I’m finishing my parential leave, so most of my time is dedicated to being with my kid. But whenever there is time, I will be delving into Oblivion.

The tile placement game in Satisfactory is worth a mention. I never fully understood the points system, so I never really rode the game to decent scores, but it was a fun break from the vast size of the rest of the game.

A wireless logitech mouse for gaming from back when wireless technology for periferals still meant a decent amount of latency. I learned quickly why latency is important when gaming. Also the precission of the mouse was terrible as it would regularly skip backwards under slightly accelerated movements. It was pretty humbling for me as a ~15 year old kid to realize I wasted around 4 weeks of newspaper work money on a mouse which I gave up on almost the same day as I bought it.

Consumables are great. It opens up for repeatability and the receiver is never stuck with dust collectors.

Ah, shit, a clock that runs infinitely fast is always right.

It works for screws, but as a kid, I was never sure if the clock on the wall should be visualized attached to the ceiling or on the floor when saying “clockwise”. So I was always a bit hessitant on that.

Ultimate Chicken Horse might be one of the top party games for getting a laugh for me. It’s always fun to see someone hyperfocused to make a jump, only to get hit by an arrow, followed by a wrecking ball hitting them into a sawblade.

I’m a pretty big user of abbreviations, and usually I understand them. But some times my mind just gets locked and I can’t decipher the abbreviations, and I begin to wonder if we’re using too much of them.

RE2?

Red Ed Redemption 2?

Red Elert 2?

RunEscape 2?

Took me a while to arrive at Resident Evil 2.

I found spelunky to be a game not fitting for me at all. I really wanted to like it, but I found myself to be unmotivated when I kept losing and didn’t feel like making more skillwise progress. I might just suck, but I just don’t feel like playing that punishing roguelikes.

I would respect your opinion if you presented it as an opinion, but your comment just reads as a condescending statement towards gamers who enjoy those genres. I don’t play either of those genres either, but I respect that people do enjoy them.

I started playing disk golf which has started to build up some sort of social network. Doing a physical activity with other people really seems to work.

I have replaced almost every light bulb in my house with smart bulbs which feature both bluetooth and zigbee connections. It’s around 40 devices. If your neighbour has smart bulbs or other devices, I guess that could be a large part of it.

Norway.

Cross country skiing. It’s basically expected for every kid in school to be adaquate at cross country skiing. P. E. classes during winter could often consist of a ski trip, and a couple times per year the schools would arrange ski days with different acrivities on skis.

I have a few bottles which ranges from 1-5 years old. Mostly plastic of the brand Camelbak. They are good, and I don’t know what more to ask for in a water bottle. However, more often than not I just end up reusing an old soda bottle.

Kurzgesagt has a fantastic video on the matter, and the video has great peer-reviewed sources right in the description for whoever would need them.

https://youtu.be/F1Hq8eVOMHs?si=GLo73jt6gaA433Ii

I’ve heavily reduced my meat consumption after seing this video. I basically never eat meat in the meals I make only for myself. It’s not like I never eat meat, but since getting a bit more informed, I try to respect the occasional meat instead of expecting it several times a day.

In Norway, restaurants started to implement applications or websites to order at the restaurant. Scan a QR code or download an app (yuck) to order the food and preemptively pay for it. While that might be fine, I find it really strange when I’m asked about tipping when I place my order. I have literally not seen a waiter, I have just sat down and looked through a website, and now I’m asked if I want to tip? Why? What for?

Luckily, 0% tip is very common in all services in Norway, so it’s not considered rude to refrain from tipping.

I think Super Solvers - Gizmos and Gadgets was among the first games that really got me excited for gaming.

It’s among my favorites as well. It’s a 28 minute listen on youtube, for anyone who doesn’t have access to the book.

https://youtu.be/ojEq-tTjcc0

Kerbal Space Program.

Basically “do rocket science without instructions”.

That is completely crazy to me. I guess the matter differs wildly based on location.