If you go to uni, hanging out with people aroind your son's age is implied. I bet the guy might feel out of place as well - but consider he is now living his dream of studying in university. He is surrounded by 18 year olds and he has two options - be isolated for nothing but his age or make friends and experience life he couldn't experience when his age was appropriate for it.
It is likely your son and this guy just clicked. When I was around 16 I had a great virtual friendship (played World of Warcraft together, only met once) with a guy in his 30s. We also just clicked. I'd say he was my best friend in that guild. We are not in contact anymore but I still remember that friendship fondly.
I understand your concerns as a father and I'd recommend discussing it with your son with open mind. Friendship is just friendship, I don't think there is an age limit on it.
Florisboard looks nice - I'm using Unexpected myself due to customizability but Floris seems plenty customizable while being a little nicer and simpler. Will have to test it a bit
It was indeed during the API exodus. I used the official app so I didn't have strong feelings about it, but I really hated how they handled it all. Of course it was discussed everywhere and I was like "I hate it like everybody else, but there isn't really an alternative" and someone was like "uhm, how about Lemmy or kbin [or other stuff I don't remember I think]?".
I looked into it, got confused, asked the guy some questions and they were kind enough to explain. Looked into it more and made a slow transition. Really helped this was at the peak of the exodus so everything was firing up here.
Agreed. Idk how they reuse specifically, but it is fine for sure - to a point. As long as your game doesn't have 3 enemy types that are recollored across it or all environments are the same everywhere (hello, Dragon Age 2)... use what you have effectively.
The story and worldbuilding were what made the game great, hands down. Other stuff was servicable but quite generic. Well, combat felt kinda unique to me but I'm sure there are games like that - I just don't play them.
How did you make it work? I tried both Lutris and Heroic and couldn't run the launcher at all. I finally manahed it through Steam but I'm not even sure how
I'd be happy to see our kids get it in their lifetime - I lost hope to see it myself with how backwards my country is