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Hi all, based in England, wanted to check if there was anything I can do about neighbour noise.
I live in a terrace house and the block shares a communal backyard/driveway space.
Two doors down from me, my neighbour rents a room to her friend. He drives a stupidly big 4x4 truck that he uses for work, he spends a lot of time working on his truck, building custom add-ons for it etc.
The noise is ridiculous, I would estimate 3-4 days a week he’s out there with his angle grinder or welding, it spoils everyone’s backyard because you can’t exactly sit in your garden and enjoy the space with the racket.
He’s made it pretty clear he has no intention of doing it less, as he never does it late, mostly during the day and early evenings when I work (from home) or am trying to enjoy dinner.
Is there anything I or my group of neighbours can do? As we’re all fed up of it now.
TLDR: my neighbour rents a room to her friend, he works constantly on his truck and the noise is too much, what can I do?

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Phish

Phish, Sunday 06/05/2022 (1 year ago) Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 2022 Spring Tour
Set 1 : While My Guitar Gently Weeps , My Soul , Rift , Horn , Wombat , Evolve , Guyute , Limb By Limb , Mercury , The Moma Dance
Set 2 : Sand , Sigma Oasis -> Sand , Twenty Years Later > The Mango Song , Rise/Come Together , Free
Encore : Grind , Slave to the Traffic Light
Jamchart Notes:
Sand - Longest version this side of Big Cypress breaks away at 7:00 and never looks back, blending multiple bliss sections with darker-tinged synth/delay play (including a "Crosseyed" tease from Mike at 12:00) all within the first twenty minutes. Shortly before 22:00 a tidal wave of sound starts building as the jam crests in a series of massive peaks, after which a final easy-going segment serves as an effective exhale.
Show Notes:
The first Sand contained Crosseyed and Painless teases from Mike and an Albert tease from Trey. Mike teased Dueling Banjos in Slave to the Traffic Light.
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Phish, Sunday 06/05/2011 (12 years ago) Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 2011 Early Summer Tour
Set 1 : AC/DC Bag > Punch You in the Eye > Bathtub Gin > Taste , Lawn Boy , Mound , Gotta Jibboo > Reba ¹ , Fee ² > Backwards Down the Number Line
Set 2 : Carini -> Tweezer > Free , Crosseyed and Painless -> Light -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Julius , You Enjoy Myself
Encore : Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
1 No whistling. 2 Trey sang verses through megaphone.
Jamchart Notes:
Fee - A serene outro, similar to 7/29/03. > into "Backwards Down the Number Line."
Show Notes:
Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
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Phish, Friday 06/05/2009 (14 years ago) Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 2009 Early Summer Tour
Set 1 : Wilson , Buried Alive , Kill Devil Falls , AC/DC Bag , I Didn't Know , My Friend, My Friend , Ya Mar , Theme From the Bottom , Boogie On Reggae Woman , Split Open and Melt
Set 2 : Down with Disease ¹ -> Twist > Piper > Backwards Down the Number Line , Free , Twenty Years Later ² > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore : A Day in the Life
1 Unfinished. 2 Debut.
Show Notes:
During I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "Little Junior Moses Brown Heaps DeWitt" and commented that he was going to "suck all of the moisture out of the air." During Ya Mar, Page teased It's Raining, It's Pouring. Trey teased Flat Fee prior to Disease, which was unfinished. Twist featured an Oye Como Va jam. This show marked the debut of Twenty Years Later.
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Phish, Tuesday 06/05/1990 (33 years ago) Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1990 Tour
Set 1 : The Squirming Coil , Uncle Pen , Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove , Ya Mar , The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg , Take the 'A' Train > David Bowie , Lawn Boy > Possum
Set 2 : Sweet Adeline , Divided Sky , Caravan , Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room , My Sweet One , The Lizards , You Enjoy Myself > The Ballad of Curtis Loew , Good Times Bad Times
Encore : Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post ¹ > Hold Your Head Up , Golgi Apparatus
1 Fish on vocals.
Show Notes:
The Bowie intro contained 'A' Train teases from Trey. Whipping Post featured Fish on vocals and a What I Am (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) tease.
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Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio Band, 2020-06-05 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-band-june-05-2020-stage-ae-pittsburgh-pa-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Trey Anastasio Band, 2003-06-05 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-june-05-2003-chicago-theatre-chicago-il-usa.html
Tour: TAB - The Dectet Summer 2003 Tour
Show Notes: Trey led the band marching through the crowd at the end of "Sweet and Dandy."

Mike Gordon

Mike Gordon, 2015-06-05 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/mike-gordon-june-05-2015-charleston-music-hall-charleston-sc-usa.html
Tour: Mike Gordon - Summer 2015 Tour
Show Notes: This show featured the debuts of Here Today and How Many People Are You as well as the Mike Gordon debuts of Looking for Clues and How Do I Know? Mike dedicated Spock's Brain to Leonard Nimoy. Mike teased Mystery Achievement in Looking for Clues.

John Fishman

Jazz Mandolin Project, 2004-06-05 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/jon-fishman-june-05-2004-the-fillmore-san-francisco-ca-usa.html
Tour: Fish - Jazz Mandolin Project Summer 2004 Tour
Show Notes: This was an opening set for Vida Blue.

Page McConnell

Page McConnell, 2007-06-05 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/page-mcconnell-june-05-2007-930-club-washington-dc-usa.html
Tour: Page McConnell Spring & Summer 2007 Tour
Show Notes: Page performed "Strange Design" solo on piano.
Vida Blue and The Spam Allstars, 2004-06-05 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/page-mcconnell-june-05-2004-the-fillmore-san-francisco-ca-usa.html
Tour: Page - Vida Blue & Spam Allstars Summer 2004 Tour
Show Notes: Jazz Mandolin Project (w/ Fishman) opened. Before the start of the show, band namesake Vida Blue appeared on stage and threw some baseballs into the audience. Portions of this show were released on the Live at the Fillmore DVD.

Other

Robert Randolph & the Family Band, 2008-06-05 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/robert-randolph-the-family-band-june-05-2008-nikon-at-jones-beach-theater-wantagh-ny-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: Trey sat in for part of Robert Randolph & The Family Band's performance opening for Eric Clapton.
Leftover Salmon, 1999-06-05 Higher Ground, Winooski, VT, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/guest-appearance-june-05-1999-higher-ground-winooski-vt-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: The songs listed featured Mike on bass. Jeff Mosier also made a guest appearance during this gig, which was opened by Blueground Undergrass.

So this is going to be a very rough idea of how thought processes creates reality and reasoning and how it affects your daily life.
I'm currently looking at this from a holistic level, because when I wake up groggy due to sleeping late. I already put my body under stresses and hormones such as cortisol and dopamine going haywire and it becomes super unhealthy cycle because now I need coffee to suppress the adenosine which keeps you groggy. This cycle is kept repeated as long as you bring in some change.
But to put into action, the goal of waking up early is considered. And then you bring in some Jung. I feel incomplete, I feel unsure and I feel unwanted, I feel unloved so I seek external validation which again is not available to me at the level I want. I don't have someone to confide with my deepest thoughts. I have pretty much isolated myself from people and I don't know whom to seek out. Most people including my parents seem to operate from ego level of fulfilling some kind of external validation. I know it's pretty egoistic of myself to expect people to dance to my tunes to make me happy. It's narcissistic and not my wish, but I also don't want to narcissistic wishes of others, which seems impossible at times especially when you are aware as a golden child by one parents and the 2nd favourite/scapegoat by another.
I understand how this dynamic from childhood affects me. I understand many thought processes and how it evolved over time. But I wish to build a map, a complete picture of soughts of how my simplest action of waking up late and wreaking my system into complete freeze response in some days and needing coffee to give me motivation to do tasks, bare minimum tasks, if only I allow it or go on a state of over thinking and freeze and no achieve even the simplest goals such as cleaning up my room. It's almost like a delayed response or too late and this has caused me lose years due to inaction or fear of failure.
Due to lack of integrated self my soul felt empty and led to me being depressed. And now that I understand that with the modality of C-PTSD/emotional neglect my body is seeking safety in places which are not welcoming, and this can be translated to people pleasing, excess self blame, and other things to the point that I can only self isolate to feel safe. I cannot make anyone around me feel safe in my presence by smiling, but it's also not my responsibility because others work in their own dynamics and nothing to do with me.
I just want a healthy normal social life and self-regulation of my emotions. I think mapping out my thoughts would be helpful. Has Jung written about this in detail? Or has any Jungian therapist written books on this? Some reference would be great and talking in terms of archetypes somehow reaches to me at the level of perception I cannot describe by words and can only be felt. Maybe it is subjective but just listening to some Jungian therapists alone makes me understand things at an intuitive level and my brain makes connections with the other models of psychology and helps me to map things and come to some conclusions.

I dont have tik tok but they pop up on my reddit and instagram feed and some of them are funny (especially the Mexican ones). However, I started to pay attention to where these 20 year olds live; a very big two story 5 bed room 3 bathroom house. Common sense told me they were born into privilege and can pursue to be an influencer with no real world consequences.
It was a reminder how some people can choose to follow their passion and we have to work jobs we hate for peanuts

Hi Folks!
After playing D2, D3, PoE, and D2R, here are some quick thoughts after finishing the campaign:

1. Story: 10/10. Absolutely had a great time
2. Gameplay/mechanics: 8.5/10.
   1. The gameplay feels amazing. Start was slow but once you get a couple core aspects, you will have a lot more fun.
   2. Wish there were more skills to choose from - but this can be addressed easily with season passes/expansions
   3. Wish there were more than 6 skills to use - Probably not going to happen because of consoles/controllers.
   4. But then again, too early to tell and they can always add more legs/mechanics to modify skills.
3. Build diversity: Too early to tell. Definitely not as crazy as PoE and this is a good thing. Keep in mind the game hasn't even officially launched.
4. Why the heck does it cost 10x more to enchant the same item again? Is this a bug?
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My playthrough takeaways:

1. Played Rogue/Twisting Blade. Finished at level 48. Only did a handful of dungeons for some aspects I needed but didn't bother grinding.
2. Was constantly short on gold/mats. Pick everything up and sell/salvage as needed. One or two dungeon runs should be enough to imprint something.
   1. i.e. If I sell everything from a dungeon run (~lvl 47), I'd prob get over 100k gold, so it's not THAT bad.
   2. You will struggle to have enough leg mats in the beginning, but I'm seeing more and more legs so it's gotten better.
3. Strongholds are great for renown and gear.

