I guess we can put the “Are eSports sports?” debate to rest. Seems like as soon as ‘real sports’ started taking place online, they started having all the familiar eSports and streamer scandals.

Not surprising. ‘80s radar detectors would go nuts detecting things like the automatic door sensors at supermarkets... I’m sure those kinds of sources have only multiplied in the intervening years. 🤔

It’s not an arbitrary restriction though... As people who have already played non-VR builds can attest, without the painstakingly-designed VR interactivity, it’s just another FPS, and you lose everything special about the game...except the fact that it’s a new entry in the Half-Life franchise. That’s not really an…

It didn’t really ‘die’ so much as most people who were going to play it have either already played it and so it’s served its purpose, or they haven’t gotten around to playing it for one reason or another...I’m sure the current apocalypse hasn’t helped in that regard. I’d say it’s more that it’s ‘in stasis’. 🤔

My problem with ACNH—as well as games such as Minecraft—is that they’re like having a little button you can push to get the dopamine hit of feeling you’ve accomplished something. These fake accomplishments are meaningless though, and you’re all too aware of this fact on a not-quite-subconscious level. 😐

Last week I said I was going to play the hell out of Half-Life: Alyx and other VR games, because I’d just received my Index controllers... Spoiler Alert: Spent the whole damned weekend playing Animal Crossing. 😫

It would seem you’re in luck!

It does feel like the spawn rates have lightened up a little. Clearly somebody looked at Twitter and was like “Hey guys, why is there suddenly all this fanart of people murdering Zipper? Maybe we should get to the bottom of this...” 😏

Yeah, I saw that comment. I’d been wondering about that, but hadn’t gotten around to testing. tbh, crafting it is tedious as hell. I wish we could bulk-craft. All that damned text and animations... 😫 (Thankfully, button mashing speeds up the animations, but it doesn’t do much to help.)

RIP. For me, it was getting the iron together for the Nook store that was made most difficult... 😬 Though I’m certainly not happy with what feels like 90% of my fishing attempts resulting in a damned egg. 😫

My biggest problem with Bunny Day is that I’m forced to celebrate it.

But some residents complained that the idea of being forced to stay in the house and distancing themselves from people, while being held to that order by police officers, made them feel like they were living in a police state

Considering the package that arrived today, I’ll be playing a lot of Half-Life: Alyx this weekend... Not to mention some other choice VR titles, like Boneworks, and Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades.

I still had flimsy tools and very much wanted an upgraded shovel. Understandably, she said no, on account of the fact that I had nothing useful to trade.

I bought the game yesterday, so it was my first real day... Man, fuck this serial killer bunny jackwagon and their dumbass holiday.

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Not sure what I’ll be playing this weekend, but hopefully by this time next week, I’ll be playing Half-Life: Alyx, with Index controllers! (/≧▽≦)/

btw, that clip from Cakewalking is actually from Tyler McVicker’s release day stream. It was quite entertaining...