 15mph signaling my presence with rings from my tiny bell. Only potholes and inclines of more than 10 degrees stand in my way. Once I reach my destination I instill psychological terror to those in the area, forcing them to determine if i just rode in on a suitcase or a white folding table.

On the matter, i like/dislike lime and adjacent groups. i like they provide decent alternative transportation in urban environments, but dislike that they often clutter walkways, sometimes get ripped up and tossed about, or are abandoned into the local rivers.

Pretty cool lookin though

dominated in virtua tennis 2 and then started playing half-life for dreamcast.

i think to a degree implementations of services like Games for Windows Live stopped the first golden age for larger studio type games. ofc not all games were GFW but such a service that after its cancellation caused some games to just become unplayable on PC was wild.

very true. there really something liberating about about self hosting.

i think using node and express.js is very approachable in serving your web content. https://expressjs.com/

following the hello world example on their site will help clarify how everything clicks together.

i know u said this is a project for learning, but static site hosting is pretty cheap and may provide less headaches as you’re learning. sites like porkbun offer it for $3 USD and i think even github has a free way tp host a static site. idk what running a computer at home would cost monthly in electricity.

hmm yeah i don’t generally use crossbows either. i feel in a lot of games they’re strong but then their cooldown or reload time is super slow and takes you out of the action to load up another shot. at that time i’ve probably switched to another weapon.

mount and blade comes to mind. ill use a crossbow as i approach people on horseback but once i’m in the thick of battle its swapped out for some lance or another long pointy boi. even then id only be using the crossbow if i didn’t have a bow available to me.

edit: except in i think age of empires 2. those chinese cho ko no ku ??? units are bomb as hell

While maybe not kid friendly due to themes in the game, but i think The Binding of Issac is a pretty good place to start.

It is easy to learn, but provides enough space for skill growth. It offers a nice mysterious progression of enhancements and curses to amplify that core gameplay. Furthermore, the gameplay loop with randomly generated levels, item tables, and shuffling boss rosters, the game really offers so much for someone to get new to games excited about.

My wife never grew up with video games, where i was the opposite. we dated for about 3 years and one day she asked me about BOI. I showed her how to play it on my PC and the rest is history. i think she had clocked almost 1000hrs in the game. Now, she plays games more than I do! She bought an Xbox and plays whatever is on game pass. I am almost certain she is close to perfecting Hades.

A close second would maybe be the Aliens arcade shooter with the big ol guns you point at the screen!

Tetris

I lived in a smaller town when i was younger and we rented video games from the grocery store. I recall n64 games on one side of a display rack, and vegetables on the other.

Our household used to rent RUSH 2049, Vigilante 8, and Gauntlet often. Many fun weekends to be had!

it was a surprising pace of difficulty but really rewarding once you got patterns and behaviors down. compared to the original, i also felt 2 is less vague in its clues. I don’t think i could beat the first game without a guide, but in 2 it just takes awareness and you’re generally off on the right path.

I was recently released from the hospital for pancreatitis. I was stuck in for a week and a half. In that time I really got into Zelda II : The Adventure of Link. I always passed it up mainly to the perspective change and really no other reason. i got super addicted playing it in between blood tests, scans and sugarfree jello dinners. kept my mind preoccupied and away from stewing in my sadness.

I initially kicked myself for never playing it before, but i’m happy i didn’t because it was really refreshing to play and something i really needed in my time of need. It is now probably my favorite NES game, and a game that i will likely play through again.

i like the Phantasy Star 3 soundtrack. i had it on my record player for quite some time as it was the only music my newborn would fall asleep to.

aside from pokemon, jrpgs were never an interest to me. however a switch must have flipped in my head!

started playing shining force 3 and I have been enjoying it so far!

i purchased a sega saturn about 6 months ago and aside from playing a few multiplayer rounds with friends, saturn is all i play now.

that being said, i’ve been playing Virtua Fighter and getting my ass kicked by the bots on normal. been at it for a few weeks. ( i stink at fighting games ) but i managed to beat all of the characters with the exception of Dural. i got to see the end credits so i count it a victory.

moving onto Virtua Fighter 2 this upcoming week

Finishing the first level of Doom II and thinking i had beat the whole game. hehehe