I came back recently too and honestly it feels great. Having so much fun. They don’t have the frustrating gimmicks that defined previous expansions, the new talent trees are really well made, the gear drops are fun and interesting.

It’s a bit worrying for me to be getting pulled into wow again, I thought I was safe…

Man it’s sad how much distrust they’ve built up now

I eat green olives straight out of the can for lunch sometimes.

What is this weird AI generated unbuttered noodle of an article?

That seems very strange if it goes on too long. I’d suggest calling another pediatricians office.

Sometimes I ask it for music recommendations.

But mostly I tend to just use it like a fancy thesaurus when I’m low on mental energy.

Sometimes I remind myself silently “just listen”

I’m now naked in bed, and this would probably get my boyfriend excited.

As a person who cares about the gaming ecosystem, I think it would be really healthy for Microsoft to not have full market dominance.

They’re busy making studio acquisitions which are gradually centralizing the market, which could become very problematic if they start taking anticompetitive approaches to distribution.

More people on Linux means more pressure for software availability on Linux, and if people can just move over relatively easily that prevents Microsoft from going full corpo-digital-prison-hellscape.

I noticed when I fly a lot of airlines include models of the plane you’re on in the in-flight purchase pamphlet. They’re pretty simple, probably fine for a kid - on the off chance you’re flying somewhere for the holidays.

All the activity in every zone I visit really does just feel so great. There’s no better sign a game is alive and healthy. It was totally that which hooked me.

I still play EVE online, having a lot of fun in faction warfare these days.

A video came out on the history of the game recently, just a cool 6 hour deep dive. https://youtu.be/BCSeISYcoyI?si=1sKdXt8oPRUTbzs1

I’ve also gotten into Guild Wars 2 recently and I’m a little addicted. The game just feels great: nice community, events are engaging, so much stuff to do but at the same time not demanding like games can be sometimes.