@Valck: For my personal use, games failing is in fact MORE important than another barrier against deliberately malicious software, because on Linux to the best of my knowledge in over 20 years I've never had any deliberately malicious software. I suppose sooner or later I might, but given the track record I could be dead before it happens. So this would give me a real problem in exchange for solving a problem I don't have.

Of course globally across everyone's Linux use, including servers and all that, clearly the importance reverses. So I can sort of understand their position, but it makes me glad MY distro is slower to update (Mint).

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That cycle's valid for some releases, but I dunno. I don't think most ever got to that "greatest game" opinion about VI.

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True enough. My aunt used to work for the department of Fisheries, mostly doing things about salmon. I believe at one point she had a "Spawn till you die" t-shirt.

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There is an ad for some kind of rugby thing in my city showing as I read this article.
The creepy stalkerishness of ads these days has gotten to the extent that I actually feel reassured when they busily try to sell me something that is absolutely and definitively something I have no interest in.

As to the game, I am probably more likely to get this than to get any other non-comedy sports game I've ever seen. Which is to say, still not very likely.

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Well, I'm not Crying.

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"dongle" is such a weird word I'm amazed anyone can say it with a straight face.

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Y'know, usually when a game talks about The Spawning Pools we're in horror territory, not cozy. :grin:

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Good for them! We can speculate on their motives, but in the end they're doing a good thing and I'm not going to argue with that.

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Too deep they delved . . .

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@Eldaking: Interesting points. Read your commentary at the link and yes, that does reflect my experience. Although I've occasionally gone to look at youtube commentaries about playing Civ V and VI, and been flabbergasted that they always seem to be talking about really early rushes to try to conquer everyone right off the bat like it's a wargame, and leave me thinking "But aren't we trying to . . . build a civilization?" I definitely prefer to put off military stuff while I try to out-expand and out-advance and out-economy the opposition. Every time I consider making a military unit in a 4X I'm always thinking "But I could make a productivity building with those resources!"
(Although I have tried a couple playthroughs of Civilization V as England with the express idea of starting wars as soon as I have longbows, defined in the game as "Long range light artillery that don't need setup!" It's just fun to besiege helpless enemy cities from outside their range.)

Maybe I'll try The Last Federation again. I actually rather liked the weird combat.

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