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There's definitely a lot of room for improvement, but so far, this game is fricking amazing. I pay my sincerest respect to everyone involved to make D4 happen.
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Welcome back, Blizzard.

Posting this here because it's on my mind now and I need to get it out before it disappears. Let me know if this is the wrong place for this question and I'll head somewhere else if it is. I've had this idea for a while now, but never acted on it. My son and I both have ADHD and house responsibilities, reminding ourselves to do things, staying on task, etc ... is a real challenge. Definitely a blind leading the blind vibe going on.
Anyway, we usually have the living room TV on in the background. Typically Spotify in the morning, maybe some baseball in the evening. Just some noise. Obviously, we also actively watch TV and play video games as well. Anyway, my thought is to create either a plugin for our Chromecasts or maybe even a device that inlines an overlay video feed on top of what we're watching with various different "widgets". Timers, reminders, graphs, whatever visual tools I can think of that present themselves in a passive yet constant manner to keep us on top of our game.
Idk, I'm a software engineer, but I'm not even sure if this is feasible for the platforms available and I'm definitely not an embedded engineer, so I might just be talking out of my ass. Still, I would like some initial thoughts before I dive into researching if this is even technically and legally possible. Any thoughts?

Hello everyone! I am 23F who is coming up on the completion of a one year experience learning SWE through a program called "Year Up", it's paid but it's less than 10K for the entire year so I don't count it as income. My experience has been different from my peers because I was not able to complete a 6 month internship experience in the SWE field but instead as a project manager. I am passionate about SWE & I code independently sometimes but recently was rejected by the Google Apprenticeship opportunity after my tech interview. Now I am feeling like missing out on the internship in the field is costing me the ability to move on into a career. The program is designed as six months learning class room style & six months learning in a role. I did well the first six months learning quickly fundamentals & skills. My dilemma now is of course what to do next.
Going to college has been a thought, I have 60 credits I could apply to a CS degree as electives & complete my degree within the next two years. Cost isn't a big deal to me I wouldn't apply anywhere that's unwilling to provide finical aid to cover all if not most of the cost. I also live in NYC where the cost of community college is low & often free.
I have been applying to apprenticeships but applications open at different times of the year. Should I also be applying to internships? I am open to apply for contract and temp work but I am fearful of not possessing the skills necessary to get through the tech interviews.
I could also apply for project management roles, I am not passionate about it but I have experience in operations management prior to this year of SWE and I believe the combined experience on my resume would allow me a good fighting chance at finding a role.
The goal right now is not a fast solution where I have income, although income would be amazing. Luckily enough for me I have been poor my entire life and I know how to manage and maintain a life with little to no income but still staying alive, fed & clean. I have no finical responsibilities right now other than my dog, and I have my life that way because I have no income, trying to prevent debt yadda yadda.
I am making this post in hopes that other people who've graduated from boot camps or maybe even the same program as me can share their experiences. What did life look like for you after & what steps did you take to get to where you are now.
I hope I get some responses but anyways thank you all so much!

I'm keeping track of all the VR games I’ve played this year to catalogue them in hopes that they may give fellow VR gamers some fresh games to try out, or reasons to revisit older games that have had big updates. I'm currently up to 52 different VR games played this year. The first 22 that I played from January to March can be found here. The latest 30 games are mostly on the Quest, but many are available on PCVR.
Some of the games listed below, I can see playing all year long, others are not my cup of tea, but they may interest you enough to try them out. In either case, here are my quick thoughts on the 30 games I’ve played during April and May of 2023.
TLDR: My top 5 games to check out are at the bottom and so is some info for a game giveaway.
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1. ARK and ADE $9.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: A fun shooter with Pistol Whip vibes that is absolutely worth the price of admission. From the store page: “ARK and ADE is an action-jammed FPS shooter in which you get to experience the glory of the 80’s arcade era in a neon fused setting. Shoot your way through retro-futuristic levels filled with enemies, iconic over the top bosses and never ending bullets!” I played this game back when it was in App Lab before it graduated to the full store. It was such a fun shooter back then, and I’d look forward to new levels coming out every few months. Now that it made it out of app lab, has a bunch of levels and had the gameplay polished, it’s absolutely worth a pickup, especially for that price.
   
2. Project Third Eye $9.99 Quest My quick take: A game where you make your own fun. From the store page: “Project Third Eye is an action physics sandbox with a built-in visual scripting panel to apply logic to spawnable items. This allows you to build your own modifications to the game and customize behaviors as you like.” Just like the description says, this is more of a proof of concept and sandbox game more so than a full fledged game with objectives. There are certainly neat ideas here and there, and the dev is really active with updates on Reddit. If you like to experiment and see how concepts develop in a game, you may enjoy this, but there’s no real direction beyond experimenting, so I dropped off fairly quickly.
   
3. Jousting VR Demo $9.99 Quest / Steam Quest Demo My quick take: A bit light on gameplay, but there is some charm here. From the store page: “XIII century, Europe, royal market courtyard. You are a knight who joined the medieval tournament. Your task is 'simple.' Jump on your trusty steed, grab your lance & defeat the enemy. Take into consideration speed, accuracy, strength. Equipment is also important. The better gear the easier the task. Oh, and other knights - they want to win as much as you do.” As advertised, it's a jousting game in VR. I enjoyed the demo, but honestly it was a bit too finicky at times and just not worth a full buy to me. The atmosphere was fun though and there was a progression loop for those who get into it.
   
4. Demeo $39.99 Quest and Steam (flatscreen as well) My quick take: This is a great game that I revisited from start to finish with four players. A must own. From the store page: “Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and fight monsters in Demeo, the turn-based tabletop strategy game of battle and glory. Roll dice, pick up miniatures, and free the world of Gilmerra in round after round of tabletop board game fun. With a huge assortment of monsters, playable classes, and environments to explore, it’s never the same game twice." I finally got a chance to play through the entirety of the game in VR with four friends, through each world, while trying a variety of characters. We even made a video ranking the best players and levels. It really is a solid dungeon crawling adventure. With 2 or more friends, this game really shines and is such a fun ride, despite how punishing the bosses can be. This is the closest you can get to D&D in VR without having a dungeon master. Well worth the asking price.
   
5. Build and Drive Racing Demo Free Quest / Steam My quick take: Early days in development, maybe something to keep an eye on to see how it improves. From the store page: "Get ready for a new experience on Windows desktop and VR, where you get to build your ultimate racing machine, tailored to your driving style and optimized for performance, or race to the finish line with a monster what makes you smile. With stylised graphics and arcade-like physics, every turn, straightway and ramp will put your skills to the test. Feel the thrill of the race like never before in VR, as you immerse yourself counting the seconds on the home stretch." An early demo that has seen some updates. Maybe worth looking at in a few months after a bit more development. I did like what I saw, but honestly, if you’re looking for a finished racing game, try Mini Motor Racing X instead or some of the other heavier PCVR games available.
   
6. Les Mills Body Combat $29.99 Quest My quick take: No subscriptions, great coaches and fun workouts that will make you sweat. From the store page: “Work out at home with a premium fitness app. LES MILLS, the world's leading fitness company, brings the BODYCOMBAT experience to your VR headset with an extensive workout portfolio, top-quality coaching, innovative mechanics, and different intensities.” With no subscriptions or hidden fees, lots of workouts, motivating coaches and the ability to compete with friends on leaderboards, this really is a dynamite workout app. I was working up a good sweat during my workouts, so be sure you have good facial insert and a fan ready. Highly recommended if you want a workout in VR for just the price of entry.
   
7. Interkosmos 2000 $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: A difficult puzzle game, but rewarding if you have the patience. From the store page: “Go to space. Save the Future. Try not to Die. Welcome (back) to the world of Interkosmos for an even wilder, weirder and more wondrous adventure. Experience the intense exhilaration of spaceflight. Explore the awe-inspiring interiors of a realistic space capsule. Master the crucial systems that will keep you in orbit (and breathing). And while you’re at it, try your best not to die. Should you complete your mission, you just might save the future – and yourself. Should you fail? Let’s not think about that.” An intense puzzle game where you’re piloting a space ship with some very finicky controls. I found the experience way too difficult and exacting. Along with a bit of bugginess, that didn’t help in me determining if the error was my fault or the game's. If you have the patience, there certainly is some rewarding gameplay here, and an interesting story, but I found it all a bit too much to see to the end.
   
8. The Light Brigade $24.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: In a world of rougelikes, this is one that stands out. From the store page: “As a member of The Light Brigade, humanity’s last line of defense, brave ruins bathed in darkness and free the trapped souls who need the salvation only your gun can provide. Shoot, master spells, and upgrade your capabilities to herald the Sun’s return in this roguelike VR shooter.” There’s quite a lot of rouge shooters on Quest and despite the plethora of choices, this one stands out. Be warned, it starts out slowly, but gets quite fun after you get to know the systems after about an hour in. While I did make it to the last boss, I died and never went back to finished it. The gameplay loop and dynamic levels were solid though. The slight upgrades and different classes during each run were interesting and kept me going for a while. The most frustrating time I had was learning the little tips, tricks and finer gameplay points, but it was worth the push through that initial rough patch.
   
