Half the reason I was on reddit was to engage in discussions, and that's largely lost if I'm just scrolling through an unfiltered news feed with no way to participate.
Picked up Paper Mario TTYD on Switch to see what all the hype is about, and yeah honestly all the OG fans were right about it. It's the best one I've played in the series by a longshot.
Without context, I would assume Sticker Star and Color Splash released before TTYD - as if they were still figuring out where to go with the series, and would eventually evolve into something better as technology advanced. Then TTYD comes along, and not only has more mechanical depth, but also so much more life and creativity in it.
I like the idea of rolling release in theory, but stability is extremely important to me because I use Linux as my daily driver.
EndeavourOS and Manjaro aren't really going to do much to address your desire to use terminal more than Mint IMO, either; most mainstream distros like that emphasize usability first and foremost.
If you're looking to really get under the hood, go with Arch ans follow a guide so you don't bork anything too badly. Arch uses a different package manager than Mint/Ubuntu, so some of the commands might look different if you're not following Arch-specific guides, but terminal is terminal is terminal in many cases. You can run Steam on Arch, and building the core functionality on your own will get you acquainted with terminal.
Although I've used everything from Arch to Zorin, and eventually you will have to use terminal for something. Just depends on what your longterm goals are, what usability you will need to rely on quickly, and how you think you'll get to those goals most efficiently.
Sounds like you should just use Mint, especially if you tried and like it. It's customizable, GUI friendly, it's based on Ubuntu so most guides for either will work, and you can download Steam to it and play native games (or Windows games through Proton).
I don't know what you're looking for, that Mint doesn't provide. You can download different DEs or window managers, you can write your own bash scripts, and the core functionality for regular use is already there.
For 8-bit era, a lot of those games are rough around the edges. Games like Mario Land 3 hold up pretty well, but honestly I'd rather play the remastered version in Mario All Stars. Zelda is still interesting, but it feels so dated even compared to A Link to the Past, which only came out 5 years later. Tetris holds up, but there are many better versions that have come out since the GameBoy.
You get into the 16-bit era, and it really feels like devs have enough room to flex their muscles. We were getting stuff like Chrono Trigger, Yoshi's Island, Mario World, Earthbound, Super Metroid, Street Fighter II Turbo, Sonic & Knuckles, etc. But by this point, I've played these games so many times that it doesn't feel like nostalgia anymore. Other games from that era don't always feel as polished as the ones I remember fondly, so trying a new game is always hit or miss.
Modern indie games inspired by the 16-bit era just feel like modern games with pixel art, so I think there may be some level of conflation in my nostalgia muscles, as well.
The games that are really feeling nostalgic for me now are early 3D era games, and the indie games that scratch the same itch. Lunacid and Crow Country hit this primordial nostalgia I didn't even realize was there.
The issue is voters talk about how regular people are doing, while politicians talk about “the economy” which is rich people and business…
This, 100%.
Ask some person on the street how their stock portfolio is looking, and they'll probably be like "The F are you talking about???"
Ask the same person about the cost of groceries, and they'll have a rant locked and loaded about why a 12 pack of soda costs $10 now.
When people respond to these surveys, they are taking their experiences with them, and most of us are seeing expensive gas, expensive groceries, expensive housing, and jobs that don't pay enough to live. People couldn't afford to live on $8 an hour a decade ago, and now everything costs more.
This has downstream effects in that it makes it harder to switch jobs because you cant wait two weeks for your new job to kick in - much less afford to take off work to go to an interview. You can't move to a city with more opportunities because cities are more expensive and you can't even afford to save up enough to make the move because you're paycheck to paycheck. Jobs paying "market rate" for wages which is dragged down because the system keeps people desperate enough to work for cheap.
These are people who have had to live with the boot of the economy on their necks for a long time. And while politicians can talk about all the great jobs out there and how amazing the economy is, for real people that boot is just stepping down harder. It's no wonder they blame leadership when this is their experience with this economy.
Genre mismatch might be a factor? Don't Starve is not an action-roguelite like Binding of Isaac; it's a survival-crafting game. They are aiming to be vastly different experiences.
I've had Kenshi on my wishlist for a long time, and I haven't pulled the trigger. What's your favorite part about it? Most of what I know is that it's punishing and has deep roleplaying opportunities, but I don't know a lot of the specifics.