I just game on windows to be honest. For that it’s not bad. I do a ton of VR and the Linux support for that is minimal anyway.

Yes in the 80s electronic equipment like TVs even came with electrical schematics in the box. Not really intended for most end users (repairing a CRT is quite dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing) but to help the repair guy. No extended warranty scams, no approved dealers get parts only. Just all the help they could offer.

Now there’s a one page leaflet in the box showing where the on button is and for the rest you’ll have to find the pdf.

Software came with thick ring binders describing every feature and updates came with inserts to put at the right places in the binders. Manuals actually were useful.

Yes but in the beginning in the podcast the purgatory theory already came up and they were like “noooo that’s not what we’re doing”.

And yes I don’t like Abrams stuff much for that reason. At least he’s got the right name, his work is really like a main battle tank, it’s all about the explosions and brute force, not finesse.

Was there a plot? I’m pretty sure they said they were just making it all up as they went along. Thats why the story was so disjointed at the end.