9. Resident Evil 4 $39.99 Quest My quick take: One of the best games in VR. A must own. From the store page: “Explore the world of Resident Evil 4, entirely remastered for VR. Step into the shoes of special agent Leon S. Kennedy on his mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who was kidnapped by a mysterious cult. Come face to face with enemies, and uncover secrets with gameplay that revolutionized the survival horror genre. Battle horrific creatures and face-off against mind-controlled villagers while discovering their connection to the cult behind the abduction.” I forgot so much about this game from when I first played it 18 years ago on the GameCube. The long length, fun characters and how exciting the gun play is, all just came together perfectly. The development team spent a ton of time getting the VR feeling just right, and it’s absolutely one of the best on the Quest and well worth the price of entry. Additionally, once you play through the game the first time it really changes from survival horror to a whole new type of game action game. Simply outstanding.
   
10. Mini Golf Hustler Free Quest My quick take: Early days in development. Some good ideas, but a bit too rough around the edges. From the store page: “Challenge Slick Willie Puttman in this FREE nine hole demo of Mini Golf Hustler. Hazards include armed torpedoes, tentacled arms, ornery tikis and more! Multiple betting games, including skins, match play and the fearsome traveling snake. All played at the same time.” I thought I’d check out another mini golf game to see what other ideas there might be outside of the king - Walkabout Mini Golf. While there were some solid ideas for holes, the betting felt uneven, and everything else felt in their very early stages. To be fair, no other mini golf game feels even close to the accuracy of Walkabout, so I think it’s a tough go for any other games to match. It's probably best to stick with the champ for now, but I applaud the dev for trying something different.
    
11. Pin City Free Quest (open beta on Discord) / Steam My quick take: Early days, but wow, worth a download and one to watch in the future. From the store page: "Pin City is a bowling game unlike any other bowling game you’ve played before. We strove to bring the spirit of mini-golf into the world of bowling. We’ve taken the standard bowling setup (straight lane, 10 pins, 1 ball) and expanded, transformed, and evolved it. We wanted to give people a chance to bowl in ways that would be impossible, illegal, or extremely impractical.” An early alpha game, but boy, what a great start, I’m really looking forward to the team getting the physics feeling right with weight and feel of the bowling balls and seeing how much more gameplay they can add. Really worth the download or heading over to their Discord to get a Quest key for free to try it out. The quirky bowling, physics and gameplay they're experimenting with really got me excited to see how this one comes together in the next several months.
    
12. Mash Me Up Free Quest My quick take: Please devs, add more multiplayer support! From the store page: “Do you want to play party games with your friends or meet someone new? All is just one button press away with Mash Me Up. One button, multiple games. Will it be Air Hockey, Pier Pong, Flingball, or… Get ready for a surprise! Press, Play, Enjoy and Go Again!” If this game got a bit more development love it would be incredible. As it stands now, there are several mini games you can play against one person. Most are just okay, but a handful are real gems, and one particularly is incredible - Geo Guesser. Hands down the best mini game in the pack. With four, or six players and some new content, they could easily charge for just this one game. As it stands now, it’s a great two player game, but you’ll need to bring your own friend as the servers are pretty barren. Worth a download though for sure as you’ll get a night of fun out of it.
    
13. THZZLS - Treasures Lost In Time $4.99 Quest My quick take: A unique puzzler that can be pretty relaxing, but repetitive. From the store page: “Our first THZZLE is called "Der Bazar", the world's first VR toy theatre puzzle game. The Bazar is a VR puzzle game where you have to place furniture and props in the right places in old-fashioned rooms according to an old picture you see. The game is set in 19th century Germany and each room has objects taken from the German lifestyle magazine "Der Bazar", published in Berlin.” This one used to be free, with paid content, but it has since changed as they added more content. You recreate a scene with cutouts of people and furniture in a 3D space. It seemed to have endless puzzles with randomization of scenes. I could see someone going to this for a relaxing 10-15 minutes, but it is a lot of the same each time and didn’t grab me fully. If you’re looking for a puzzle game that’s outside of the usual ones you find in the store, it’s not a bad choice for the price. Keep in mind though its hand tracking only, so for some that may be a non starter, even though it felt just fine.
    
14. Barbaria $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: What I imagine Gorn is like with a solid game loop of RTS. From the store page: “Do you have what it takes to be the Mightiest in Barbaria? Welcome to a brutal world where visceral motion-controlled combat blends seamlessly with god-scale base-building and asynchronous multiplayer raids. Use fists, axes, swords, bows, rocks, or anything you can grab to dominate your foes in intense 1st-person combat. Then jump out to your immortal form and watch your minions carry on the battle while you rain down meteors from above. Systemic combat, versatile enemy AI, and player-created defenses make every battle unique.” I recognize there is a lot here to do in this game - if you like the game loop. Unfortunately, it really didn’t do much for me. I was expecting more RTS than Gorn style gameplay and was not pulled in by the fighting or quests offered. I have to say that the humor was spot on, and it certainly had good visuals, the game was just not for me. All that being said, there is a lot of content here and you could be playing this for quite some time if you think this could be your jam.
    
15. Toy Monsters Free Quest Demo / $4.99 Quest My quick take: Plants vs Zombies in AR with hand tracking that does enough unique stuff to be worth it. From the store page: “Toy Monsters VR is a mixed-reality tabletop tower defense inspired by classic Plants vs Zombies. Built from the ground up with hand tracking and passthrough in mind. As you progress through the 20 levels, you'll unlock new toys with unique special powers. You can enhance your toys with magical potions and use crystal power to unleash magic beams from your hands, transform your fingers into flamethrowers, and more.” This game has come a long way since its initial release. It’s a solid hand tracking Plants vs. Zombies game with its own twist on powers and uses passthrough quite nicely. My biggest complaint is that you really need to complete the game all in one go (about an hour or so) as it doesn’t keep track of your upgrades if you quit. Essentially, trying to pass a later level without prior upgrades or powerups is near impossible. Despite that one issue, give at least the demo a try and if you like it, the price is pretty fair for what you get.
    
16. Exit Condition One Free Quest Demo / $4.99 Quest My quick take: A bit rough around the edges, but escape room fans will find fun with it. From the store page: “You awake from cryo in a mysterious museum. A robot refers to you as a curator and the security system is malfunctioning. Can you get things back to normal and escape? There are no jump scares. The game is designed ground-up for roomscale VR on the Quest, but supports all locomotion modes. Most objects can be interacted with, it fully uses physics, and the hands don't ‘ghost out.’” According to the description, this is still a work in progress. That being said, it was a neat escape game that I felt I got my money’s worth from. It certainly was a bit rough around the edges with its gameplay and had some obscure puzzles to work through, but I did finish it and had a good time with it. Try the demo for sure, and perhaps when it’s finally finished, some of those rough edges will be polished up, but as it stands now, it was pretty solid.
    
17. Hyperdash Free Quest / Steam My quick take: A solid online shooter, but you'll have to put in the time to get good to find the fun. From the store page: “Hyper Dash is a free VR multiplayer team based shooter. Payload, Domination, Control Point, (Team) Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Elimination, Ball and remix them with Mutators! Dash, sprint, and rail grind your way across the arenas to engage the enemy in fast-paced combat and secure the objective for your team. Offline mode/Bots, Dedicated servers, Private servers, Rebind-able controls, Left hand support, Voice chat.” For a free to play shooter, this one had great controls, nice graphics, a good gameplay loop, plenty of comfort options and a solid player base. All that being said, every player I faced off against were top tier, so I spent my time just dying round after round. This is a good game with a solid player base and there's fun here - if you’re willing to learn the ropes. It's bad for newbies like me just looking to have a good time and get a few kills.
    
18. Please, Don’t Touch Anything $9.99 Quest / $4.99 Steam My quick take: A game for escape room devotees only. From the store page: "Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing puzzle game. Covering for a colleague taking a bathroom break, you find yourself in front of a mysterious console with a green screen monitor showing a pixelated live image of an unknown city. Also present is an ominous red button with the simple instruction to not touch anything! Push the red button once or press it many times. Your choices and actions will lead to outrageous and frightening consequences and over 30 unique puzzle endings.” This is a weird one. A really obscure puzzle game that rewards experimentation, but is absolutely punishing with difficulty. If you’re really good at escape games and don’t get frustrated easily, you may enjoy the tedium. If not, you’ll end up like me, watching a tutorial to find out how to get different endings. But if you find yourself doing that, why not just watch a playthrough.
    
19. Eleven Table Tennis $29.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Still one of the best, but there’s so much untapped potential. From the store page: “The ultimate Table Tennis simulator. Play opponents in online multiplayer or practice against the advanced AI. With physics designed to be as real as ever achieved in a Table Tennis simulator, you will forget you are in VR." I finally got back to this game after the new UI was implemented. It looks much more user friendly, but much to my disappointment, there were no new arenas, music, or official doubles options. There is so much potential for expanding this game, and I feel like the devs are just content to have it remain in the state it currently is. Which, to be fair, is a perfect implementation of table tennis in VR. It’s still one of the best VR games out there and absolutely a must own. I just really wish they would add an officially supported doubles mode and expand out the game a bit more because the unofficial doubles mode is a real pain to get set up and only barely worth the struggle. If you'd like to see how to set that doubles up currently, here is a video I was a part of.
    
