While I'm curious about the λbox (most of my PC gaming is on the lower-end of the graphics spectrum anyway, so the lesser graphical oomph isn't a dealbreaker, depending on price, obviously), I am very intrigued by the controller. The first-version Steam Controller was an interesting curiosity but ultimately a failure and not that nice to use. I'm guessing that their Steam Deck experience has taught them a lot about improving the button layout and the general feel of the thing. And if it means I can play Timberborn on the sofa, even streaming onto the Steam Machine I still have, then I'm in.
It's pretty frustrating to see this Ghost in the Shell RPG Kickstarter running away with all that money based solely on brand recognition. Skimming the quickstart, I'm not sure that Forged in the Dark really needed a crunchier combat layer and some of the terminology and phrasing is a bit clunky/confusing, but it does feel a little closer to finished than the same publisher's licensed Cowboy Bebop game.
I was a bit surprised that the first party member you pick up in both Avowed and Outer Worlds 2 aren't insufferably tedious.
I remember being really bored by the alien designs in Andromeda–more bipeds? Snore.
Shoulda gone down the Rachni route. Something really bizarre and, y'know, alien.
You should also grab this $10 book of 1,500 random encounters for the Mucklands while you're there. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515543/land-of-eem-the-mucklands-book-of-random-encounters
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