Potatomache

Same here. I saved Undeadwood for later. Although, even if it were still up, I think I'd just feel too sad watching it.

Yup, seems that way. They took down Between the Sheets, Undeadwood, Honey Heist 2, Yeehaw Game Ranch and the episodes of Narrative Telephone he was on.

It's alright. Story was okay. Combat was pretty entertaining; although I'd recommend playing on higher difficulty, the gear progression makes the game too easy. The crafting mechanic was also fun for a while.

I think the worst thing about it is map bloat, but if that's a nonissue for you, you might enjoy it.

I think it very much depends on the type of games you play. Some microtransactions or DLCs aren't just cosmetic.

I don't remember which game had mounts and extra inventory space as microtransactions, but they exist, and sure, they're optional, but it still kinda sucks that a player has to either grind for hours for rare RNG loot or just shell out 20$ for something that would make the game run better.

Single-player games aren't immune to this either. I still remember the fuck up that was Mass Effect 3's Day 1 DLC. Bioware insisted the character on the DLC was optional but many, including myself, felt that a character who represented a race that has been at the core of the series was absolutely necessary, and that his removal from the base game was a simple act of greed. Especially since he was ready to be played at the onset.

I wait for deep sales now. That usually comes with the downside that the game isn't as hyped up or commonplace, but on the flipside, it's been patched and surely someone on the internet has fixes to any issues that may arise.

I do buy into monetization sometimes, but I tend to budget it very tightly and only go for cheap skins, or novelty gacha characters.

I genuinely don't know. Personally, I vacillate between thinking of myself as a continuum (past-present-future me are all linked together and so I exist throughout time as the whole collective), or "I" don't really exist (I've always been different moment to moment, so there's no real me, so what really matters is focusing on what's happening right here, right now).

Granted, a lot of the time I'm just anxious and I'm not really thinking about it philosophically. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I imagine if the kbin bird gets a name we'd follow along so either, Kibbies/Binks/Kebins?

Agreed. There's also a thought experiment I think of a lot with regards to this feeling. It's about the Ship of Theseus: a mythical ship that last centuries but with all its parts and crew replaced over the years, for maintenance. Once everything has been replaced, is it still the "Ship of Theseus"?

Yup, there's a part of me that can't let go of the old version of me. It's as if I don't want to abandon that person because once I do, then they're gone forever, and no one else has ever gotten to really know them. It feels like a loop of grief, anxiety, and regret.

Ohhhh, I see. So it's only by the users subscribing to other communities that the instance is populated with content from other instances?

Yeah, I was hoping I could find an old post from him regarding the name, but google just shows me code, and I didn't want to bother him because I imagine he's busy. 😅

So... Each instance has a copy of all the other instances' content? I thought they just had access to each other's content but not a copy?

If they each have a copy then how would refederation work? I assume they just sync back together. So if instance A has a post with several comment threads on it from other instances, and B defederates, then it gets a copy of the post. If the original author on A decides to delete their post, then their post stays on B's instance, but if B refederates, does their copy of that post repopulate or does it sync up to be deleted?