20. Breachers $29.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Come one, come all, this is 5 v 5 at its finest. From the store page: “In Breachers, you plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Whether you play as an enforcer or a revolter, master your nifty gadgetry, customize your powerful weaponry and beat your opponents in stunning environments. Intuitive to grasp. Endlessly playable.” Wow, wow, wow. This officially launched and is such a polished game. With multiple maps, intuitive movement and full lobbies, this game is simply spectacular. Despite the difficulty curve in being good at the game, it’s still a fun time even if you’re not the best, which is something special that few games manage to pull off. Where this game especially shines is with friends. If you can muster up a team of five to take on other random players, you’ll be playing this game for months. Give this a go, and if you're not any good, that's okay, because you'll still be better than the bots and a welcome addition to someone's team.
    
21. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Outcast (Sidequest mod) Free Demo on Quest / $9.99 (Full Game on Steam) My quick take: Come for the lightsaber play, stay if you can tolerate the puzzles. From the store page: “JK XR is a standalone VR port of the popular Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast game by Lucasarts and Raven Software. Brought to VR by Team Beef & Friends. There are lots of mods and access to the free demo level available through the JK XR Companion App, which is automatically also installed alongside JK XR on your headset.” I never played this game when it first came out on flatscreen in 2002, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first part of the game you’re playing essentially as a Han Solo type - a smart talkin’ gun slinger. The next part, you’re a cool Jedi chopping off limbs. Absolutely great execution as always by Team Beef, and you can’t beat the price. There is even a free demo to try out to see if you like it. All that being said, the game’s old puzzles, navigation and gameplay felt every bit of 20 years old. After dying multiple times because of missing an exact jump, getting lost and backtracking because I didn't see an obscure elevator and wasting time trying to navigate odd puzzles, I just found it to be too much to overcome to continue to the end. This is no slight on Team Beef and the great work they did with this port, the game just hasn’t aged the best.
    
22. CoasterMania $9.99 Quest My quick take: Early days, but still some fun to be had. There could be something special here after a few updates. From the store page: “CoasterMania is a physics-based VR rollercoaster game where you create the ride of your life! Use wacky contraptions and elements to fly through the sky, then experience your creation by jumping in the front seat. Sandbox mode: Build your dream rollercoaster without any rules but the rules of physics. When you're done, share your coaster or experience the engineering marvels of others. Design your own rides and upload them online.” You know, this game is just silly fun. It's early days for sure, and the tracks don't twist and come together as easily together as I’d hoped, which makes for a difficult time creating exactly what you want. It is satisfying though to have a roller coaster leap from one track to another over a gap. At this point the game is more of a sandbox than a full game with objectives (which is coming). The coasters other people have created are fun, so if you’re not into creating, there is that option to play with other people's designs, plus you can ride them in first person. I look forward to more updates and think it's worth looking at for sure, but if you’re looking for something a bit more fleshed out currently you can try Stunt Track Builder.
    
23. David Slade Mysteries: Case Files $9.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: You’re a forensic cop, here are your tools. Good luck dummy. From the store page: “Take to the dark and violent streets of downtown Riverside, where you investigate gruesome and violent homicides using a range of Forensic tools and your wits! Inspired by the classic Police Quest adventure series, reborn & reimagined for VR. Includes two epic episodes!” Slade is a murder mystery game that is ruthless in it’s difficulty. Honestly, there are several play throughs of this game on YouTube and none have beaten the first case because it was too hard, they all gave up. This game offers no hints, is super abstract and insanely difficult. Why did I keep playing? Well, the game’s tools were implemented quite well, the story was compelling, and I just felt I had to see this through to the end for my own sanity. Despite being as hard as nails, I somehow managed to finish the first case, then moved on to the second. No real spoilers, but the second case does a complete 180 and essentially becomes a horror game where you’re only weapon is your wits. A real departure from the first case. Again, I found myself frustrated, confused and turned around, but again, I had to power through it because something kept pulling me in. If you’re a masochist for puzzle games, I’d recommend this game.
    
24. Home Detective Free w/IAP - Quest My quick take: Fun use of AR, but pretty basic. From the store page: “Use your own living room to solve the crime! Using passthrough, the crime scene is overlaid onto your play area, leaving you free to explore and find clues. Use the patent-pending Residual Heat Scanner to detect the criminals' recent movements, and then dust for fingerprints or try to find evidence left behind. With your wits, and your trusty sidekick Steve Dobbins' snarky comments, you're sure to get to the bottom of these confusing crimes.” I appreciate the interesting use of passthrough and AR in this game. The first case is free to try, so if you’re into AR and passthrough, it’s worth a try. It's $3.99 for another case if you’re into it, but right now, it’s a pretty basic, but solid idea. My biggest complaint is that all my tools were on a shelf that was inaccessible because they were in my wall. I guess AR is still not quite there yet.
    
25. Vertigo Remastered $24.99 Steam My quick take: A fun and wacky ride from start to finish. From the store page: “It's a classic premise - a massive subterranean scientific facility full of mysteries, with aliens bursting in from alternate universes to wreak havoc. The twist? You're one of those aliens. But you're not here to wreak havoc (collateral damage disregarded), you're just trying to get home. A difficult endeavor, as it turns out this facility is more than prepared to deal with extraterrestrial threats.” Because I heard such great things about Vertigo 2, I thought I’d try out this game before I played the sequel. I was really blown away by how fun the game was and pleasantly surprised that it holds up so well. Considering its a 2016 remake, and VR was still figuring out a lot of things like movement, this still felt fresh. With lots of unique ideas, upgrades and areas to play in, I heartily recommend this one and am looking forward to playing the sequel.
    
26. Playin’ Pickleball $19.99 Quest My quick take: Solid physics, but really only for pickleball fans, or a group of four friends. From the store page: “Playin’ Pickleball is an authentic reproduction of Pickleball in Virtual Reality! Physics, sounds and mechanics have been carefully mapped from actual Pickleball game play. Even the scoring and rules are based on the USA Pickleball Association’s Official Rulebook.” Pickleball is sweeping the nation and if I recall correctly, even ForeVR is getting in on the game with an upcoming title. I’m much more of a tennis than pickleball guy, but I have to say, this game has pretty solid physics. Like most games, this is exponentially better with one or better yet, three other people you know. The AI players can be pretty uninteresting hitting it back and forth without much variance. Also the environments are a bit basic. I have to applaud the movement, physics and customizable items though as they all felt very well implemented. If you want something a bit less daunting than tennis, this might be what you're looking for.
    
27. Pong $6.99 Quest My quick take: A neat take on Pong, but you’ll have more fun with Cybrix. From the store page: “Classic paddle game reimagined for VR. Destroy all the bricks. Use your paddles to swing at the balls and the balls have built-in assistance to return back toward you. Take advantage of the pistol and magneto power-ups to cause major damage. Or just swing hard at the balls to create large blast radius. Oh and watch out for those mines going for your head. Lean left/right or crouch to avoid.” I appreciated the ideas the developers had in this modern take on Pong, but it was ultimately quite short and not nearly as fun as Cybrix. That being said for the price, I got my money’s worth and would love to see it get a bit more polish and levels in an update.
    
28. Extreme Escape $4.99 Quest / Steam (Early Access) My quick take: One of those special games where you really feel like you're in the environment. From the store page: “Have you ever wondered how it would feel to travel in a hot air balloon and fly above clouds? Have you ever wanted to face your fear of heights and enclosed spaces? Perhaps you wanted to become a pilot and test your critical thinking skills. Looking for a breathtaking experience? Try Extreme Escape.” The game says “early access,” but honestly I believe this has been abandoned. For the price, you get an extremely short, but fun and unique escape room experience. You’re not going to find this game too hard, but I was brought into its world and completely immersed - I had a true sense of dread and panic. The even shorter “demo” inside the game puts you on a sinking submarine and was extremely memorable. Seldom have I felt so immersed in a game. I’d recommend it for this price, just because of how it made me feel, but it’s a real shame about the very short length and that it’s abandoned.
    
29. The Last Worker $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Gaming with a heavy message, but mediocre gameplay. From the store page: “The Last Worker is an immersive narrative adventure centered around a lone worker’s last stand in an increasingly automated world, The Last Worker is a unique blend of work simulation and stealth strategic gameplay. The game is set in a lonely, oppressive but strangely beautiful environment, with characters designed by comics legend Mick McMahon. Kurt works for the world’s largest retailer and is forced to choose between capitalism or activism. Having dedicated his life to work, Kurt’s loyalty is put to the test when a group of activists ask him to dismantle Jüngle from the inside.” I really wanted to like this game. It had an interesting concept, but navigating, fail states and some very annoying bugs frustrated me to the point where I just said it wasn’t worth my time. That and the story wasn’t speaking to me. It’s well rated, so I’m probably on the opposite side of this one from most people. It's unique in many ways, so check out the teaser and see if it might be for you.
    
30. Shadow Point $19.99 Quest My quick take: Fisherman’s Tale vibes with an excellent story and puzzles that makes you feel smart. From the store page: “Built for VR, Shadow Point is a story-driven puzzle game set between a mountaintop observatory and an ever-changing fantasy world. Explore a vibrant kingdom, cast shadows and solve mind-bending puzzles as you uncover the mystery of missing schoolgirl, Lorna McCabe who vanished from Shadow Point Observatory twelve years ago. As your adventure unfolds, you will manipulate gravity, play with your own reflection, walk on walls, peer through a magical lens to reveal an alternate reality and much more.” I had this game on my wishlist forever and finally pulled the trigger, and boy am I glad I did. I really enjoyed the story, gameplay and ended up marathoning it in one session (which I don't recommend doing). It is a few hours long, and there are extra puzzles to go back to if you’d like. It had some serious Fisherman’s Tale vibes, so if you like those type of puzzle games, this is for you. The puzzles make you stop and think, and more importantly, progress nicely. I was never stuck, but certainly had to really contemplate how to solve some of them. It is slightly finicky with having to line up the shadows exactly to progress, but that is a minor complaint. Give this one a go for sure.
    

