Skimmed through the article quickly and yeah that’s what I interpret as well, this is just NFC Payment, and has been a thing on Android devices for years already.

Hades sounds worth a try, it checks many of the boxes at least, though not all

Still waiting for the Polearm Mastery + Sentinel build fix :(

Other way around, the mod author was made an employee after the fact, I believe

Shoutout to Uplink! Not something you look to for realism, but it’s a really well designed hacker sim. Lots of fun!