This is honestly the approach that’s given me the most peace of mind as I’ve gotten more years of GMing under my belt. As little as possible, but at least something for everything, so I’m never truly caught of guard by player shenanigans.

We love to see the wheels of change turning. It’s a first step in what I hope will be a turning point for Canada-EU defence capabilities.

I’m not fully up-to-speed on the pivot to the EV mandate, but wonder if it has to do with economic outlook in the wake of trade scuffles with the U.S.? I do think this is just going to be a test of time to see whether the new strategy for increased EV production and adoption will produce better results than strategies we’ve been following so far.

219-211. That spread makes this vote meaningless, because almost HALF of our former ally’s Congress wants this to continue.

Totally get it - it’s a rare day nowadays where I’ll pick up anything on Steam for full price.

I actually have had this one on my Steam wishlist for a while, and I’m so excited for it as well! That crisp PS2 graphics vibe with such an in-depth world and systems has me really excited to get my hands on it when it comes out. This is one of those ones that I agree, even though I’ve been burnt by EA and preordering in the past, I’ve gotta be there for this one!

Oh man, this looks SICK! Going to have to check these out!

It’s heartbreaking to hear about this. Sincerely hope that the families have the support they need, and my heart goes out to everyone impacted.

I honestly do wonder who their main market is – I assume handheld gamers would sooner opt for the cheapest option that gets the job done, which is by all accounts the Steam Deck just for sheer ease of use and decent price point for hardware.

It has an update slated for this year? Intriguing.

I’ve not seen much of the new 007 game for a while, but is almost like a mix of Hitman x Tomb Raider x GTA in terms of gameplay? I’d love to check it out maybe once it’s on sale.

It would be nice and a step in the right direction if we could get regular publicly available insight into the status of these things, with the caveat of knowing some stuff might need to be redacted for safety concerns (but only where truly critical and necessary).

If we’re going to have these institutions and rely on them to uphold the law, then we need to know we can trust them to do that, and be more in-the-loop so when things go as wrong as this, we can pounce it before it spirals. Trust needs to be earned back.

American Greed - shooting the American economy in the foot since 1776.

From what I can gather, I think the Stoat team is likely experiencing insanely heavy and unexpected traffic to their platform, and their server is still trying to catch up - I am also running into the same problem, but I assume the team is working hard behind the scenes to get everyone in and stabilize the platform as soon as they can!

It’s a shame Bungie dropped the ball on Destiny - though I’ve been seeing some good things coming from their new game Marathon, so might give it a shot on a free weekend to see how it is.

I would say if you enjoy fun little 2D Souls-like games and you have them in your backlog, Tails of Iron and its sequel, Tails of Iron 2 are both really enjoyable games that don’t take too long to finish. Not as difficult as Blasphemous or the other 2D souls-likes either, really just enjoyable games with well-written stories.

I will admit, I’ve never seen Agefield High but it looks like a great spiritual successor to Bully – might actually add this to my wishlist!

How’d you like the first Slay the Spire? I’ve never played it but I’ve heard good things.

I’m with you though - the list of games I want to play is so long, it’s going to be a major time investment to get to them! I’ve been actually finishing up Oblivion Remastered (trying to 100% all the achievements) and that’s already taken a good chunk of my time 😅

Major respect for your group eyeing up the new Forza game as a potential group game. I’m also somewhat in that boat - our group used to all be Destiny 2, but since we moved on we haven’t found anything that really fits for us. Good luck, hoping it’s a solid game 🫡

Honestly, I’ve switched up my habits on that front myself - I’ve started clearing out my backlog of things that I think are cool but I know I’m just not going to play.

Mouse P.I though is an incredible one, I haven’t been following the progress but the rubber hose animation and the attention to detail on their art direction is top notch - I’m hoping it launches as a fun to play game.