RainyRat

The original opening sequence had Gordon completing several hundred grant applications, but it didn't playtest well.

Rule 34 in particular is an excellent read, and expands on some of the concepts in the post.

Cosmetics, apparently: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2015/04/14/baby-foreskin-facial-boston-hydrafacial/

Did he also eat his meat raw and sleep in trees?

I'm not sure this will work out...

Just after Salmon(d). Presumably, the next one will be the well-known Scottish politician Davey Coelacanth.

He somehow manages to simultaneously look like both Beavis and Butthead.

I'VE GIVEN THEE COURTESY ENOUGH

Same; I'm Scottish, so anything over about 35C will literally kill me. A week's diving in Malta during October, though? Lovely!

It's an N2. And yes, they're really nice guitars.

Mine too! Between that, The Martian and Artemis, I'm pretty much guaranteed to buy anything else that Andy Weir publishes.

I've just finished Control; picked up the enhanced edition (includes the DLCs), and thoroughly enjoyed it. The combat feels satisfying once you get the mechanics down, and I loved the plot/environment. Like playing a mash-up of the SCP Wiki and The Lost Room.