I've been running the same arch install for atleast 5 years... I honestly can't recommend any other distro because I haven't used many for a long enough period of time
For everything old school I use retroarch, I basically only play up to ps2 anyway, that way I get my playtimes added up on retroarch if that's something you care about
Voting in Australia is MANDATORY... that's not how it should be, I voted what I voted because I don't give a fuck, I'm uninformed and hate the government... in my eyes I vote to save myself a $200 fine, it's basically blackmail...
Axiom verge is a really fun metroidvania and from what I remember it has a killer soundtrack, synthwave. N++ is another platformer I highly recommend, awesome music, easy to learn and hard to master
I have had no problems with vortex, 700+ skyrim mods