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  • No particular order:

    It’s kinda cheating, but the game Capsized is a decent XBLA-era side scrolling shooter-platformer with an excellent soundtrack. That’s because it uses the existing album Movements by Solar Fields.
    Solar Fields actually scored a different game with an excellent soundtrack: Mirrors Edge

    Uplink and Darwinia, Introversion Software’s first two games, have lovely soundtracks.

    Nitronic Rush, a student game that got remade into the survival racing game Distance, has one of the greatest Christmas songs ever made on its soundtrack.

    The original Lemmings and its expansions used quite good chiptune renditions of classical and classic pop songs. Each platform has a different soundtrack, but Amiga is probably the best.

    PPPPPP, the soundtrack to VVVVVV is very crunchy chiptune. The last track is weird though.

    Outer Wilds is simply amazing.

    Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2 have great, varied soundtracks.








  • The D:OS games rely heavily on surface and cloud mechanics to add combat depth, especially for spellcasters. Fights get really messy by the end, which can be interesting or exhausting depending on who you ask. BG3 stripped most of that out in the conversion to D&D.

    If you enjoy word puzzles and exploration, I’d highly recommend Lingo and/or Lingo 2. Either one is a good starting point. First is more open ended, second has a progression system that slowly expands the possibility space. The first game also has some excellent custom maps, such as Duolingo and Liduongo.



  • Now you have me wanting croutons…

    1. Take a fluffy egg pullman loaf (I don’t know, I’m not a baker. The bread company just calls it ‘egg pullman’)
    2. Chop it into 1in/2.5cm cubes
    3. Douse it in butter and a bit of seasoning
    4. Chuck it on a sheet pan and stick it in the oven on low until dry

    They crunch when you bite them and then melt in your mouth…

    Fun fact! The pullman loaf is named after a railroad guy who wanted more efficient storage in his dining cars. He developed the lidded pan so that he’d have consistent bread that packed densely.



  • Two main issues:

    1. The Mueller report substantiated many pieces of Steele’s dossier, but the false summary the Attorney General released first claimed the opposite. This muddied reporting at the point where it should have been clear whether claims were true or false.
    2. The story basically ended with the Mueller report. Since then, it only appears in headlines when Trump goes on a rant about the “Russia Hoax.” That means there are headlines quoting him every couple months saying that it was false. The articles say he’s lying, but the repeated headlines are what people see and remember.

  • The Steele dossier was a collection of raw intelligence reports. Minor details were proven wrong, such as Trump spending the night in a hotel but not in the presidential suite like the report claimed. Otherwise, multiple people claimed they could prove they hadn’t done what was claimed but failed to do so or were later proved to have indeed done the things.

    Nearly all of the claims have been proven broadly true by subsequent investigations.

    It linked multiple members of his campaign to elements in and around the Russian government. Communication records later proved that contact has indeed taken place.

    It claimed Russians had dirt on Trump from a pageant he hosted there. While no blackmail material has come out, one of the Russian contacts the campaign communicated with told them he had buried some for them.

    The dossier claimed a Romanian hacking group operating at the direction of the Russian government was behind the Clinton leaks. It was later proven that it had been done by a Russian group pretending to be Romanian.

    It was claimed that WikiLeaks was directly coordinating with both the Trump campaign and Russia to inflict maximum damage on Clinton and steer people toward Trump. Emails later came out that proved this.

    These are just a handful of the verified claims.