Yea I’m not sure of OP’s ability and the requirements for games was vague. But IPX isn’t that big of a hurdle, DOSBox has an emulator for it: https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/connectivity

Bigger issues would be sourcing and playing some of these games on modern systems at all. And some dedicated servers can be a pain.

SOLDAT 2 was recently released. Basically just a minor face-lift.

Warcraft 2/3, Starcraft, Halo 1, Command and Conquer 1/2/3. Red Alert 1/2. Battlefield 1942, 1943, 2, Vietnam, 2142. Joint Ops. Doom 1,2, Quake 1/2,3, Unreal Tournament 1/2004. Farcry 1/2, Crysis 1, Burnout, Half-Life 1/2, Couterstrike 1.6/Source/GO. TeamFortress 1/2. Worms Armageddon. Soldat 1/2. Armegetron. Any Source Mods. Minecraft. Age of Empires 1/2/3. Age of Mythology. Neverwinter Nights. GTA 2. OpenTTD, Factorio, Terraria, ARMA 1/2/3. Left 4 Dead 1/2. Killing Floor 1. Call of Duty 1/2/4. Viscera Cleanup Detail, Magicka 1. etc etc

Paradox is Swedish (Stellaris, Crusader Kings).

Factorio and Kingdom Come 1/2 is Czech.

Really there are a lot of games. Just not many AAA games.

Most multiplayer PC games before 2010ish.

The logistics of getting a finished product from overseas is not really worth it for small batches of electronics. So often seperate parts ordered and shipped in and assembled/flashed. After all the kinks are worked out and demand is sufficient, then it might be worth the hassle for overseas manufacturing.

Source: Have done this exact procees in US/China

There’s a LAN party there every year. Seems about the best thing about it.

I inquired about why the Bustang that goes to to Colorado Springs doesn’t stop in Castle Rock. The Bustang employee heavily implied it was because Castle Rock just refuses to allow transit riders in their city. Castle Rock rather have a taxi budget for old people then do any form of public transit.

Bingo. I’m sure people could make some great “murder is up/down 300%” clickbait headlines.

Yea. In Japan I’ve never used a bidet that didn’t heat the water. That’s the standard here as far as I can tell.

I’m not the OP. But I’m a bit jaded as well. I come from a family of Trump voters. And moved to a very liberal city after leaving home. So most of the people I know fall into the two camps. The people who do not are few. But my sample is biased of course.

I dunno, artificial reefs seem like decent way to reuse them. If the metal was worth salvaging seems like the would have. Maybe too labor intensive? https://ocean.si.edu/ecosystems/coral-reefs/when-wrecks-become-reefs

No don’t break up Steam. Standardize DRM and make digital games licenses ownable/transferable. I could see the EU eventually doing this.

I say this as someone who loves Steam but wants more ownership, in the games I “own”.

Oh you’re probably right! Regardless it’s misleading.

3840Hz? What? Seems to be they just added up all the sub modules to get clicks. At 60Hz that would come out to 64 displays.

(Pretending this is real) Is this even a good deal? $15 each time. Maybe 1% chance for a break in. You end up paying on average $1500 to stop a break in.

Learning about characteristics of any new planets: Size, temperature, chemical makeup, etc. Increases our understanding of physics or confirms our current theories. “Oh I didn’t know gas Giants could be this small!” “We’re noticing a lot more exo gas Giants then we predicted, is our measurements off? Maybe our understanding of how solar systems form is incomplete?”

This has direct impact on research on global warming or even terraforming nearby planets. And indirect impact on countless other forms of research that require a deep understanding of physics.

I say all this not to change your mind, since you seem pretty set in your ways. But more for others who might follow this thread

I was being slightly hypobolic. Because yes there are strawberries under 2000 as well. Even 800 yen is high compared to the states.

Japan also washes them. Just not all.