I hope you find a few games on this list that you might not have heard of, or that you might find worth revisiting. Let me know here or on the Ruff Talk Discord channel if you have a game you enjoy that I should try, I'm always open to recommendations. Until then, I hope your next VR experience is a memorable one.
Also, the week this is posted, I'm hosting a contest where one winner gets a $29.99 or less, Quest game of their choice. You can enter on the discord channel above, but will need to have five posts on the discord channel within a week to enter, so if that interests you, feel free to join. The Ruff Talk guys usually have giveaways every week and it's some solid VR chat if you're looking for like-minded individuals in a non-toxic space.
TLDR: Top five games to check out - Ark and Ade, Pin City, Breachers, Shadow Point, Vertigo Remastered

Hi guys im a noob/unexperienced drummer from north west Mexico, i have a small studio/room where i keep my drums, it is separated from the rest of the house and has AC but its never turned on unless i go there and play (so it could spend several days off).
The problem its that in my town temperatures can reach a max daily temp of 110 F (in average) and last summer it went to 120+ a couple of days... since it is separated from my house and it was meant to store stuff then reporpused to be a studio/guest room temps inside can reach 100-110.
(its like a garage but with a bed and a drum kit there lol)
I've never care enought since most of my drum sets where entry level/cheap/used but recently i've been upgrading my kit and i just got an Acrilyc snare and i've been told not to expose it to direct sunlight or leave it in the furnace that i call studio, i have no doubts on storing acrilyc stuff on a well isolated/cooled room but what about other materials? for example birch, maple, etc.
What would you guys recommend? any tips on other stuff like heads, hardware, etc?
My next project its obviously isolate that room so it doesnt match outside temps....

I’m a college student in my 20s only one friend. I used to be a shy person , which held me back now I’m not anymore and this condition is what’s holding me back.
I get scared sometimes to be in a room alone with people scared I’ll pass gas’s unwillingly and everyone will smell it and feel uncomfortable. It’s even happened to me when I’ve tried meeting people at a new church I was so embarrassed. I’m trying so hard not to let this take over my life and keep me down
For me, the the problem is primarily gas( and some bouts of constipation too) And it happens mostly when I’m sitting down. It really sucks in many social surroundings your emeant to sit down and stay in one place , which feels like a breeding ground for the gas for some reason.
I’ve been able to make a friend group a few years ago when it wasn’t that bad and would only hang out when flare ups weren’t terrible and they never really noticed anything thank God. When things got worse though, I’d miss a lot of important hangouts and I think they took it as me not wanting to see them and stopped inviting me out.
I made one more friend who is my only friend at the moment , who has her own stomach problems and I’m not sure if she’s noticed but I figured if she ever did she may just chalk it up to me telling her I did struggle with ibs.
Also worried about finding a job and having to sit in one place and ignite a room with the gas too lol
Can anyone tell me how they’ve been able to have an ounce of a social life? Be around people without feeling like dying every few minutes? And if anyone has leaky gas/leaky gut solutions please feel free to share as well.

We know how the Astral Express crew are like with one another - their relationships with one another, the banter between them, their living spaces. How do you think the interactions between Blade, Kafka, Silver Wolf, etc. are like? Is Silver Wolf just gaming in the corner quietly while Blade's ranting psychotically about his old grudges to Kafka who is like a jaded therapist lmao? What do you think their rooms are like, daily habits? Would love to hear your headcanons and of course this is for fun, so be nice!

To give some context, my nana who is my mother's mom, is disabled and is currently living with my mom and my younger sister. My mother is not a good caregiver, not even to her kids. It started off with her just being neglectful but now she is neglectful and abusive. My little sister is on the verge of contemplating suicide due to the stress of basically running the house by herself while taking care of my nana largely by herself at 17 years old.
My nana's bed room is filthy. The whole house reeks of piss and filth coming from my nana and her spaces. She barely gets a bath. She can not take care of herself, she needs help with almost everything. My mother is mean to her and my little sister.
Financially, my mom can not properly take care of my nana. There is barely any food in the house. My mom does not want to and is fincancially unable to put my nana in a nursing home.
I really do not want to mom to be in jail but i have to stand up for my nana and my little sister.
What are my options? I know that this is not a legal advice forum but has anyone navigated something like this before? Does anyone have any resources they can share?

I'm keeping track of all the VR games I’ve played this year to catalogue them in hopes that they may give fellow VR gamers some fresh games to try out, or reasons to revisit older games that have had big updates. I'm currently up to 52 different VR games played this year. The first 22 that I played from January to March can be found here. The latest 30 games are mostly on the Quest, but many are available on PCVR.
Some of the games listed below, I can see playing all year long, others are not my cup of tea, but they may interest you enough to try them out. In either case, here are my quick thoughts on the 30 games I’ve played during April and May of 2023.
TLDR: My top 5 games to check out are at the bottom and so is some info for a game giveaway.
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1. ARK and ADE $9.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: A fun shooter with Pistol Whip vibes that is absolutely worth the price of admission. From the store page: “ARK and ADE is an action-jammed FPS shooter in which you get to experience the glory of the 80’s arcade era in a neon fused setting. Shoot your way through retro-futuristic levels filled with enemies, iconic over the top bosses and never ending bullets!” I played this game back when it was in App Lab before it graduated to the full store. It was such a fun shooter back then, and I’d look forward to new levels coming out every few months. Now that it made it out of app lab, has a bunch of levels and had the gameplay polished, it’s absolutely worth a pickup, especially for that price.
   
2. Project Third Eye $9.99 Quest My quick take: A game where you make your own fun. From the store page: “Project Third Eye is an action physics sandbox with a built-in visual scripting panel to apply logic to spawnable items. This allows you to build your own modifications to the game and customize behaviors as you like.” Just like the description says, this is more of a proof of concept and sandbox game more so than a full fledged game with objectives. There are certainly neat ideas here and there, and the dev is really active with updates on Reddit. If you like to experiment and see how concepts develop in a game, you may enjoy this, but there’s no real direction beyond experimenting, so I dropped off fairly quickly.
   
3. Jousting VR Demo $9.99 Quest / Steam Quest Demo My quick take: A bit light on gameplay, but there is some charm here. From the store page: “XIII century, Europe, royal market courtyard. You are a knight who joined the medieval tournament. Your task is 'simple.' Jump on your trusty steed, grab your lance & defeat the enemy. Take into consideration speed, accuracy, strength. Equipment is also important. The better gear the easier the task. Oh, and other knights - they want to win as much as you do.” As advertised, it's a jousting game in VR. I enjoyed the demo, but honestly it was a bit too finicky at times and just not worth a full buy to me. The atmosphere was fun though and there was a progression loop for those who get into it.
   
4. Demeo $39.99 Quest and Steam (flatscreen as well) My quick take: This is a great game that I revisited from start to finish with four players. A must own. From the store page: “Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and fight monsters in Demeo, the turn-based tabletop strategy game of battle and glory. Roll dice, pick up miniatures, and free the world of Gilmerra in round after round of tabletop board game fun. With a huge assortment of monsters, playable classes, and environments to explore, it’s never the same game twice." I finally got a chance to play through the entirety of the game in VR with four friends, through each world, while trying a variety of characters. We even made a video ranking the best players and levels. It really is a solid dungeon crawling adventure. With 2 or more friends, this game really shines and is such a fun ride, despite how punishing the bosses can be. This is the closest you can get to D&D in VR without having a dungeon master. Well worth the asking price.
   
5. Build and Drive Racing Demo Free Quest / Steam My quick take: Early days in development, maybe something to keep an eye on to see how it improves. From the store page: "Get ready for a new experience on Windows desktop and VR, where you get to build your ultimate racing machine, tailored to your driving style and optimized for performance, or race to the finish line with a monster what makes you smile. With stylised graphics and arcade-like physics, every turn, straightway and ramp will put your skills to the test. Feel the thrill of the race like never before in VR, as you immerse yourself counting the seconds on the home stretch." An early demo that has seen some updates. Maybe worth looking at in a few months after a bit more development. I did like what I saw, but honestly, if you’re looking for a finished racing game, try Mini Motor Racing X instead or some of the other heavier PCVR games available.
   
6. Les Mills Body Combat $29.99 Quest My quick take: No subscriptions, great coaches and fun workouts that will make you sweat. From the store page: “Work out at home with a premium fitness app. LES MILLS, the world's leading fitness company, brings the BODYCOMBAT experience to your VR headset with an extensive workout portfolio, top-quality coaching, innovative mechanics, and different intensities.” With no subscriptions or hidden fees, lots of workouts, motivating coaches and the ability to compete with friends on leaderboards, this really is a dynamite workout app. I was working up a good sweat during my workouts, so be sure you have good facial insert and a fan ready. Highly recommended if you want a workout in VR for just the price of entry.
   
7. Interkosmos 2000 $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: A difficult puzzle game, but rewarding if you have the patience. From the store page: “Go to space. Save the Future. Try not to Die. Welcome (back) to the world of Interkosmos for an even wilder, weirder and more wondrous adventure. Experience the intense exhilaration of spaceflight. Explore the awe-inspiring interiors of a realistic space capsule. Master the crucial systems that will keep you in orbit (and breathing). And while you’re at it, try your best not to die. Should you complete your mission, you just might save the future – and yourself. Should you fail? Let’s not think about that.” An intense puzzle game where you’re piloting a space ship with some very finicky controls. I found the experience way too difficult and exacting. Along with a bit of bugginess, that didn’t help in me determining if the error was my fault or the game's. If you have the patience, there certainly is some rewarding gameplay here, and an interesting story, but I found it all a bit too much to see to the end.
   
