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Friday Fun Thread for August 21, 2026

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I'm trying to setup a multiplayer stardew valley game to play with my 5 and 7 year old. Possibly convince the wife to join too, but that is unlikely.

Nice.

Depending on personality of 5 year old, some can be randomly more bothered by the mines than similar environments in other games (like minecraft)- Note that clearing the mines floor 120 buffs all mines enemies permanently. Meanwhile, defense is pretty much a flat damage reduction. The monster eradication goal for killing crabs gives you a crabshell ring that provides 5 defense, characters can wear 2 rings, just need to buy more from guild, plus firewalker or space boots. If you don't hit 120, a defense of 14 will make kids pretty much invulnerable against the weakest enemies and still very sturdy against the strongest in mines.

I discovered that one of my new coworkers is ex-military before entering medicine, and is perfectly happy to nerd out over the fun toys.

I think we were discussing the relative strengths of offensive and defensive hand grenades when the new female trainee interrupted us for something, apologized, and said that she had absolutely no idea what we were talking about, but said she loved the passion nonetheless. I said that I'd lob a hand grenade at her for disturbing the peace.

More relevant is the fact that he's my neighbor, and has a gaming PC. I might actually have someone to play with, though I give only 25% odds we manage a match anytime soon. Maybe Helldivers, or Arma Reforger, since he owns both.

Otherwise, I've occasionally played Rimworld, and I've made it a point of booting up my pc and getting the game (with about 100x the original install size of mods) loaded. It takes 15 minutes (and that's with a ridiculously powerful pc), and minimizes the activation energy required to sit down and game. I've managed it some days this week, which is a sign that much of the anhedonia has lifted. I just don't have the time for anything more involved.

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