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Yeah I glanced at it but those controls don’t look great, would be better to run the ROM in a proper emulator with a controller IMO.

First Castlevania is a classic, though you did just remind me that Simon’s Quest is a classic in its own right. That day/night cycle they implemented in the game was great, might be the first side scroller I played that did time passing like that.

It’s still around, there might even be an active scene near you that you could join in with if you’re inclined. Last few shows I’ve seen in the northeast U.S. were for Doom Scroll, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Playboy Manbaby, Sister Wife Sex Strike, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, and probably some others I’m not thinking of right this second. They all have songs about the current state of things and how expensive shit is.

Lots of bands in the UK too, offhand Lambrini Girls and Bob Vylan are pretty great. Hell if you want an example of the current state of things Bob Vylan actually had their travel Visas revoked in the U.S. so they can no longer play shows in the U.S.

The 'Shroom Burger at Shake Shack is still the best non-meat burger I’ve had by far.

Linux would make more sense but if you’re dead-set on Windows then I guess you could try Win 11 Pro (or Enterprise) with whichever debloat tool you prefer. I’ve had good experience with Win11Debloat (https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat).

Don’t expect too much with 8GB RAM but at least you can start out removing the AI stuff, Windows Store apps, etc. to trim down the bloat. Be prepared to have to re-run debloat scripts and/or re-install Windows, Microsoft likes to add new types of bloat post-install.

And keep an eye on any and all apps and services that are configuring themselves to auto-start on Windows boot, you don’t need any optional stuff to auto-start and take up memory in the background if you’re constrained to 8GB RAM.

The Boys is about non-superhero characters in a superhero universe, pretty much matches your post question. The core group of people (“The Boys”) start out as regular people living in a world being trashed by people with superpowers.

As the series progresses it does veer off from that but maybe the first season is closer to what you’re looking for.

Not a doctor and you may want a doctor’s opinion on this stuff…

But I’ll mention what you’re describing is very much brain fog like symptoms. It’s more well known as a long covid symptom nowadays however it did always appear as a symptom of other infections. I have an older family member that went through an intense encephalitis infection (for him it started out with a viral mosquito infection, west nile virus to be specific) and since encephalitis affects the brain he eventually recovered with brain fog symptoms among other things.

Thing is that healthier/younger people can be infected with viruses leading to encephalitis and be asymptomatic (no symptoms) during that time, but down the road long term symptoms can show up like brain fog. Yes, like long covid, but other infections can lead to the same result is what I’m getting at. Getting some blood work done with a doctor would narrow down or rule out stuff like this.