Gaming

Wasteland 3. A tactical CRPG with pretty decent combat mechanics, amazing presentation, and an interesting setting full of numerous choices. Some choices are clear moral dichotomies, but many of them are presented much more ambiguously. A really excellent game for people wanting the feel of a CRPG. I like it better than Wasteland 2 (although that game is also good), because WL2 while good throughout tends to overstay it’s welcome, presentation is somewhat dry, combat is not as interesting, and the stat system is slightly more bloated than is comfortable.

The Outer Worlds. Much more well known in the mainstream, although I think unfairly maligned. There was a lot of initial hype leading up to release, as people compared it to Fallout New Vegas. The game itself has a Gilded Age aesthetic which does make the comparisons very surface level similar. The game as presented though is structured less like a Todd Fallout and more like a classic BioWare RPG. Rather than a full open world(s) game, your ship transports you from location to location, and each destination is a smallish curated area densely full of quest activities. Combat is something in between FNV and Fallout 4, with numerous quirks of its own. The companions and setting are the stars of the show, so if you want a whole game of that aesthetic you’ll greatly enjoy it.