I’ve complained pretty loudly about the killing in SV. Why are there monsters at all? It makes no sense. Got a mod to kill them quickly because I don’t want to spend all my time killing stuff, even if it is just electrons.

I got really ticked at Sun Haven because the description even says there are nonviolent ways to…

I seem to remember a poll in the ‘90s that showed that the largest group of gamers was women over 40. We’ve always been around. 

I’ve been gaming for nearly 30 years and I’ve been mocked on this very site for requesting more coverage of nonviolent games.

I’ll put up with combat if I otherwise like the game, but I don’t seek it out. So some ‘people’ (guys) think it’s not ‘really gaming’. Whatever. I’m not doing it for them.

A. There’s no such thing as ‘race’ from a scientific standpoint. If you want to assign people to groups based on flesh tone, well, I’ve already stated how smart that is.

B. The people you’re accusing are long dead. If you think present day people are responsible for what their ancestors may have done, then YOU have a…

I swear, of all the reasons to hate someone, ‘I don’t like your flesh tone’ has got to be the stupidest.

I’m going to throw in that I agree with you. I tried NMS out on a Game Pass, and was hoping to discover new ecologies and all I got was animals to take pictures of - no way to see how it all fit together, just random ‘stuff’.

I’d pay good money for a game that had a believable ecological system.

Dave Ramsay aside (very far aside, please) the fiscally intelligent thing to do is ALWAYS pay off the highest interest debt first. Always.

Yeah, you get an ego boost from putting away a debt sooner, but you’ll save far more money avoiding as much interest as you can - and we’re talking about money, not ego, right?

Reading and gaming are definitely hobbies. You don’t have to ‘make’ something for your leisure activity to be a hobby.

Oxford dictionary: ‘an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.’

I can tell you exactly what your dead loved ones want to say to you - ‘Be happy and get on with your life.’

There. No need for a seance.

Now cut the crap.

Strange New Worlds is not a spin-off. The pilot was created more than 50 years ago. If anything, Discovery would be the spin-off.

I stopped allowing substitutions on my grocery deliveries when the shopper subbed an $8.49 can of Marzano tomatoes for an on-sale $.99 can of Hunt’s.

I had to make a trip to the store to return that expensive can of Marzanos.

The Walmart near me doesn’t offer delivery, but the Kroger subsidiary does - so Walmart, no; Kroger, yes.

I started using grocery delivery during lockdown (when I was also gravely ill with a nonCOVID illness) and I’m never going back. The Boost membership is a lifesaver (literally) for me.

I might consider switching to…

A Roth IRA is a pretty good savings account - you can access the principle (what you put in yourself) at any time. The interest and earnings aren’t available until you reach 59.5 and have been vested for 5 years, but you can take out your own money whenever necessary.

I agree that even a 2% savings account isn’t worth…

The man has always been completely shameless. You really expect him to do the right thing? When has that ever happened?

I just bought one for $28 on Amazon. No way is this thing 10 times better.

And having to make the base and then freeze it for 24 hours is a nonstarter. The article completely dismisses that and misses the entire point.

OK, if I got one for free like the article writer, I might use it, but probably not.

Supposedly we’re ‘supposed’ to tip when picking up take out, too.

Nope, nope, nope, nopey nope.

Not phrogging, but I’m reasonably certain that a friend I had broken up with - even though she had returned the key I had given her - was sneaking into my apartment and hiding my scissors.

Since I follow curator Wholesome Games on Steam, I already have half of these wishlisted.

But it’s nice to see a couple of articles on games that aren’t just kill, kill, kill. Keep it up.

And BTW, Humble Bundle has a 12 game ‘cozy’ bundle running right now.

And Sudoku didn’t originate in Japan, either. (It was New York)

America and Europe have a long history of naming things after countries they consider much ‘cooler’ or sophisticated.

I’m 1/64th black and am as pale as paper. Same for my mom. My grandfather’s appearance reflected our Native American ancestry, but not our African American.

Genetics is a crapshoot. You can’t always tell someone’s heritage by their appearance.

My gg-grandfather reportedly explained his dark appearance as being ‘part…