If I could get paid to protest or participate in political action for the left, I would take that job in a heartbeat.

I've actually looked. There isn't a job there unless you're in established media or campaign management.

FF2 was also about a rebellion against an evil emperor who wanted to expand power across the entire world, and even in facing death clawed his way out of the void to continue his quest for power and dominion over the world.

Metal Gear, every game about war, nearly every fantasy game...

"the only good test score is perfect" is a strange standard that a lot of people try to apply to themselves and others. Understanding and curiosity aren't strictly correlated with test scores above a certain threshold.

Bahhh!

Sonic advance games were super fun for me as a kid. Not sure how they hold up though.

Football TV footage in the 70s and 80s might interest you then. Here's an example:

youtu.be/Jow5Fi4sdWs?...

Corn dog?

I spent a handful of minutes reading through comments on posts over at X/Twitter, most of the people genuinely believe that "we need to give them time to fix the biggest problems," when most of us know that's never happening.