I had to have this ugly little fish as my Pokemon Go buddy for *months* because I needed to evolve one to complete a research task, and I could never find any of them out in the wild. So walking was the only way I could get candy for it. 5km for one candy, and it takes 100 to evolve.  Had to use a bunch of Rare…

yeah, I had a friend visiting me the very first chance she had (I was three or four days ahead in the game) and I had both a pole and a ladder ready for her, so she could explore her entire island from the start. It felt nice!

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.

Back from where? The original version isn’t going anywhere.

They can’t even get the BO smell out of the stores what the heck do they think they can do with coronavirus?  

I blame Tom Nook for this shit. 

Mike,

Very glad to see that Tim Rogers’ response was an 8 minute rant defending Metroidvania

Trying to listen to this like a podcast at work sends me into a waking trance like state, where Tim's words and voice wash over me like a gentle calming wave and leaves my soul at ease and rejuvenated.

Let me guess, the controllers only work if I shove them up my ass?

She’s got a point.

When I slip, get upset, and do something less than perfect, I apologize afterwards.

From Dessen’s bio on her own website:

I’m a YA author, and I’ve been hurt by reviews, too. But *they’re not for me*. They’re for readers who might be curious about my work. If I need to, I vent privately to friends and then move on. I would never publicly set my huge following on a stranger for having an opinion about my work. Does this person from the…

I was particularly disturbed by Dessen’s tweets about how this one young woman’s opinion was ‘mean and cruel’ and had ruined her day. It seems this 50 year old woman has less emotional maturity than the 15 year old kids she writes about.