Reminds me of the opening paragraph from ‘States of Matter’:

Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.

Smart enough to get out before they have credit scores.

RIP A1 Thick and Hearty Burger, your 1100 calories per burger were too beautiful to live!

In no particular order:

• Wing Commander: Privateer
• Rim World
• Kotor + Kotor 2
• Any first person Elder Scrolls Game
• Europa Universalis games
• Portal + Portal 2
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Elite Dangerous
• Eve Online
• Dwarf Fortress

Have you played Wing Commander: Privateer? It predates Freelancer by a bit but it hit a lot of the same notes for me.

Remember, we do what we must because we can.