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I'm looking for games that I can play and enjoy with my 8 years old son. It doesn't need to be a 2-players game, or even a game that he can play (though if he can take the controller and get actively involved, that's better), but just something that he can enjoy as a "backseat player". We have a Switch, a PC, and a...

Pork bun; pot belly; spare me the tears; I'm getting on; you're getting old; you're getting off here. I can't quite tell; it's hard to see; you're somewhere in my mind; Or is it me? It's hard to see; you're losing— I think I'll try. No, no, I won't. This happens sometimes. All the time. I think. Do I forget? A half forgotten memory....

A bit of background before I get to the main body of the post. I've been following Warcraft's story since Warcraft III came out. It was a wonderful experience of my childhood, and I was interested in the story's progression since then. Even though I haven't played WoW personally until last few years, I read the comics and books, and I read about the...

So this is ultimately a very oddball situation. Some background: I live in a rancher in southern NJ. Fully electrified home. I had recently installed minisplits to replace some electric baseboard heaters, covering about 2/3 of my home. This was fortunate, as I believe my blower fan in my central AC unit blew out. The minisplits + 1 window unit have actually been cheaper...

For the end-user, that is. I'm sure Meta and the like think their algorithms are fantastic at what they want them to do. I find myself routinely asking why I get so many suggestions I have no interest in when using all types of websites. I haven't used social media since the early years of Facebook, but I imagine most recommendation algorithms are tuned...

What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well. Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1ia5/what_games_have_you_been_playing_and_whats_your_opinion_on_them Votes: 16 Comments: 26

What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it! Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~food/1ia4/what_have_you_been_eating_drinking_and_cooking Votes: 3 Comments: 0

I seem to be getting logged out of Tildes extremely frequently, multiple times in a day for the past several days. Was a change made to the site that is causing this? Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tildes/1ia3/why_do_i_keep_getting_logged_out Votes: 13 Comments: 7

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