Yes, and it’s still irrelevant to this community despite that fact.
Frankly, I don’t see a point to even touching Bluesky. Threads has at least promised federation, Bluesky is just Jack Dorsey looking at Mastodon and going “yeah I want that but incompatible with everything else.”
No.
I don’t fundamentally believe people should be forced into supporting their dead-end relatives just because they happen to be related. I have one, but I also have my own life and I personally can barely afford my own problems.
Raising the Bar (out of print for several years now so I recommend just finding yourself a .pdf) is a book about the development of Half-Life 2 and bits of Half-Life as well. Geoff Keighley has also written a few “The Final Hours” books about the development of Portal 2, Titanfall, and Half-Life: Alyx, though I think all are digital-only.
I’d play the demo and read the Steam reviews and decide that for yourself. Personally, I’d probably pass on the game no matter the price, but we’re all different.
But if murder is bad, why are they so in favor of murdering women who will die in childbirth? U.S. citizens, no less?