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Yeah, we're definitely reaching a point where the "gambling" rubber band is about the snap back hard. And that includes gacha games as well as sports betting. This past NFL season was practically unbearable with it

Ah. A distinction without a difference.

When my wife was pregnant a bunch of people would ask me "What do you want?" with it being very strongly implied they were asking if I wanted a boy or a girl. My answer would always be the same: "A nerd." Joke's on them because the actual answer to that question has turned out to be "no" but my...

I've got the world's sassiest 11-year-old, and I don't imagine I could handle another

This is me in reverse; I crush Jumino Kart but I'm absolutely hopeless at twin stick shooters

Yep, it's definitely been one of these days

Makes it hard for the genre to present itself as anti-colonial, for a start

I typically give them a one-time play for fun, usually lose pretty quickly and put the holotape in a storage locker somewhere. Grognak & the Ruby Ruins however I can heartily recommend. Even if the final boss fight is a bit anticlimactic.

Well, they could and they should

So, as you may or may not know, Fallout 4 has a number of a little minigames that you can play in your pipboy (as well as any terminal you can interact with). They are mostly fairly basic, Fallout-themed versions of typical arcade classics. There's Vault Boy Donkey Kong, Vault Boy Pitfall...

...Breath of the Wild has sneak attacks?!

You could always tell them that D&D contains it's own massive host of expectations based on the setting that restrict their choices. They can't play a hacker. Or a truck driver. Or a Klingon. Railroad

The biggest issue is that a lot of time steampunk settings and stories forget that the word includes "punk"

Nah he's just... very good

There's a video series called Awful Squad where a bunch of people from old timey Polygon played Player Unknown's Battlegrounds... badly. Occasionally they would bring in a guy from the office they called a ringer because, and I quote: "He plays ARMA! For fun!"

Easily my favorite mechanic in Cave Story

Medium rare with a creamy horseradish sauce