[–] 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

XCOM (most enjoyed Enemy Within, with Long War, other versions also generally good), just a masterpiece.

Into the Breach, probably the cleanest, and a great theme.

Lots of deck-ish based battlers: Slay the Spire (1 and 2), Backpack Hero, Monster Train

The Last Spell, Battle Brothers

Lots of D&D or adjacent stuff that board/tabletop-like: Balder's Gate 3, Gloomhaven/Frosthaven.

Edit: Wasteland series and Shadowrun series also great.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Games I have enjoyed the most:

    1. WoW (base through Cata)
    2. Diablo 2
    3. Starcraft
    4. Day of Defeat
    5. Perfect Dark

    Games I currently feel the most fondness for:

    1. Path of Exile 2
    2. Once Upon a Galaxy
    3. Factorio
    4. XCOM: Enemy Within (Long War)
    5. Zero Sievert
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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Any time it feels like the physical action required to play the starts to feel like a chore just to interact with the game as designed. Like hold buttons to interact with common features or complex submenus where you need to navigate a 3+ button combo where you hold the first then the second then press the third to perform a common action.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    In Star Wars Episode 1, George intentionally included many hints that something weird was happening with Jar Jar, but the public backlash against the character caused a rewrite of Episodes 2 and 3, including the specific introduction of Count Dooku. Jar Jar was supposed to be revealed as a Sith.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I think it's a problem with the term AI being co-opted by the LLM shills. From my quick research DeepL, their original model, appears to be a CNN based translator, which is different from GenAI architecture. Based on what Wikipedia says about the source data, it seems fairly ethical. Their training computer uses hydropower, also more ethical than most in the AI space. The only morally questionable thing I see is that the company has other GenAI models, but if you're using the free version, that doesn't really seem like an issue to me. Overall, I wouldn't feel negatively about using the original DeepL model.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    You need a lawyer, from a firm with experience in international law, specific for both countries. Google one, you talk to them, give them the facts, and they'll see if there's any way. Do NOT try to self-help this, that is likely to end up poorly for you and/or the child. If you can't afford a lawyer, start earning and saving now, doing it right in 5 years is better than fucking anything up asap. If you can't save money for one, you go kick rocks.

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