Easy Decoder for Game Marketing Buzzwords:

Roguelike: We didn't hire a level designer or develop a save system
Procedural: We didn't hire an artist
Groundbreaking: The mechanics are poorly realized
Expansive: See Roguelike
Achievements: We sell your data
Community: We sell other people's data too
Constantly evolving: The game barely works but we have to ship
Culmination of (x units): We ran out of x units but we have to ship
Intriguing: Not very fun
Challenging: See Intriguing

"Linux is great, you have total control over your system!"

I have open a basic image-editing program that has completely hung and literally will not close and there's no easy way to force it to quit such as, say, I don't know, a task manager that you open with a 3-key command...

Ryan at her first fundraiser.

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