The explanation I was given at one time (don’t know if it was BS, sounded plausible tho) is that the horse was supposed to be an effigy to the gods to ensure safe travel home. The Troyans knew this, and the Greeks knew that the Troyans knew this and would attempt to capture the effigy to deny the Greeks the gods’ blessing.
I know this one as
I entered a pun writing competition and submitted several in order to increase my odds of winning, but no pun in ten did.
Peter F Hamilton is fun to read, but boy does he like deus ex machina resolutions to his plots.
Along the space battle/space military route there’s the Vorkosigan Saga and Vatta’s War.
Work so that others can also have their needs met.
This, plus The Sopranos, The Office, Parks & Rec, IASIP, 30 Rock, etc.
I get that they’re well liked, and they are the source of lots of meme material, but I could never manage to get through a whole episode.
2D: Survivors/Bullet Heaven type games. Most are WASD to move, mouse to aim (if at all).
3D: Vampire Hunters. Since it auto shoots the focus is on movement: strafing, aiming, and avoiding getting hit by mobs. Dying early is expected, so no pressure on getting a perfect run.
Does Big Trouble in Little China count?
Otherwise, and in no particular order:
Heroic, definitely.
What do you mean, it happened during the pandemic which was just last y… Oh.
Facebook, 2021?
You can take the windows installer from GoG and run it in a bottle, but honestly Heroic is much more convenient for that. Bottles works for any local game installer though, just like Lutris, but it has a more accessible interface, and once you’ve installed games you can add the shortcut to the bottles library which gives you a tiled view like Heroic.
If you don’t like the Lutris interface give Bottles a try.
I’ve always experienced the opposite - native English speakers are horrible at spelling because they don’t have to put any effort into comprehending the language, vs non-native speakers who frequently have to take ESL tests for either academia, work, or immigration, and therefore had more exposure to spelling practice.
Liver and Onion, anchovies, chunchullo, whitebait, blood and tongue sausage… generally these fall in two categories:
They’re wrong on all accounts - taste is acquired, and people should at least try food out of their comfort zone - but considering that it took 20 years for me to even consider trying shrimp (which still isn’t my first choice, but I like it now) I can understand.
You’re describing swap.
Most scroll wheels use an optical sensor inside the housing to monitor the motion of the wheel. If you got paint inside the housing then it can confuse the sensor.
Question: did you take off the top of the mouse to paint it, or at least tape off any areas that needed to be protected like the scroll wheel and the bottom sensor?
Trackball gang! There’s dozens of us. Dozens!
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