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  • According to preliminary information, Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, had a black flag affixed to the hitch of the pickup truck he allegedly drove into the crowd. Officials are investigating whether that flag is related to the terrorist group ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials said.

    I’m going to make a prediction and say it’s self-radicalization. As for which group he self-radicalized to, I’ll wait until more information comes out. I have an obvious suspicion, but I’d rather wait.



  • So, most of my recommendations are going to be FPS or first person. For Valve related stuff:

    • Half-Life 2 is pretty much a must have along with Episodes 1 and 2.
    • Black Mesa is a remake of the original.
    • Entropy : Zero 2 is a fantastic fan made mod that’s a good follow up after finishing Half-Life 2 and the episodes.
    • The original Entropy : Zero is pretty good, but the default difficulty is hard as hell.
    • Portal 1 and 2 are also a must have
    • Portal: Revolution is an independent mod that’s a good follow up after 2.

    As for non-Valve games and related:

    • Crab Champions - fast paced, third-person, rogue-like shooter.
    • Talos Principle 1 and 2 - first-person puzzles with a serious philosophical scifi story. It actually gets a bit heavy when it discusses mortality and death. 1 is being remade into a “definitive edition”.
    • Untitled Goose Game - Honk!
    • Gnorp Apologue - fun little game
    • Pineapple on pizza - it’s free. I would describe it as games-as-art.
    • Any of the Serious Sam games. They were made for PC.
    • Fallen Aces is still in early access, but a good story driven retro FPS with sprites and multiple ways of navigating each level.
    • Trepang2 - a bit of an odd FPS with bullet time.
    • Roboquest - rogue like FPS
    • Exit 8 - horror walking simulator. Kinda short once you figure it out.
    • APE OUT - Ape smash! Top down “shooter”.
    • Hotline Miami 1 and 2 - top down shooters with fast deaths and excellent soundtracks
    • The Binding of Isaac - has always been popular if a little dated
    • Gunpoint - stealth puzzle third person. Came out a decade ago, but a good game.
    • Party Hard - little indie murder-everyone-and-don’t-get-caught.
    • The Stanley Parable - walking simulator with some interesting dialog and interactions. 9-to-5 office people can relate.
    • Dusk - awesome boomer shooter
    • Antichamber - came out a decade ago, but it’s mind bending first-person puzzles.
    • Hades and Hades 2 which is in early access. Third person isometric rogue-like.
    • The Invincible - Story driven walking simulator based off the book of the same name. Good story.
    • Firewatch - story driven walking simulator
    • Deep Rock Galactic - wasn’t my pint of beer, but a lot of people like it.







  • Yeah, I would mostly agree. The poll peaks in 2020 when there was COVID, a virus that was putting people in the hospital on ventilators and had a mortality rate we hadn’t experienced for over a century. Along with a healthcare system barely holding on, lockdowns, masking, social distancing, a major recession, people losing their jobs, kids going back to school with all that chaos, and in the middle of one of the most chaotic and stressful presidential elections in history. BUT 55% of people were better off in 2020. Hmm…