Compared to how little my salary increases each year? Yeah they sure feel that way

Outer wilds is definitely one of my favorites too. I went in blind which was awesome. Completely caught me off guard right after the tutorial. I didn't expect such intricate mechanics

Alright so then pay us for the time spent in loading screens lol

Play bomb rush cyberfunk. It's not 100% like JSR or JSRF but it is the closest love letter to the two games we've ever seen. It is very good

My parents lost most of their life savings to a scam about 10 years ago. I've been helping us get by for the past 5 years now. Recently due to interest rates climbing higher and higher, the only way the bank would allow them to renew their mortgage is if I was signed onto it. With the amount we have to pay monthly now, it's like my salary was cut to worse levels than when I started. I'll have $100 extra a month after the mortage and other cost of living expenses are paid. We'll be cutting it close.

It's extremely frustrating because my salary certainly is not making up for the increased cost of living. It feels like both my job, and the bank have me by the balls. Truly feeling like a wage slave

Once again I've paid the game pass tax. I just bought dead space last week lol

I kinda wish they would announce upcoming games sooner or something. It makes it hard to determine if you should buy something or hold off indefinitely

Maybe not the best comparison considering in the past couple years inflation on food has been artificially inflated due to corporate greed.

I wouldn't mind paying slightly more for games if the money was actually going into developers pockets.

All that being said though, unless it's a very specific title, I've been waiting for sales for the past decade. I only buy a game or two for full price a year (usually Nintendo because they rarely do sales)

On one hand constant updates and continuing a games longevity can be nice, but in reality it usually just means fomo which I despise.

I find it really interesting that Riot games are basically just diving into the competitive gaming niche

It died for me a couple weeks ago

Their games are buggy, but people are still talking about them and enjoying them. Modders have done a lot of (if not most of) the heavy lifting of course. But I don't think we would be seeing so many mods if the core games were bad.

It still is as far as I'm aware.