8. The Light Brigade $24.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: In a world of rougelikes, this is one that stands out. From the store page: “As a member of The Light Brigade, humanity’s last line of defense, brave ruins bathed in darkness and free the trapped souls who need the salvation only your gun can provide. Shoot, master spells, and upgrade your capabilities to herald the Sun’s return in this roguelike VR shooter.” There’s quite a lot of rouge shooters on Quest and despite the plethora of choices, this one stands out. Be warned, it starts out slowly, but gets quite fun after you get to know the systems after about an hour in. While I did make it to the last boss, I died and never went back to finished it. The gameplay loop and dynamic levels were solid though. The slight upgrades and different classes during each run were interesting and kept me going for a while. The most frustrating time I had was learning the little tips, tricks and finer gameplay points, but it was worth the push through that initial rough patch.
   
9. Resident Evil 4 $39.99 Quest My quick take: One of the best games in VR. A must own. From the store page: “Explore the world of Resident Evil 4, entirely remastered for VR. Step into the shoes of special agent Leon S. Kennedy on his mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who was kidnapped by a mysterious cult. Come face to face with enemies, and uncover secrets with gameplay that revolutionized the survival horror genre. Battle horrific creatures and face-off against mind-controlled villagers while discovering their connection to the cult behind the abduction.” I forgot so much about this game from when I first played it 18 years ago on the GameCube. The long length, fun characters and how exciting the gun play is, all just came together perfectly. The development team spent a ton of time getting the VR feeling just right, and it’s absolutely one of the best on the Quest and well worth the price of entry. Additionally, once you play through the game the first time it really changes from survival horror to a whole new type of game action game. Simply outstanding.
   
10. Mini Golf Hustler Free Quest My quick take: Early days in development. Some good ideas, but a bit too rough around the edges. From the store page: “Challenge Slick Willie Puttman in this FREE nine hole demo of Mini Golf Hustler. Hazards include armed torpedoes, tentacled arms, ornery tikis and more! Multiple betting games, including skins, match play and the fearsome traveling snake. All played at the same time.” I thought I’d check out another mini golf game to see what other ideas there might be outside of the king - Walkabout Mini Golf. While there were some solid ideas for holes, the betting felt uneven, and everything else felt in their very early stages. To be fair, no other mini golf game feels even close to the accuracy of Walkabout, so I think it’s a tough go for any other games to match. It's probably best to stick with the champ for now, but I applaud the dev for trying something different.
    
11. Pin City Free Quest (open beta on Discord) / Steam My quick take: Early days, but wow, worth a download and one to watch in the future. From the store page: "Pin City is a bowling game unlike any other bowling game you’ve played before. We strove to bring the spirit of mini-golf into the world of bowling. We’ve taken the standard bowling setup (straight lane, 10 pins, 1 ball) and expanded, transformed, and evolved it. We wanted to give people a chance to bowl in ways that would be impossible, illegal, or extremely impractical.” An early alpha game, but boy, what a great start, I’m really looking forward to the team getting the physics feeling right with weight and feel of the bowling balls and seeing how much more gameplay they can add. Really worth the download or heading over to their Discord to get a Quest key for free to try it out. The quirky bowling, physics and gameplay they're experimenting with really got me excited to see how this one comes together in the next several months.
    
12. Mash Me Up Free Quest My quick take: Please devs, add more multiplayer support! From the store page: “Do you want to play party games with your friends or meet someone new? All is just one button press away with Mash Me Up. One button, multiple games. Will it be Air Hockey, Pier Pong, Flingball, or… Get ready for a surprise! Press, Play, Enjoy and Go Again!” If this game got a bit more development love it would be incredible. As it stands now, there are several mini games you can play against one person. Most are just okay, but a handful are real gems, and one particularly is incredible - Geo Guesser. Hands down the best mini game in the pack. With four, or six players and some new content, they could easily charge for just this one game. As it stands now, it’s a great two player game, but you’ll need to bring your own friend as the servers are pretty barren. Worth a download though for sure as you’ll get a night of fun out of it.
    
13. THZZLS - Treasures Lost In Time $4.99 Quest My quick take: A unique puzzler that can be pretty relaxing, but repetitive. From the store page: “Our first THZZLE is called "Der Bazar", the world's first VR toy theatre puzzle game. The Bazar is a VR puzzle game where you have to place furniture and props in the right places in old-fashioned rooms according to an old picture you see. The game is set in 19th century Germany and each room has objects taken from the German lifestyle magazine "Der Bazar", published in Berlin.” This one used to be free, with paid content, but it has since changed as they added more content. You recreate a scene with cutouts of people and furniture in a 3D space. It seemed to have endless puzzles with randomization of scenes. I could see someone going to this for a relaxing 10-15 minutes, but it is a lot of the same each time and didn’t grab me fully. If you’re looking for a puzzle game that’s outside of the usual ones you find in the store, it’s not a bad choice for the price. Keep in mind though its hand tracking only, so for some that may be a non starter, even though it felt just fine.
    
14. Barbaria $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: What I imagine Gorn is like with a solid game loop of RTS. From the store page: “Do you have what it takes to be the Mightiest in Barbaria? Welcome to a brutal world where visceral motion-controlled combat blends seamlessly with god-scale base-building and asynchronous multiplayer raids. Use fists, axes, swords, bows, rocks, or anything you can grab to dominate your foes in intense 1st-person combat. Then jump out to your immortal form and watch your minions carry on the battle while you rain down meteors from above. Systemic combat, versatile enemy AI, and player-created defenses make every battle unique.” I recognize there is a lot here to do in this game - if you like the game loop. Unfortunately, it really didn’t do much for me. I was expecting more RTS than Gorn style gameplay and was not pulled in by the fighting or quests offered. I have to say that the humor was spot on, and it certainly had good visuals, the game was just not for me. All that being said, there is a lot of content here and you could be playing this for quite some time if you think this could be your jam.
    
15. Toy Monsters Free Quest Demo / $4.99 Quest My quick take: Plants vs Zombies in AR with hand tracking that does enough unique stuff to be worth it. From the store page: “Toy Monsters VR is a mixed-reality tabletop tower defense inspired by classic Plants vs Zombies. Built from the ground up with hand tracking and passthrough in mind. As you progress through the 20 levels, you'll unlock new toys with unique special powers. You can enhance your toys with magical potions and use crystal power to unleash magic beams from your hands, transform your fingers into flamethrowers, and more.” This game has come a long way since its initial release. It’s a solid hand tracking Plants vs. Zombies game with its own twist on powers and uses passthrough quite nicely. My biggest complaint is that you really need to complete the game all in one go (about an hour or so) as it doesn’t keep track of your upgrades if you quit. Essentially, trying to pass a later level without prior upgrades or powerups is near impossible. Despite that one issue, give at least the demo a try and if you like it, the price is pretty fair for what you get.
    
16. Exit Condition One Free Quest Demo / $4.99 Quest My quick take: A bit rough around the edges, but escape room fans will find fun with it. From the store page: “You awake from cryo in a mysterious museum. A robot refers to you as a curator and the security system is malfunctioning. Can you get things back to normal and escape? There are no jump scares. The game is designed ground-up for roomscale VR on the Quest, but supports all locomotion modes. Most objects can be interacted with, it fully uses physics, and the hands don't ‘ghost out.’” According to the description, this is still a work in progress. That being said, it was a neat escape game that I felt I got my money’s worth from. It certainly was a bit rough around the edges with its gameplay and had some obscure puzzles to work through, but I did finish it and had a good time with it. Try the demo for sure, and perhaps when it’s finally finished, some of those rough edges will be polished up, but as it stands now, it was pretty solid.
    
17. Hyperdash Free Quest / Steam My quick take: A solid online shooter, but you'll have to put in the time to get good to find the fun. From the store page: “Hyper Dash is a free VR multiplayer team based shooter. Payload, Domination, Control Point, (Team) Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Elimination, Ball and remix them with Mutators! Dash, sprint, and rail grind your way across the arenas to engage the enemy in fast-paced combat and secure the objective for your team. Offline mode/Bots, Dedicated servers, Private servers, Rebind-able controls, Left hand support, Voice chat.” For a free to play shooter, this one had great controls, nice graphics, a good gameplay loop, plenty of comfort options and a solid player base. All that being said, every player I faced off against were top tier, so I spent my time just dying round after round. This is a good game with a solid player base and there's fun here - if you’re willing to learn the ropes. It's bad for newbies like me just looking to have a good time and get a few kills.
    
18. Please, Don’t Touch Anything $9.99 Quest / $4.99 Steam My quick take: A game for escape room devotees only. From the store page: "Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing puzzle game. Covering for a colleague taking a bathroom break, you find yourself in front of a mysterious console with a green screen monitor showing a pixelated live image of an unknown city. Also present is an ominous red button with the simple instruction to not touch anything! Push the red button once or press it many times. Your choices and actions will lead to outrageous and frightening consequences and over 30 unique puzzle endings.” This is a weird one. A really obscure puzzle game that rewards experimentation, but is absolutely punishing with difficulty. If you’re really good at escape games and don’t get frustrated easily, you may enjoy the tedium. If not, you’ll end up like me, watching a tutorial to find out how to get different endings. But if you find yourself doing that, why not just watch a playthrough.
    
