last played Jan 24

Hard no.

We loved the first, but the second adds the stupid infection thing, and was in the “ok, playable” pile at the start, but all the glitches and bugs made us stop. Between day/night not working for non-hosts, buildings with huge map holes in them, and very poorly scripted quests we dropped it. The final straw was when we were doing side stuff, ignoring the main mission, and passed over a building that was part of a later stage in the main mission, causing us to softlock, then on restart being at the later step in the main mission. Just trash programming.

If you really want to play it, pirate it. Don’t give money for it.

this is true, anything requiring constant updates and calling home will probably have an issue eventually

I got several “Nook Simple Touch” a few years ago and they’ve been able to read whatever I’ve thrown at them so far.

They’re running on android 2.1!

I had to do some digging to find older versions of book apps that’d run on them, but this is the internet, the apks are out there.

Sorry for the confusion, but STL files are usually manifold 3d renders, for printing. No subtitles here unfortunately. I’m not even aware of a paid service/site for subtitles, is that a thing?

Only one I know is materialize.is

I’m still trying to find a way to get an invite…

The Spanish Fly

For Android: learn the hard reset combo for your phone, especially if you encrypt it.

After rebooting, pattern/PIN will be required to decrypt the phone. Biometrics won’t work for this step. This is what graphene does for security, tries to keep the phone in a “before first unlock” state by rebooting on a timer. You can’t even read anything over USB/ADB, it’s scrambled until you unlock the phone.

The only drawback to just keeping your phone in this state is none of your apps are loaded, so no notifications/updates/processing at all.

Reposting as top level comment also: these are PWDIS drives: if you’re not using them somewhere with sata 3.2/3.3, you need to use an adapter for the power plug, or some tape, to block pins 1-3 (3.3v) as supplying it to these causes them to reset. Might be worth doing the taping anyway, if you’re using an enclosure or cage (where you can’t use the adapters) Just be aware.

2nd catch, behind the power on time: PWDIS drives: if you’re not using them somewhere with sata 3.2/3.3, you need to use an adapter for the power plug, or some tape, to block pins 1-3 (3.3v) as supplying it to these causes them to reset. Might be worth doing the taping anyway, if you’re using an enclosure or cage (where you can’t use the adapters)

The kicker to this sort of thing, is the pirated versions usually have the checks removed… and don’t need internet.

Nook Simple Touch. You can get one with backlight for less than $40 usually.

It takes microSD, android 2.1 (lol)

There’s an easy app to root it, then you install whatever (fbreader, moon, etc), or use it’s built-in reader. The ancient android version means you’ll have to dig for apks that work with it, but once it’s set up, it’s done.

The biggest draw vs newer stuff, is… it’s tiny and light. there’s almost nothing to it, it just works. No browser, no apps, just book.

Check around your local walmart/target/walgreens etc, that have those photo labs/booths. Some have proper bulk photo scanners publicly available, and will (or you can) pass your photos through one and spit out a CD for fairly cheap (sub-$10 last I checked, but years ago).

AFAIK materialize.is is still active, but you need an invite, and I am not “in”, as it were, though I would like to be.