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PaperclipPerfector  14hr ago (text post)   527 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for July 17, 2026

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Video Game Thread

Playing anything fun?

I'm playing Deus Ex. I've cleared out Liberty Island without killing anyone. Lots of baton, electric prod, pepper spray (surprisingly useful), and tranq dart usage. Fun, but time consuming way to play. I even had to take a few bullets in the process of keeping these wretches remain alive. I think I covered everything worth doing. Picked up all the weapon mods, used the account info for the ATM instead of hacking it (more credits this way), rescued Herman, etc.

The NSF commander has some good points about the plutocracy strengthening the governments and corporations while weakening the individuals.

Playing Factorio (again), trying out the new quality of life features they're adding in the 2.1 beta branch. 2.1 is the final planned feature update, basically only bugfixes once it's out of beta, sadly.

Already got a rocket launched, currently working on uranium enrichment and getting some space platforms set up. The 2.1 update added logistics between space platforms so I'm planning on making one (or a few) around each planet to save myself a ton of rocket launches by crafting all that stuff up in space. This also means I'll have to Gleba first (shudder) so that I can get advanced asteroid processing.

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