Most of the stuff was whatever demos came with those magazine CDs. Half wouldn't run on the family computer - none of LucasArts' adventure games did. Some that did run and I remember playing were:
Diablo (only the 1st level of the dungeon available, the Butcher would also show up and kill you after you cleared it, got out and went back)
Age of Empires (3 small scenario maps, which I played to death)
Stargunner (only 3 levels and most of the equipment wasn't available)
Raptor (some weapons were locked but, weirdly enough, one time the game "registered itself" and all weapons were unlocked. No idea wtf happened) \
(EDIT) Capture the flag (yes, the game's name was just that. A turn based capture the flag that really left me wanting that level editor! Also, that's a link for the developer's site, he's still selling his games)
One of the few things we had was Lion King's Activity Center (Brazilian version, Centro de Atividades). I distinctly remember that, for whatever reason, the VA for Rafiki was different from the movie
At my dad, I played a lot of Lemmings and some of those Arthur interactive books. To my then non-english-speaking ass, the story reading was mostly pointless, but most scenes would let you click around to see what happened, characters would either say something or do something funny (I personally loved one where you clicked DW and she'd ride her bike over a small hill, crashing then coming back)
Also this one, which I don't think I enjoyed as much as Arthur for whatever reason
(That picture immediately made me "smell" crayons. Is there a word for when a picture reminds you of a smell?)
Define "being useless". It certainly seems that "being useless", to you, it is either "not working" or "not creating monetary value", which would be super ironic given that there are many jobs around the world that make the person feel useless or worse
I'd say that anyone that feels the need to define themselves "by their role" has no clue on who they are or can be, needing the rest of society to direct them
Nothing like comparing a technology that took more than 10 years to get "released in the wild" and had several "killer apps" built using it very early on (email, instant messaging, web pages, online games) and many companies had no idea how to get money with it, vs. a "content generator" that is run almost entirely on promises of increased productivity and profit.
Brazilian under a similar situation. Gambling and casinos are illegal within the entire country, but in 2018 online gambling/casinos were allowed to run ads everywhere. Every other week there'd be a new betting site throwing ads on every TV channel and tiktok/instagram influencer. Some regulation started showing up last year, people on Bolsa Familia (govt money for people in extreme poverty) were dumping that money straight into the gambling sites, but it's too little, too late. A significant portion of the political right is now being bribed lobbied to legalize casinos again, "It'z gun generert jerbs and tworism!!!!"
If you make it illegal, they'll just run back to a tax haven like so many are already doing, but at least people will be less likely to find them. If you tax them to hell, they'll also run to a tax haven and do money laundering+tax evasion. Gambling companies are lose-lose-win for people-govts-themselves.
Some higher ups can get pissy at slaves that correctly guess that their actual work is more important than listening to inane bullshit. I know, it shows that said higher ups are unprofessional, but meritocracy is a lie anyway.
I actually have time, but I often spend it doing other stuff. Once in a while, I will play some of my videogames, but I also play boardgames, which are great for my needs to socialize and interact with people
Ugh, i've had to write some Selenium tests where I had to come up with weird ass Xpaths because not a single fucking element had an ID and over half would spawn something in a different div
Let's be real, the whole "only mom and dad are supposed to FAFO on their own" is an extremely stupid societal expectation. Humans were never meant to live as isolated animals, always in groups
For those like me that don't know HyperCard, it's a visual programming tool for Apple II. Ars Technica has a good rundown with more technical and historical details