Abracadaniel

Are these real machines that are deployed somewhere? What is their purpose?

That appears to be a Redoran Watchman's Helm, or some variety Bonemold.

The psychology of this makes me deeply uncomfortable.

At least have some masks on hand. N95.

try taking a lactobacillus probiotic. if it works for you then eventually you can stop taking it cause they'll be established in your gut. :D

TIL 4k means no film grain

I'm Morrowind these are literally the same thing (excluding teleportation spells).

This was indeed a thing. I'm some places you can find street signs prohibiting "cruising" and they mean the car kind.

I'm a big fan of Pathologic 2. Had been aware of Pathologic for years but finally played the remake after learning of it from this Hbomberguy video.

Calling it survival horror doesn't really communicate what the game is but it's a start. It's heavily dialog driven, and very deeply thought out. Reading the artbook I noticed references to internal contradictions as sources of tension and evolution, which was neat.

My partner with no professional trades experience is getting excited over their home reno idea with phrases like "it's not a load bearing wall" and "we can add a wall/door"

I'm very nervous about how to handle this as it would be very easy to fuck up, we don't have money for this kind of work to be done professionally, and they'll not take kindly to me just saying "no"

do not spread invasive species.