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My captor must have had experience working help desk. I've endured people eating chips and sandwiches, chewing gum, and sniffling with stopped up sinuses right in my ear, while trying to focus on fixing their computer.

The smaller population overall isn't a bad thing, but it can really be felt in smaller or niche communities. Reddit's huge size is a plus in this regard, because chances you can find at least a semi-active community for just about any hobby or niche interest.

Be direct. "It's been great, but I have other things to take care of (or get to bed if night). See you later!"

I uninstalled Epic Online Services right after installing the game, and the only difference now is I get a warning screen that it's not installed whenever I start the game up. It's still BS that I should have to manually uninstall something I never wanted, though.

I get junk mail addressed to a Pablo Picasso at my address periodically.

I use mine to play some Steam games and to run emulators. I haven't had any compatibility issues, but I also tend to stick to games that are Steam Deck verified.

As far as how good it is, it's the only handheld pc I've used personally, but from reviews and discussions I've seen, despite other handhelds being more powerful, Steam Deck is a solid contender because of its price point and SteamOS being purpose-built for a handheld, whereas Windows is not.

My parents' divorce. I was 20 when it started, but still living at home. I was dragged through the middle of the very messy and drawn-out divorce proceedings, and unfortunately, my dad did not survive to hear the final judgement. The silver lining I guess was these two events gave me a solid kick in the pants to start acting like an adult. I went to counseling, then college, then an actual professional career.

While I am now in the best position in my life that I've ever been in, the catalyst to me getting here was terrible. 0/10, would strongly advise alternate means.

Gambled and lost

Minecraft or any number of the farming/life sim games out there. I've dug countless tunnels in Minecraft while listening to various things.

Steam's storefront and various gaming communities on Lemmy.

I keep to myself, so I have no idea what I could've done to piss them off. I also get periodic mail for the previous homeowner, despite me living here for almost 7 years.

No Man's Sky would be good for the same reasons.

There are mountains of great games out there and no one has the time to play them all.

As a fellow stickler of poor spelling/grammar, that last line made me twitch.

Steve and GN put in some real work to keep companies accountable. I don't normally buy youtuber merch, but I bought from GN to support their work.

Interesting take. Thanks for the explanation.

Why is that?

I started with World, and put hundreds of hours into that and Rise, plus their expansions. I tried the GU demo on Switch, but it felt too clunky.

The thing that hooked me was the first large monster you hunt, Great Jagras. He's a pushover for any hunter with even a slight amount of experience, but for me as a new player, it was an epic battle and I certainly didn't expect that much intensity that early in the game. I also liked how even after you had a monster on "farm status" a hunt could still easily go from good to bad if you weren't careful. It emphasized that these monsters were incredibly dangerous, and even seasoned hunters could be in trouble if they get too cocky. It also helped keep farming more interesting as you needed to pay attention if you wanted to be successful.

Overall, I like the... world, in World more, but the gameplay mechanics and combat more in Rise. In World, the maps were larger, with more detail and felt more alive. I also liked the tracking aspect, and was disappointed that aspect didn't make it to Rise. It felt like you were actually hunting your target, instead of just sprinting to their location on your doggo friend and beating them up like in Rise.

I'm definitely looking forward to Wilds releasing next year.