19. Eleven Table Tennis $29.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Still one of the best, but there’s so much untapped potential. From the store page: “The ultimate Table Tennis simulator. Play opponents in online multiplayer or practice against the advanced AI. With physics designed to be as real as ever achieved in a Table Tennis simulator, you will forget you are in VR." I finally got back to this game after the new UI was implemented. It looks much more user friendly, but much to my disappointment, there were no new arenas, music, or official doubles options. There is so much potential for expanding this game, and I feel like the devs are just content to have it remain in the state it currently is. Which, to be fair, is a perfect implementation of table tennis in VR. It’s still one of the best VR games out there and absolutely a must own. I just really wish they would add an officially supported doubles mode and expand out the game a bit more because the unofficial doubles mode is a real pain to get set up and only barely worth the struggle. If you'd like to see how to set that doubles up currently, here is a video I was a part of.
    
20. Breachers $29.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Come one, come all, this is 5 v 5 at its finest. From the store page: “In Breachers, you plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Whether you play as an enforcer or a revolter, master your nifty gadgetry, customize your powerful weaponry and beat your opponents in stunning environments. Intuitive to grasp. Endlessly playable.” Wow, wow, wow. This officially launched and is such a polished game. With multiple maps, intuitive movement and full lobbies, this game is simply spectacular. Despite the difficulty curve in being good at the game, it’s still a fun time even if you’re not the best, which is something special that few games manage to pull off. Where this game especially shines is with friends. If you can muster up a team of five to take on other random players, you’ll be playing this game for months. Give this a go, and if you're not any good, that's okay, because you'll still be better than the bots and a welcome addition to someone's team.
    
21. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Outcast (Sidequest mod) Free Demo on Quest / $9.99 (Full Game on Steam) My quick take: Come for the lightsaber play, stay if you can tolerate the puzzles. From the store page: “JK XR is a standalone VR port of the popular Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast game by Lucasarts and Raven Software. Brought to VR by Team Beef & Friends. There are lots of mods and access to the free demo level available through the JK XR Companion App, which is automatically also installed alongside JK XR on your headset.” I never played this game when it first came out on flatscreen in 2002, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first part of the game you’re playing essentially as a Han Solo type - a smart talkin’ gun slinger. The next part, you’re a cool Jedi chopping off limbs. Absolutely great execution as always by Team Beef, and you can’t beat the price. There is even a free demo to try out to see if you like it. All that being said, the game’s old puzzles, navigation and gameplay felt every bit of 20 years old. After dying multiple times because of missing an exact jump, getting lost and backtracking because I didn't see an obscure elevator and wasting time trying to navigate odd puzzles, I just found it to be too much to overcome to continue to the end. This is no slight on Team Beef and the great work they did with this port, the game just hasn’t aged the best.
    
22. CoasterMania $9.99 Quest My quick take: Early days, but still some fun to be had. There could be something special here after a few updates. From the store page: “CoasterMania is a physics-based VR rollercoaster game where you create the ride of your life! Use wacky contraptions and elements to fly through the sky, then experience your creation by jumping in the front seat. Sandbox mode: Build your dream rollercoaster without any rules but the rules of physics. When you're done, share your coaster or experience the engineering marvels of others. Design your own rides and upload them online.” You know, this game is just silly fun. It's early days for sure, and the tracks don't twist and come together as easily together as I’d hoped, which makes for a difficult time creating exactly what you want. It is satisfying though to have a roller coaster leap from one track to another over a gap. At this point the game is more of a sandbox than a full game with objectives (which is coming). The coasters other people have created are fun, so if you’re not into creating, there is that option to play with other people's designs, plus you can ride them in first person. I look forward to more updates and think it's worth looking at for sure, but if you’re looking for something a bit more fleshed out currently you can try Stunt Track Builder.
    
23. David Slade Mysteries: Case Files $9.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: You’re a forensic cop, here are your tools. Good luck dummy. From the store page: “Take to the dark and violent streets of downtown Riverside, where you investigate gruesome and violent homicides using a range of Forensic tools and your wits! Inspired by the classic Police Quest adventure series, reborn & reimagined for VR. Includes two epic episodes!” Slade is a murder mystery game that is ruthless in it’s difficulty. Honestly, there are several play throughs of this game on YouTube and none have beaten the first case because it was too hard, they all gave up. This game offers no hints, is super abstract and insanely difficult. Why did I keep playing? Well, the game’s tools were implemented quite well, the story was compelling, and I just felt I had to see this through to the end for my own sanity. Despite being as hard as nails, I somehow managed to finish the first case, then moved on to the second. No real spoilers, but the second case does a complete 180 and essentially becomes a horror game where you’re only weapon is your wits. A real departure from the first case. Again, I found myself frustrated, confused and turned around, but again, I had to power through it because something kept pulling me in. If you’re a masochist for puzzle games, I’d recommend this game.
    
24. Home Detective Free w/IAP - Quest My quick take: Fun use of AR, but pretty basic. From the store page: “Use your own living room to solve the crime! Using passthrough, the crime scene is overlaid onto your play area, leaving you free to explore and find clues. Use the patent-pending Residual Heat Scanner to detect the criminals' recent movements, and then dust for fingerprints or try to find evidence left behind. With your wits, and your trusty sidekick Steve Dobbins' snarky comments, you're sure to get to the bottom of these confusing crimes.” I appreciate the interesting use of passthrough and AR in this game. The first case is free to try, so if you’re into AR and passthrough, it’s worth a try. It's $3.99 for another case if you’re into it, but right now, it’s a pretty basic, but solid idea. My biggest complaint is that all my tools were on a shelf that was inaccessible because they were in my wall. I guess AR is still not quite there yet.
    
25. Vertigo Remastered $24.99 Steam My quick take: A fun and wacky ride from start to finish. From the store page: “It's a classic premise - a massive subterranean scientific facility full of mysteries, with aliens bursting in from alternate universes to wreak havoc. The twist? You're one of those aliens. But you're not here to wreak havoc (collateral damage disregarded), you're just trying to get home. A difficult endeavor, as it turns out this facility is more than prepared to deal with extraterrestrial threats.” Because I heard such great things about Vertigo 2, I thought I’d try out this game before I played the sequel. I was really blown away by how fun the game was and pleasantly surprised that it holds up so well. Considering its a 2016 remake, and VR was still figuring out a lot of things like movement, this still felt fresh. With lots of unique ideas, upgrades and areas to play in, I heartily recommend this one and am looking forward to playing the sequel.
    
26. Playin’ Pickleball $19.99 Quest My quick take: Solid physics, but really only for pickleball fans, or a group of four friends. From the store page: “Playin’ Pickleball is an authentic reproduction of Pickleball in Virtual Reality! Physics, sounds and mechanics have been carefully mapped from actual Pickleball game play. Even the scoring and rules are based on the USA Pickleball Association’s Official Rulebook.” Pickleball is sweeping the nation and if I recall correctly, even ForeVR is getting in on the game with an upcoming title. I’m much more of a tennis than pickleball guy, but I have to say, this game has pretty solid physics. Like most games, this is exponentially better with one or better yet, three other people you know. The AI players can be pretty uninteresting hitting it back and forth without much variance. Also the environments are a bit basic. I have to applaud the movement, physics and customizable items though as they all felt very well implemented. If you want something a bit less daunting than tennis, this might be what you're looking for.
    
27. Pong $6.99 Quest My quick take: A neat take on Pong, but you’ll have more fun with Cybrix. From the store page: “Classic paddle game reimagined for VR. Destroy all the bricks. Use your paddles to swing at the balls and the balls have built-in assistance to return back toward you. Take advantage of the pistol and magneto power-ups to cause major damage. Or just swing hard at the balls to create large blast radius. Oh and watch out for those mines going for your head. Lean left/right or crouch to avoid.” I appreciated the ideas the developers had in this modern take on Pong, but it was ultimately quite short and not nearly as fun as Cybrix. That being said for the price, I got my money’s worth and would love to see it get a bit more polish and levels in an update.
    
28. Extreme Escape $4.99 Quest / Steam (Early Access) My quick take: One of those special games where you really feel like you're in the environment. From the store page: “Have you ever wondered how it would feel to travel in a hot air balloon and fly above clouds? Have you ever wanted to face your fear of heights and enclosed spaces? Perhaps you wanted to become a pilot and test your critical thinking skills. Looking for a breathtaking experience? Try Extreme Escape.” The game says “early access,” but honestly I believe this has been abandoned. For the price, you get an extremely short, but fun and unique escape room experience. You’re not going to find this game too hard, but I was brought into its world and completely immersed - I had a true sense of dread and panic. The even shorter “demo” inside the game puts you on a sinking submarine and was extremely memorable. Seldom have I felt so immersed in a game. I’d recommend it for this price, just because of how it made me feel, but it’s a real shame about the very short length and that it’s abandoned.
    
29. The Last Worker $19.99 Quest / Steam My quick take: Gaming with a heavy message, but mediocre gameplay. From the store page: “The Last Worker is an immersive narrative adventure centered around a lone worker’s last stand in an increasingly automated world, The Last Worker is a unique blend of work simulation and stealth strategic gameplay. The game is set in a lonely, oppressive but strangely beautiful environment, with characters designed by comics legend Mick McMahon. Kurt works for the world’s largest retailer and is forced to choose between capitalism or activism. Having dedicated his life to work, Kurt’s loyalty is put to the test when a group of activists ask him to dismantle Jüngle from the inside.” I really wanted to like this game. It had an interesting concept, but navigating, fail states and some very annoying bugs frustrated me to the point where I just said it wasn’t worth my time. That and the story wasn’t speaking to me. It’s well rated, so I’m probably on the opposite side of this one from most people. It's unique in many ways, so check out the teaser and see if it might be for you.
    
