Heres a list of some favorites:
Imperfect perfection: Morrowind
Perfect perfection: Starcraft Brood War
Objective perfection: Plants vs Zombies
Subjective perfection: Knights of the Old Republic
Perfect for its time: Gauntlet IV
Perfect timeless: Sonic 2
Perfect for its genre: LOZ Minish Cap
Perfect All-in-one: Shenmue II
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Splitgate already turned me off in the first one when they nerfed all the weapons into oblivion. Not sure why almost every indie shooter I try eventually nerfs their guns into paintballs. I miss the days of the first call of duty where you could just mow everything down with the PPSh or actually one-shot with a sniper
Now that I have a valid replacement time to say good bye to "uplifting" news. Hard agree on the political stuff being annoying. While it's important to acknowledge both negativity and politics, that's not what I come to lemmy for, esprcially on the "uplifting news" board.
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You also might try changing VPN protocols. OpenVPN and Wireguard are the 2 most popular, and there's also L2TP on certain providers. For me OpenVPN drains faster than Wireguard. And if I remember correctly, using L2TP on Mozilla vpn drained like 0 battery when I tried it, although L2TP is developed by Microsoft so take that into consideration
Pretty much any VPN will drain your battety due to constant connection checks, but some are better than others. I'm on CalyxOS (custom android) so I can't speak to IOS, but I juat tried out various VPN services until I found one that worked. Ironically Mullvad was the one that drained the battery the least for me. Nord, Proton, and Air drained it the most. You could also try Mozilla, Proton, Riseup, or Xeovo VPNs which all have respectable terms of service and are trustworthy imo
I love the animal art! The lobster is my favorite 🦞
If you're looking for something on an individual level, I've found that simply putting yourself out there is the best way to find like-minded people and worthwile conversations online. Send people messages, conpliment peoples' ideas, and do it on multiple platforms. Follow random people, strike up random conversations. Not gonna lie, maybe 70% of people I've tried to talk to this way are dry, uninterested, or too introverted to be comfortable talking to a stranger. A few have even been hostile, but I've also made a couple of long term friends this way. One of my best online friends started talking to me because I put up a "I'm bored, lets be friends" post.
Finding something you're interested in and looking for others who like the same thing is also a great way to find people. I used to play Call of Duty a lot and would invite random people to voice chat. I ended up having a team of 6 and we would play almost every night. It doesn't have to be gaming either, it could be a science club, religion, or city event among other things
Totally agree. A lot of people are adamantly hell-bent on finding if an image is AI or not. Stuck in Plato's cave for real