Thanks to all who commented. You all helped. The problem was not listed here, but you helped me to find it. The issue is this: https://superuser.com/questions/1561076/systemctl-user-failed-to-connect-to-bus-no-such-file-or-directory-debian-9

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR must be set.

Once I configured my user with that env to be the correct location things started to fall into place.

Goddammit Steve Jobs, you’re dead! Stop trying to impose your ideals on us from beyond the grave!

For me, Noita. I don’t recommend it unconditionally, but for me that game will forever be the only permanent game in my library. I expect it’s possible that I could finish Elden Ring. I know I will never finish Noita.

Because Fortnight. Epic cancelled development on everything else except fortnight.

https://screenrant.com/unreal-tournament-4-cancelled-epic-games-fortnite-reason/ https://www.pcgamesn.com/unreal-tournament/unreal-tournament-cancelled

I played that beta. I played that Early Access. UT4 was fun and I was stoked for it. I was shit at it, but I was having a blast when I played it. Now it’s dead. All Hail Fortnight!

A game I’m not seeing mentioned here but for me it’s one of the top games is Ark. I have so many… Ok, it seems I HAD so many glamour shots of the world as I played it. HD death has lost me a bunch of largely meaningless micro-memories. Well, I still have the memories, but it makes it harder to share them. Here have this one: