I switched to Linux in 2025 and have mostly been cool learning a lot of stuff during the Switch, but I still don’t really get Bottles and man I’ve tried. It feels like it’s a really useful thing to learn, but I’m just lost. Lutris made EA games an easy install, though.

Anyway, I think primarily this stems from people installing EA games they own on Steam, in which case Steam will install the EA app first.

Iirc you do not need one to play it, only to use cloud saves. It has been a year or two since I did my play through so take that with a grain of salt though.

Mine launched fine.

Fucking gross.

Yes, I established that was an exaggeration for effect. 👍

Fingers crossed. EU seems like the last sane place on the planet sometimes.

What did you mean by this?

That I love my partner very much.

And yet you decided to continue this thread by saying that you weren’t exaggerating.

In fact, I never said that.

Of course the %age I used was an exaggeration. Sorry, was this conversation being driven by the assumption that it wasn’t? I exaggerated to make my point.

I think you drastically underestimate how much I love my partner.

I have family in the States I refuse to visit. Not like, distant cousins, I mean siblings.

I wouldn’t say it’s an anxiety, I’d say it’s a cost-benefit analysis I’ve done and decided that having cell service to catch a potential emergency call is more important to me than that one extra level of privacy like OP. Hell, I don’t want to miss a call even if it isn’t an emergency. I love my partner and want to talk to them any chance I can get; if they’re calling I want to answer.

I would not be comfortable not having mobile signal. Public WiFi is not going to cut it. Even a 0.00001% chance that I’d miss an important call from my partner is no bueno for me.

AMD and Intel GPUs are both good. Intel has come a long way in the low end it midrange market. AMD is only real option for high end comparison to Nvidia’s.

What does that have anything to do with my comment?

A good thing done for a bad/selfish reason, is still a good thing done.

No, I’d like to do that myself. Mostly need the time and sufficient motivation. Most of my time is eaten up GMing multiple ttrpgs a week right now.

I think that’s probably most artists’ dream!

Evil is a really strong word that I’m not sure I can get behind here.

I said from the get go that I was asking from a place of curiosity not judgement. I wasn’t “getting at” anything. It interests me to know what your stance is and how it might be informed. Congrats on being published, that’s pretty cool.