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RIP Mario and Luigi

Oh you're in for a treat. I'd really recommend playing the original Paper Mario first if you haven't already.

Very prescient

Do they have reasonable competitors? I see them used so much.

Let's all just use IPs

In nearly 17 years at Valve, Wood helped build and ship the company’s most notable titles, including Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2, CS:GO and both episodes of Half-Life 2. He was a founding member of the CS:GO project and worked on that series for six years; he was pivotal in crafting Portal 2’s co-op mode, and he created choreography and combat scenes in Half-Life and Left 4 Dead. Level design was one of his specialties.

You have my attention.

“It really is more about cozy exploration,” Wood told Engadget. “The game has aspects of platforming, but it's very light platforming. It's more about exploring vertically, and exploring nooks and crannies. I've done a lot of things throughout my career, but one of the things I spent a lot of time doing was level design in video games, so I have a lot of personal interest in creating spaces that feel fun to explore, to sort of poke around in.”

Sold

there's just nothing else which most of the people i talk to will "get"

The group here may be different from most of the people you talk to.

Try:

"the average person"

Or (mostly joking) "allistic"?

Some phones have more RAM than a Series S? Wow.

I have wonderful people in my life, but the first thing that comes to mind is music.

They can and should spend less on anti-piracy measures to become more profitable.

You mean by making a better service?

They forget pirating video is really really easy

Existing apps made switching pretty good and I'm now loving sync's ability to apply custom themes. My beehaw acct has a nice honey tinge.