I used to call these sort of games “Bird-chirpers”

Cause you’d start playing and then it would suddenly be morning, and birds would be chirping.

These days, roguelite tends to mean “A procedural game where you initiate a run that has a start and an end, but then has meta currencies of some kind that you spend in-between runs that affect future runs.”

So in Against the Storm you start a run, and you’re in a fresh environment that depends upon where in the overworld map you chose to start. This portion of the game play is a city builder like Banished or Timberborn or whatnot. You follow the game loop to instruct units to gather raw resources. Spend those construct buildings and allocate units to generate other resources within those buildings. Deal with events that come up. Have a goal that signifies completion of the run, and a hurry up clock of some kind that forces you to get to an end, and then either succeed or fail. Based on how you did, you have meta currency awarded that you can use to purchase unlocks that can allow for new gameplay options or make you stronger so as to be able to play on a higher difficulty, which results in higher meta currency awards.

Are you sure? I thought microtransactions were the core component of successful games these days.

Depending on which of my friends are around:

World War Z
Payday 3
DarkTide

Or with my kids:

Minecraft
Monster Hunter World/Rise
Terraria
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

Gonna try out the Enshrouded Steam Next demo this week.

That would take a lot of federal tax dollars away from states you probably like.

I mean, if I was a bot, I’d probably be more productive.

I think you might have meant to ask if I was a shill. But in any case, OP specifically asked a question in relation to using Chrome and related to being pressured to use Bing. While my suggestion was pretty tongue-in-cheek, it was still on topic. You saying “Use Firefox instead” is kind of a poor answer that might appeal to your bias, but isn’t really on topic for this question. I would guess that OP is aware of other browser options.

Right? They’re the same browser just reporting everything you do to different people.

One way would be to switch your default search engine to Bing in Chrome.

I couldn’t read this article because AndroidPolice wanted me to disable my adblocker.

They’re just all going to be in the office and attending zoom meetings.

All of the Zachtronics games are great.

Ding 3?

Just wait, Apple will solve this with a rubber o-ring and will receive heaps of praise for their innovation.

This is a way to get consumers to go to a subscription based system for getting features they already have on the supercomputer in their pocket.

Other articles about GM’s plan include things like “Google Maps included free for 8 years!”

Well what happens after 8 years? What about if I sell the car? Tesla already has AutoPilot as a non-transerrable item. Even though you might have paid for it, the person you sell the car to has to pay for it again.

“Free” to you likely just means that GM has paid Google for access, and that cost is built into the cost of the car. So it’s not really free.

OnStar costs like $30/mo and is probably required for an internet connection so you can use the “free” Google Maps. Or they’ll sell you some overpriced cellular plan. Or you’ll need to add your car as a separate device on your cell plan for some extra monthly fee.

Do I have to sign in to the car’s version of Google Maps?

What if you prefer Apple Maps and have locations saved there?

The car integration lets me use hands free to initiate streaming music. Using a Bluetooth connection for that means I might need to pick up my phone and unlock it while driving in order to be able to.

But really they want to sell you a Sirius XM plan instead.

I have a Chevrolet. I won’t buy another vehicle that I can’t use my Android phone in.