I find this so lovely, that your son was affected so strongly by the game - which has such a compelling, but atypical, philosophical story. Just gives me dad-feels to see your son moved in that way, and see the promise of games as real, inspiring art borne out.

I am so sorry for your experience and your loss.

I like the cut of your jib.

Wow, that is creepy as hell. I feel like recycling kid names (within a generation) is a mistake, personally.

I think it makes sense that if you lose a child you want to do something to memorialize and honor that memory, because you have not had the usual way to express your love for the lost child, namely raising and taking care of them. You want them/everyone/yourself to know that they were just as important, loved just as…

A lack of good taste does not go away just because one is grieving.

My Hot Taek on golf - if I could string together 5-6 hours of daylight, and 100-150 dollars to burn at the same time, of all the possible things I could do with that amazing combination, why in the world would I want to spend it slapping a ball through some Boomer’s over-manicured backyard? How about I’ll just take a…

I feel like there are a bunch of same sex couples in here somewhere that will be genuinely thrilled to explain why it still has relevance. I don’t mean that sarcastically.

Reality Bites

+1 for turtles reference - I love explaining that expression to people.

I’ve heard the generation after millenials referred to as digital natives, but clearly it has not stuck yet.

Generation AA?

I’d add that the gradual reduction of stigma around divorce as some kind of moral failure has made divorce more accessible. But agree with everything you said as well.

Boomers are by far a worse generation. Selfish and materialistic, stubborn and vain. They have consistently chosen their personal interests over the good of the country, the world, and all its future inhabitants. As I’ve commented elsewhere, plenty of things about millenials, but I’ll take them over their Boomer…

Fair enough, although I believe you deserve a commission or something.

Gen-Xer here (41 yr old). I know plenty of millennials who piss me off, and without generalizing too far there are trends within that group that I loathe. My point is that I am no Millennial apologist. But probably half the people I know my age had some kind of starter marriage, or a marriage that should have been,…

This needs 1000 stars.

Dear men - turn off a lifetime of enculturation and social conditioning which ties your self-esteem to your ability to please your partner, as manifested by orgasm. That’s in addition to having already managed to not become like so many men who couldn’t care less and think the whole sexual experience is about them.…

Son of a Bitch!

+1 for mentioning The Bard’s Tale - played the crap out of those on my C128, my first ever experience of playing all night without realizing it.