ComputerFido

Compiling native applications (C, C++, etc.) is ridiculously parallel, having more cores is almost always better in that case. Having said that unless you are compiling large projects such as Linux kernel, Firefox or LLVM this shouldn't be a massive issue. Obviously for testing it will depend on what software as to whether you'll need the cores. Interpreted/JIT languages (Python, JS, java, C# which you may be using for game development) I believe single-core speeds may be more ideal.

Big Two is always fun and you can combine multiple decks depending on the amount of people playing. Some people play with gambling which is by no means necessary. I have played with 3 people up to 12 people and its always fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_two https://www.pagat.com/climbing/bigtwo.html

The OSDev Wiki https://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page A good site with resources on OS Development, mainly in assembler and C/C++ for anyone interested