Finally updated my recommendations page. That page hasn't been updated since 2022! I'm absolutely terrible at this but it's all good now.

financialization has crept into the video game industry, same problem that the music and film industries faced earlier. now all we get is franchise slop, woke garbage, pay2win, etc.

It's the same thing that happened to movies, games have become extremely mainstream and AAA companies are "too big to fail", so there's very little incentive for quality, innovation, or pleasing the audience. This is also why indie is different, unlike AAA companies, they're niche and have to prove their worth of praise in order to become popular.

there's also the opposite dilemma where if you do stuff and could want to talk about it but feel too self-conscious to disclose anything -- it seems like there's no winning when it comes to conversations (´･ω･`)

boredom is a gift, "exciting" can be positive or negative (most likely the latter). if your life isn't too shitty, you are blessed.

blessed are the wizards for they shall inherit the earth -- hope you enjoy the thanksgiving

Music is the best anti-anxiety/stress medicine. This album is making me feel so relax and drowsy in a good way. I'm gonna fall asleep to it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4bKOR3V23g

playing rain in the background helps too https://asoftmurmur.com/