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The first thing that pops into my mind is Bioshock: Infinite’s Albert Fink and his Magical Melodies. If you haven’t played the game before, Fink uses portals that are rips into the future to hear modern music and then recreates it with period appropriate instruments and vocals, which is set in 1912. Hearing “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” coming from and Organ Grinder booth and “God Only Knows” by a barbershop quartet (just to name a few) was a highlight for me, so I can only imagine what something would be like with your suggestion.
I grew up with a laptop accessible and computers in the 80s with DOS and OS/2 for my entire childhood and KNEW that’s what I wanted to do as a career for the rest of my life. My parents were encoraging and always were willing to get the newest computer tech as it came out during the boom in the 90s and 2000s. I was the go to tech guy in my family and group of friends. I learned everything I could all the certifications I could to keep on top of changing trends. I went to tech school and graduated top of class, double majoring in computer engineering and mechanical engineering. I learned networking and the ends and out of programing, absorbing as much as I could to be the best that I was. I was in the tech field for 25 years and did everything from being a cable grunt to being the VP of a company, and everything in-between.
Each passing year, it got harder for me to justify being in the field. I always wanted to help people, make their day better by fixing what they couldn’t. I loved the challenge. The more tech companies I worked for, the more I saw that things were always about the betterment of the company and shareholders and stopped valuing the customer. I was in the middle of watching jobs being shipped to countries that produced cheaper, unreliable equipment while prices continued to rise. I was replaced by someone who sat with flip cards in a country thousands of miles away because of cheap labor, even when I wasn’t being paid liveable wages. I worked for large companies, smaller companies, local companies, and saw at the end of the day that no one cared about taking care of customers and treated tech workers like numbers and expendable. It become how much can you get away with while paying the least amount of money and maximizing profits, all at the expense of the good tech workers. You won’t find good tech workers anymore. You’ll find people who put up with the BS because they either feel like they have no choice or they’ve given up their ethics and drank the juice. The tech field is oversaturated by under qualified individuals who will work for far less than anyone is worth and be sold to the consumer as being premium.
After 25 years, I said I was done. I don’t recommend anyone goes into the tech field. All of the joy that you feel now about it will be absolutely stripped away and destroyed. Let the companies continue to dig themselves deeper with terriblely contracted 3rd world and communist country workers who should be shut down for crimes against humanity. I don’t say any of this to be negative toward a potential career path. It took me walking away and being removed for years ro realize how much I was willing to put up with the justify the existence of what I was doing and how much time I felt like I wasted helping soulless companies and individuals further their agenda while giving up parts of myself that I’ll never get back.
Anytime anyone mentions I’m the computer guy now, I shut it down as quick as they can get it out. I might do a favor for someone here and there, but it’s all but gone.
Instead, find something that is a passion that can help humanity. With my incredible partner of 5 years, we started a non profit animal rescue. In the span of our working to build our community and our nonprofit, which has been right at 3 1/2 years now, I’ve found that we’ve done far more good in the world than I ever did in my 25 years the tech field. There are days, just like in the field, that I’m exhausted and drained, and have ups and downs, but I feel like my soul has been liberated. That I’m doing good for others, both the animals and those that seek assistance, other than corporations that and individuals at those corporations that wouldn’t know my name or accompishments 5 minutes after departing.
And if you love what you do in the tech field, then by all means, find your way. If you talked to anyone who I worked with and managed in the field, I was always positive and encouraging, and quick to defend being in the field. Just know there is a chance that things may not be what you want them to be the further you get into the field. If you start to see cracks in the facade, know that they probably run deeper than what you see. Don’t ever give up parts of yourself, your ethics, or your being for anyone.
Good luck.
Revolution X - “Music Is The Weapon”
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YES. Was going to be my answer.
I like podcast with great hosts, voices that aren’t annoying, and guests that can keep up. I also lean towards pods that are gaming, retro, or trivia related.
Thirty Twenty Ten (Pop Culture)
Vidjagame Apocalypse (Gaming)
Lasertime (Pop Culture)
Podouken (Gaming)
Elm Street Nightmare (Horror film recaps)
VGMpire (Which there are no new episodes but video game music never goes out of style)
Triviality (Trivia Podcast Game)
Remember The Game (Retro Games)
Retronauts (Retro Games)
Pixelated Audio (Video Game Music)
Says You (old NPR gameshow)
The Horror! (OTR shows, “Macabre” is my favorite, even if there are only 9 surviving broadcasts)
Strange Tales (OTR shows, “Suspense” and “Lights Out” are my favorites from that group)
32 pills would take you to the third plateau, so that’s pretty far out there. I usually only stayed on the cusp of the second, though tried up to the far end of the third once and felt like I didn’t have much control over my thoughts and motor functions to the point to where it felt like I had a stroke. It’s a nasty drug if not respected and still can’t believe it’s as easily available as it is.
Can also confirm. Body fully rejects it now and can’t even think about it without getting that quesy feeling that occurs right before you take flight, except it’s amplified by 100 times. I used to take it to move pain from my back where I messed it up working in warehouses. Took enough to probably take down a normal person, so I’m glad I don’t have it in my system anymore.
The mobile game is not a representation of the real game as its, well, mobilified, and has most of the elements of the main game stripped away. The main game was in Early Access for years and when v1.0 was released, they also hyped up a mobile release, which lead to what you tried out and played. Was just as disappointing then as it is now. If you see a sale on a PC/Console version, check out that version instead. The visual style is right about the same but it’s a completely different game.
More of straight HD port, but yes. Plays great still today. Also part of the incredible Rare Replay collection.
Road Redemption is, at least in my opinion, far from being a Road Rash successor. RR is basically a roguelike on a motorcycle and dungeons that are long stretches of road with the finish line of the section/health meter/clock being the boss of each dungeon. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it, it just hits different. Good suggestion though as many probably aren’t aware it’s out there.
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