Same with me, I kept going for a ‘type’ that never seemed to work out. (Also had a bad case of ‘white knight’ syndrome, kept looking for women I could ‘help’, never realizing that part of the problem was that they saw their problems as being integral to their identity. To actually ‘solve’ the problem was to take away…

HOD, I’d suggest you go for it. She may be ‘out of your league’, YOU think, but she may also be going “Damn, I wish I could find someone I can share interests with.”

Don't think we'll ever see it.

Just my thoughts - a company has to make a profit, of course, but the best way to make a profit is to put out a good game - not quickly slap out crap that has the company name but that leaves people feeling ripped off.

Lucas Electronics. "We're reliable. Just ask us."

Not really - it's part of a massive chain. From the Wiki: "over 9,000 stores in 18 countries, and an estimated turnover of more than €50bn" - that's not an independent neighborhood market or small chain by any stretch of the imagination. They do some significant cost cutting by (a) limiting hours, (b) limiting…

You can't help someone who doesn't want help.

"if his wife is locking him down"

Guilt is SUCH a useful tool for the abuser...

TSO - from a survivor of a very similar situation (only we didn't get married) - my advice is simple.

In my particular case (didn't marry her or have kids, only real difference...) - I was afraid of being alone and craved love and affection. I figured that being with her would be better than being alone.

It's certainly troublesome - but what are your options? To continue like that until the kids graduate from high school and then bail? You're gonna be wrecked emotionally and (likely) physically - stress like that takes a real toll on you. We won't talk about financially. (Been there, done that, burned the fucking…

The scary thing was I was reading his story and thinking "I WAS this guy 34 years ago."

It... really does, doesn't it?

If he's having fun with it, it's not a sad bike.

Open the hood, see Lucas components... shut the hood and don't even consider it.

BTW, I fully agree that games need artists and writers. I've played beautiful games where the plot sucked. I've played games where the plot and writing was great, but the graphics... well, they didn't match the writing, let's just be kind with that.

Right... Because actual experience doesn't mean anything as long as I don't meet your requirements re cogency.

If it wasn't for IT and programming, there wouldn't be game development, I'll point out. Also, I'm saying that people get into a field that's attractive to them, for whatever reason. I'd make a lousy chef - but there's people that love it. People gravitate towards what they find of interest. You can't set…

I've been a computer tech for about... three decades now. I've seen hundreds of techs come and go out of the field. Some rose into network admin and software support, others enjoyed the hardware side more than the software, some could do printer repair while others could break a printer just walking past it. And…