30. Shadow Point $19.99 Quest My quick take: Fisherman’s Tale vibes with an excellent story and puzzles that makes you feel smart. From the store page: “Built for VR, Shadow Point is a story-driven puzzle game set between a mountaintop observatory and an ever-changing fantasy world. Explore a vibrant kingdom, cast shadows and solve mind-bending puzzles as you uncover the mystery of missing schoolgirl, Lorna McCabe who vanished from Shadow Point Observatory twelve years ago. As your adventure unfolds, you will manipulate gravity, play with your own reflection, walk on walls, peer through a magical lens to reveal an alternate reality and much more.” I had this game on my wishlist forever and finally pulled the trigger, and boy am I glad I did. I really enjoyed the story, gameplay and ended up marathoning it in one session (which I don't recommend doing). It is a few hours long, and there are extra puzzles to go back to if you’d like. It had some serious Fisherman’s Tale vibes, so if you like those type of puzzle games, this is for you. The puzzles make you stop and think, and more importantly, progress nicely. I was never stuck, but certainly had to really contemplate how to solve some of them. It is slightly finicky with having to line up the shadows exactly to progress, but that is a minor complaint. Give this one a go for sure.
    

I hope you find a few games on this list that you might not have heard of, or that you might find worth revisiting. Let me know here or on the Ruff Talk Discord channel if you have a game you enjoy that I should try, I'm always open to recommendations. Until then, I hope your next VR experience is a memorable one.
Also, the week this is posted, I'm hosting a contest where one winner gets a $29.99 or less, Quest game of their choice. You can enter on the discord channel above, but will need to have five posts on the discord channel within a week to enter, so if that interests you, feel free to join. The Ruff Talk guys usually have giveaways every week and it's some solid VR chat if you're looking for like-minded individuals in a non-toxic space.
TLDR: Top five games to check out - Ark and Ade, Pin City, Breachers, Shadow Point, Vertigo Remastered

I have always being a PlayStation Player from PS2, PS3 and PS4 until 2020 when I got my first PC.
I already have a good set up in my room. But there’s a lot of PS games I cant play and i want to. The thing is that i dont have the money to buy a PS5, I need to sell my pc (which I think I can get like 1000€ from) and then buy a PS5 with a lot of games.
Also, its important to say that I have a QD-OLED 65 inch TV that i cant use at 100% with my PC cuz it has a RTX 2080 TI and it doesnt has a HDMI 2.1 port so i cant play at 4K 144hz.
Also I really love to be in my closed room with my chair and relax in there. The PS5 would be at the sitting room, but I think that I can put a really large HDMI to my monitor of my room, so whenever I want to relax playing PS5 i can be in the sitting room or personal room.

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Episode 5: 12 angry campers
CHALLENGE
The final 12 go to court. Both teams will be working on an elementary legal case and they have 1 hour to determine who is guilty. However, not everyone will be participating. At the start, each team will choose one member from the opposing team to sit out and be the presenter. This person will be in a different room and instead of solving the case with the rest of the team, they will be presenting the case, explaining the logic behind their team's final decision. Since the presenter does not have access to the problem, their teammates will prepare a cheat sheet, 50 words max, and place it in a red envelope. It is up to the presenter to use this cheat sheet and present the case as best as they can, with as few leaps of logic as possible. The presenters will have 3 minutes to talk. Chris, Chef and 3 interns will judge and decide which team presents the case better.
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The puzzle (*Taken from an American brain teaser*)
An elementary school teacher in Toronto named Mrs. Pertsch had her purse stolen. The thief had to be Jonesy, Caitlin, Jude, Nikki, or Jen. When questioned, each child made three statements:
Jonesy: (1) I didn't take the purse (2) I have never in my life stolen anything (3) Nikki did it
Caitlin: (4) I didn't take the purse (5) My daddy is rich enough, and I have a purse of my own (6) Jen knows who did it
Jude: (7) I didn't take the purse dude (8) I didn't know Jen before I enrolled in this school dude (9) Nikki did it dude
Nikki: (10) I am not guilty (11) Jen did it (12) Jonesy is lying when he says I stole the purse
Jen: (13) I didn't take the teacher's purse (14) Caitlin is guilty (15) Jude can vouch for me because he knows me since I was born
Later, each child admitted two of their statements were true and one was false. Who stole the purse?
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SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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1. While the final answer is important, if both teams have the incorrect answer, how they explain their thinking is what will make the difference...
2. Both presenters do a terrible job but one messes up more than the other...
3. Ripper goes around in circles a lot and may end up confusing everybody...
4. Lots of Damien + Priya, Emma + Bowie interactions in this episode! Is Pramien official? Are Emma and Bowie starting to get closer again??...
5. Zee is selected as the Panthers' spokesperson because the Coyotes believe he will mess up. Are they correct? And who will be presenting the case for the Coyotes? This last person (who is unknown so far) means you know my final 12: Priya, Damien, MK, Bowie, Emma, Axel, Nichelle, Julia, Ripper, Wayne, Zee, _____ . Who is this last person?...

I have always being a PlayStation Player from PS2, PS3 and PS4 until 2020 when I got my first PC.
I already have a good set up in my room. But there’s a lot of PS games I cant play and i want to. The thing is that i dont have the money to buy a PS5, I need to sell my pc (which I think I can get like 1000€ from) and then buy a PS5 with a lot of games.
Also, its important to say that I have a QD-OLED 65 inch TV that i cant use at 100% with my PC cuz it has a RTX 2080 TI and it doesnt has a HDMI 2.1 port so i cant play at 4K 144hz.
Also I really love to be in my closed room with my chair and relax in there. The PS5 would be at the sitting room, but I think that I can put a really large HDMI to my monitor of my room, so whenever I want to relax playing PS5 i can be in the sitting room or personal room.

long story short, i got kicked out of my apartment and i have two puppies. Everyone in my family is saying that i can stay with them, i jus can't bring the puppies and i refuse to let them go. for a motel room for a couple of weeks is $400 but i don't have that, so what how some easy ways that i can come up with this kind of money?

An incident happened today in class where a guy was being misogynistic and I got frustrated with the rest of the girls in class (who are the majority) and started arguing against him. I eventually got too frustrated and left the class to cool off but it just wouldn’t go away.
When I came back, the guy tried to talk to me to further justify his sexist opinion and I just told him not to talk to me . A lot of the girls talked about it later but they just shrugged it off in the end. I couldn’t. I was mad the whole time and could not bare the thought of being in the same room as him. I ranted about it, but the feeling, and the rage would just not go away. everyone moved on and was able to focus on the class when I was still stuck in my pits of rage. it’s reaffirmed my feelings that I am just not built for this world because if every normal person was able to just let it go or cope with it somehow why couldn’t I? Why am I still stuck with the rage and how do I let go of it? this aspect has ruined many relationships that I’ve had even relationships that aren’t directly being affected because i give off too many negative vibes or i can’t let go of stuff.
I wish people would validate the intensity of how I feel sometimes instead of just telling me to let it go.

I just needed an outlet to express all this frustration. My younger brother, whom I've been very close to and who has been socially awkward all his life, has finally gotten a girlfriend. I was ecstatic for him.
She's a nice girl, she's good for him and is thoughtful and respectful. But over the last year I've hated when she's around. I feel like she's intruding on my life when she visits or comes for a family dinner.
There's some bitterness in there for sure. My family of 4 was planning a vacation out of town last year, and my parents invited my brother's GF without asking me. Our accommodation had three rooms - one for me, one for my parents, and one for my brother. Because my family is religious my parents won't let my brother and his GF sleep in the same room. So she would sleep in the 3rd room, while I bunked with my brother.
This was a deal-breaker for me, because I'm an extremely light sleeper and my brother snores loudly. My family knows this. I always request to have my own room and pay for it when traveling with friends.
The solution was to pay for my own room. But it felt insulting to have to pay for an extra room so that someone else could join MY family's vacation. I told my family I wouldn't go if this arrangement stood, and they went without me.
Fast forward a year, and I still feel like my brother's GF is intruding, even after I've gotten to know her a lot more. She's literally invited for every celebration or occasion my family has. Celebrating my mom getting her Master's? There she is. My grandmother's birthday? Yup. My cousin's wedding? She's definitely in the family photo. A special brunch for my dad getting a promotion? Count her in. Discussing a vacation? Can she come?
I just want a special day where we can celebrate SOMETHING with just my family! For lack of a better analogy it kind of feels like my shares have been diluted. I've raised this with my parents and confided to my friends about this before, and everyone tells me it's something I have to get used to. I know the problem is me. But I can't get over it!
It's gotten to a point where I've become super petty. My grandpa's birthday was last week, and my brother and I split $160 for a big cake to celebrate. At the dinner, my family said the cake was from me, my brother, and his GF. I was LIVID. She didn't spend a single cent on it, didn't help with the logistics or anything.
Today, my parents wanted to invite over a relative who's going through a tough time. My mom invited my brother's GF, and I raised a concern that it wasn't appropriate for her to be present at dinner because she didn't know this relative very well. My brother was extremely upset, and stormed off. Later, my parents told me it wasn't appropriate to raise that concern.
I argued with them. Perhaps I was defensive. I don't know. Yes, I'm single myself. I'd love to have my future partner be welcomed by my family, but I've always felt that my relationship should be between me and her, not her and my family.
Yes I know all of this is petty. But it's killing me. I'm at my limit. I just wanted to blast this all out without being told I'm wrong. I've turned notifications off. Feel free to bash.
(For context, in the country I live in, it's socially normal to live with one's parents until getting married. Renting is frowned upon)