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Highly suspicious that in these, you know, times, EA has chosen to release content that's clearly intended for Pride Month... in April.
I'm guessing to avoid scrutiny in June ? Or because they know another EO is coming ? In any case, I can only see it as a sign that there will be nothing for Pride Month this year coming from EA. It's a type of "obeying in advance" that I hadn't seen yet from a company : we still support... but we also do it when it's less symbolic.

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I'm staunchly team #Paralives now.

I didn't always use to think so highly of it, especially concerning its epidemic "coziness"/safety that I feared would end up making the game boring, non-representative of poverty, and rather drama-free... but with #InZOI showing what the "corporate AI-driven rich influencer startup" alternative life sim vibe looks like, I really am at a point where I prefer a traditional, handmade, queer-friendly indie game like Paralives.

#InZOI creeps me out. From the first time it was shown InZOI looked like it was a #LifeSim exclusively representing upper-class hyper-polished startup guru types. Feels like a kind of game that Saudi Arabia would publish as a #sportswashing thing?

I'm conflicted about the many #GenAI features. They seem quite cool in a game like this (custom objects, animations, clothing etc from photos), but it adds to the "creepy techbro crypto ad" vibe of the game.

Underrated game: #TheSims Bustin' Out for #GBA. Very different from the classic Sims games, and also different from the Playstation game of the same name, it's a life simulation RPG with a chill vibe. It reminds me of games like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, minus the farming and the timer.

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@vetgaming @linuxmint It's just a necessity, according to @fuchsiii, as it's just not feasible longterm to collect rarer-and-rarer #VintageComputing hardware and rely on non-enforcement of copyright on #Abandonware.

  • Plus whilst #Valve isn't antragonistic to #Proton / #DXVK repackagings, not relying on them is kinda important, as this setup also helps with otger applications that ain't strictly games or in setups that one may not want to be on the internet.

It makes #TheSims and #FightingIsMagic just work on anything that is #amd64 and has enough resources to throw at it.