Redwolf's Journal (continued)

Thoughts and emotions are weird. Sometimes something happens that really sticks more than it should. I sort of get why people can fly off the handle, even if I really believe adults ought to be able to rein those reactions in some. This requires some setup... A couple weeks ago at work, I noticed an email from someone at Adobe. It mentioned being a third attempt at contact and, sure enough, I had brushed off the previous two as likely-spam. When I got to looking closer, however, it appeared legit. Valid email. Email headers that all checked out. I've certainly never been asked by Adobe previously to confirm software assurance, but the license agreement(s) allow for it. A Teams meeting followed to discuss the process and scanning tools were provided. Of course, I've scanned those for possible viruses, checked what I could see of them, and reviewed the output. They all seem to genuinely be fairly simple - scanning computers for file name keyword matches to Adobe program names and

Hard West 2 is a pretty good game and unusually accurately named. Like one or more other recently, it's a Western-with-supernatural game. It uses an action point turn-based tactical combat system with an overworld map scattered with some narrative events. The setting isn't remarkably unique, but the game works well. And it struggles with itself some, too. The companions you pick up all have a loyalty meter - not that they leave you, but unlocking tiers on the meter usually unlocks a certain minor bonus, a small bit of backstory dialog for them, and some map events are locked behind (or made easier/cheaper by) a companion's certain level of loyalty. Loyalty is often gained by map event choices as well - typically, you can favor one of two companions, increasing the chosen one's loyalty by one point. So, over the course of the game, you cannot cap loyalty on every companion, for better or worse. And in combat, you only bring four of your six total companions into a missio