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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • I’ve played it after several of the updates and it’s pretty much the same game with a new coat of paint. A mile wide and an inch deep. But the game keeps getting wider and playing it now for the first time would probably be pretty great.

    I loved it when it first came out because since I was a little boy playing Atari in the 80s I wanted to play a game where I could fly to space, between planets, and back in real time. This was the first game that gave me a satisfying experience like that. And it’s still my favorite part.

    Edit: I played Star Citizen after which is a better experience for that, I put ~80 hours in so if it never comes out I got my $50 worth of play time. But I stay fairly close to development on it hoping I’ll get to play a finished version someday.










  • My first trip to the Philippines 15+ years ago on the last leg I ended up in a row of just us white men in a plane almost nearly populated with Filipinos. I was in my early 30s and the other men were all in their 50s.

    I stopped talking to them pretty early when it was clear they were all looking for women, and the photos they shared showed the women are very young. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so sick to my stomach. And I was in the middle seat of 5…

    What is wrong with people.