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My son came into my life 4 years ago, and my daughter arrived 2 years after that. It’s been wonderful having them in my life, and I’m really happy!

But I left some things aside when they arrived, they take your life by storm and it’s difficult to focus on the things you used to do before them. One of these things is board games.

I used to play with friends like once a month, and built my collection around that group. Some games were meant to be played with my wife, and occasionally with her friends too.

Now I want to start playing again, and I’m thinking of two paths that may not be exclusive.

1. Play with friends really late at night when my kids finally get a full night of uninterrupted sleep (not yet)
2. Play with my kids. Haba games are well received here (my first orchid was a success), and these holidays we’re stacking up with like 4 more games (I really hope they like them).

So yeah, this is not much of a question but just wanted to share that I still like this hobby after 4 years, and hope to keep sharing it with friends and family 🙂

I use multiple systems, and all seem to have some kind of way to ease the use of password prompts:

On MacOS you can use the fingerprint reader, or the Apple Watch to authorize operations (yep, even sudo)

On Windows, Windows hello allows you to authorize using a fingerprint reader or specific camera setup

Fingerprint readers are not as widely supported in Linux as in Windows because of vendor limitations (they just don’t care).

Is there any other recommended way to authorize operations on a desktop computer using something similar to the other systems? (Fingerprint readers, Bluetooth auth, etc)

Ex windows user here. I really like my Linux installation, but I don’t know where the drivers are at, or if I should worry about it.

It feels great to have one less thing to worry about (I use an AMD GPU), but GPU drivers in Windows seem to have their own release cycle, fixing game compatibility and bugs, while in Linux it also feels like we have to wait for a next kernel release to get that fix.

Or maybe it’s mesa? I don’t really understand that.

TL;DR: where are the open source drivers at? Mesa or the kernel? And also, is the release cycle the same or close to Windows counterpart? Or it just doesn’t matter?

And I installed Linux. And it’s awesome.

EDIT: yes, the GPU was a bit tilted. Fixed it now!

I recently finished Rise of the Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy XVI, and I’m hesitant what I should play next (PC or PS5).

With FF I enjoyed the game and the story was all I expected from it, and I’m really looking forward to the DLC.

With Tomb Raider… damn that game is all over the place. The story is predictable, and also stupid. “Why did you rush in there? Without weapons? Against an army?”, and other similar thoughts kept running through my head. I don’t feel inclined to play Shadow of the tomb Raider (the sequel).

I have a backlog of too many games, and lately it takes a lot of effort to start because I don’t know if it’s worth the time investment. I love games with good stories, and playing a game that puts the lore and story in the background feels like a waste of time.

Sure, I could get started on Baldurs Gate 3, I’ve heard great things. But is the story great? Will I be able to say “oh that chapter/fight/act is awesome!” To other people looking for game experiences?

Experiences like Escaping from the ship in Super Metroid, helping that king in Witcher 3, fighting Psycho Mantis in MGS, fighting Titan in FFXVI, killing the first colossus, escaping from darth Vader, that first Mario odyssey stage, beating the first boss in Bloodborne, playing “Brothers” for the first time and getting to the ending… all great experiences with awesome stories to tell

TL;DR: what am I missing?

EDIT: Holy crap I didn't expect these many replies. Thank you! There are many recommendations I've already played, and many others I will definitely play. Thanks!

If anyone is interested in the result:

Recommended, bought:

• Bioshock 2
• Black mesa
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Death stranding
• Deaths door
• Detroit become human (PS5)
• Disco elysium
• Dragon Age
• Elden ring
• Fallout 3
• Fallout 4
• Fallout new Vegas
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades
• Half life alyx
• Hellblade senuas sacrifice
• Homeworld
• Horizon zero dawn
• Inscryption
• Just cause 3
• Life is Strange
• Mass effect 3
• Metro series
• Ori and the blind forest, and sequel
• Oxenfree
• Persona 5
• Planescape: torment
• Shadowrun dragonfall
• Shadowrun Hong Kong
• Soma
• Spider-Man
• Subnautica
• Tyranny
• Wolfenstein series

Recommended, to buy:

• 13 sentinels (PS4)
• Age of decadence
• Cruelty squad
• Dead space
• Ghost recon wildlands
• God of war ragnarok
• Grandia
• Kingdom Come Deliverance
• Octopath Traveler 1 & 2
• Outer wilds
• Pathologic 2
• Red dead redemption 2
• Song of horror
• Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG
• The hex
• the last of us part 2
• The upturned
• Torment: tides of numenera
• Withering rooms
• Yakuza

Already Played, and yeah, these are awesome:

• Alpha centauri
• Bioshock 1
• Bioshock infinite
• Borderlands series
• Control
• Dark souls series
• Deus ex human revolution
• Deus ex mankind divided
• FFXIV
• Ghost trick
• God of war 2018
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Hollow knight
• Hotel Dusk
• Mass effect
• Mass effect 2
• Nier: automata
• Nier: replicant
• Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
• Portal
• Portal 2
• Psychonauts 1 & 2
• Spec ops: the line
• Stray
• the last of us part 1
• The Stanley parable
• Titanfall 2
• Undertale
• What remains of Edith finch
• Witcher 3