Probably not, but I have kids and even though they're very understanding I'd still like to provide if alternatives allow.

That's funny. Stellaris is the one game I have specifically forbidden myself from playing, so it's good to get confirmation that it would ruin my life!

But I really wanna try that Star Trek mod.

I can't speak to how they are now now, as this was about ten years ago, and I don't want to be too specific as they are extremely litigious lol, but...
I applied for a jr position, something I was not overly qualified for but could have easily done at the time with some training. I am now a Sr in that position, so the capacity was there. Anyway, round one interviews are fine, nothing stands out there, but like I said it was ten years ago, at least. Then for the next interview I had a call with the director of the department I was applying for. He was short with me from the start, and I remember being incredibly taken back by his attitude before we'd even gotten into the interview. I have extreme social anxiety and am admittedly terrible in job interviews, so being thrown off right at the beginning of the call didn't help things. Then there seemed to be a misunderstanding on his part about which level of job I was applying for. He clearly thought I was underqualified either way. He asked me what I now can confirm were insanely technical and architecturally specific questions and then when he'd finally managed to trip me up on an answer he completely unloaded on me. For several minutes he berated me for wasting his and Nintendo's time and then told me I was being blacklisted and to never apply for a position anywhere at Nintendo ever again. Which, no problem. Even though I understand he was just a jackass, I'm still recovering from it to be honest. But extrapolating how he must run his department and what that must mean for the culture over there, I have not been surprised by the downfall of Nintendo in the least. Shit is as shit does, my friend.

To be fair I went to a job interview at NoA once, and if that's anything to go off of then they treat each other like crap, too. It just seems to be the culture over there.
I have never in my life been spoken to that way at a job interview. Just some real nastiness.

Switch 2?

Truly. When playing Civ I lose all sense of time, and even when in the mindset of 'I'm gonna save and quit' there's always one more quick thing to do first. I have to police myself hard because I will lose at least a week if I get into a campaign. I'm not even really a gamer. Games I enjoy I have a difficult time playing for more than a twenty minute spurt. But Civ... Civ is like fucking hypnotoad, it overrides all other feelings and desires. If you find it confusing and boring just go with that and you'll be much better off.

I don't think I've ever used a mod with any of them. Do you have any recommendations, for when I'm less busy?

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Please don't mention anything even remotely related to Civ on this site for the next few days. I have too much to do.

There it is.

I don't /think/ so, it looks like he's just got his background blurred, probably using generative AI for that, but nothing else in the vide stands out as slop to me.