Great list, I'll add some more

• Alpha Centauri (Alien Crossfire Expansion optional but encouraged)
• Bladerunner
• MechCommander 1
• MechCommander 2
• Civilization: Call to Power ( Often Neglected Cousin of the Civ games, but I always enjoyed it)

Is it a scam?

Also yes, definitely.

I've never had a CD/DVD R last more than a year anyway, even when using expensive media and slow burn speeds. So its not exactly archival.

Yes, exactly.

a pat on the head and some puffed up words.

I miss waking up at 3am to see what the new 4 hour deals with crazy discounts would be.

See, the trick is to own everything.

Then you don't even care about sales anymore because you already own anything and everything thats on sale and interesting.

yep. They dont have any fear cause they dont think they're doing anything wrong, They are just living up to the expectations of the person that they think obviously respects them and "helps" them.

you would be surprised at how far a useful idiot would go for you, all for a seat at a table and a pat on the head.

Hell, look at what Trumps done for Russia with regard towards destroying our democracy and destabilizing our country, all because Putin gave him a few puffed up words of fake praise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

you got no idea how much i miss those.

Miss my old purple and grey packard bell with windows 3.11

one of the few hurdles gaming on linux hasnt fully managed to climb over is modding gamebryo games. Mostly because the mod managers themselves are a pita.

Exactly why I use browser and not apps, too. and if they try to strongarm me with better prices or degraded services, I just stop using them all together.