Anyone else feel a little miffed by these further additions? On the one hand I’m glad to see the game get bigger and better for new and current players, but I just finished a full and leisurely playthrough after 2.0 and it almost feels like the version of the game I played has been downgraded by comparison. I’m sure this not a healthy or mature way to think about it but it is kind of how I feel and I wonder if I’m alone?

Yeah I know what you mean. I think I feel the same way about replaying it. I want to keep the memory of my journey intact.

Death Stranding. As a Metal Gear fanatic, the disappointment I felt on my first attempt at playing it was immense. Only got a few hours in before writing off as just not for me. Tried again in a different frame of mind, different time in my life, and it clicked. One of my fav games of all time.

Funny you say that, I’m loving the new systems because of how much more powerful I feel. I guess it’s just more even overall now?

Hated it at launch, loving it now. Playing between my PC and Steam Deck and having a great time.

Yeah I’m trying to play a sort of Picard paragon but I’m already thinking a sort of loveable scoundrel anti-hero for my next play through.

That’s the one I was talking about! What did you do in the end? I stuck with space cops and regretted it until they gave me the reward. Big chunk of change.

Completely in love with Starfield. Just finished a big storyline that had the feel of a good TV serial. The sort of self-directed epilogue of looking at my quest log and trying decide what I want to do next felt awesome and I’m going to be chasing that for while.

I’ve got a space adept pacifier shotgun that I named “The Boarding Party” and I keep in a chest next to the docking hatch on my ship.

Completely agree. It’s almost become default for me to remap the bumpers to the top back on my Steam Deck.

That’s annoying. I’m playing on an ultrawide so will probably get the same issue if I switch to TV.

Happy to share loads more advice too if you want it but good luck either way!

I actually did this for about 5 years (5 years ago), specifically making games in Scratch. I’m wary about sharing too much personal information in a comment thread so feel free to message me if you’d like to discuss further, I’d be happy to share context that might be relevant.

Here’s a few key things I learned.

• Get them to interaction as soon as possible. It’s better to start with a template game that is “playable” but has room for modification e.g. movement speed
• Age is little indicator of aptitude, I saw 5 year olds speed past kids twice their age
• Set expectations for what can be done: in scratch; in the time you have; by a single kid. They don’t necessarily know they won’t be able to make a massive 3D open world game
• Few kids I saw were excited by programming in and of itself but plenty took to it as a means to an end. They might be way more into making a cool animation and they’ll learn how to programme an animation. You have to figure out what they want to do and then show them how to do it by programming
• Not specific to programming but kids have lives and you have to be prepared to deal with that. They will not all come to you ready to learn, they might be dealing with any number of other things, and they won’t leave you unaffected. This can be as difficult as it is rewarding but it’s ultimately why I left working with kids. I don’t want to scare you off but I saw a lot of adults completely unprepared to be in a child’s life and you very well could be. I’d even go so far as to recommend seeing if you could get someone involved who works with children professionally. I have a lot more on this specifically but down want to pour too much cold water on you.

Edit: I forgot to add, I did this for a living, not a volunteer

I was in the same boat until about a month ago. Feel like I’ve figured out a brain hack for myself and I’ve been looking for someone to share this with!

Here’s what I’ve done; Kindle app on my phone, set to infinite scroll, white text on black background and the Kindle app widget on the home screen, displaying current book I’m reading.

Infinite scroll makes it feel like I’m just reading a really long article, something I’ve never had trouble with. White text on black background is easier on the eyes. The widget is 4 times the size of other app icons so drawn to it over Lemmy or Mastodon.

I’ve gone from reading nothing in about 5 years to about 200 pages a week!

I Think You Should Leave. I feel like something is wrong with me. On paper it should be right up my street and two of my closest friends (both of whom I have a near complete overlap with in comedy tastes) are massive fans but I just don’t get it? I get the jokes but I just don’t laugh. I feel like Bart in that episode of The Simpsons where he sells his soul when I watch it.

Why wouldn’t they use the YouTube logo for the “You”?

I use it on my hour long train commute every morning and evening as well as in bed when I don’t want to sit at my desk.

The size is actually a huge plus for me. It fits my enormous hands so much better than the Switch which has been really uncomfortable since I started playing ToTK last week.

Hope you find some catharsis in LIS, some comfort in Lego and some camaraderie in L4D.

Let my PC gamepass lapse since getting a Steam Deck and the only game I really missed was Battletech. Picked it up in the Steam sale and finally started a new campaign today.

Never got more than a few hours in before but this is exactly what I want right now. It just feels so enormous and grand and does an excellent job of making me feel like a speck in the galaxy.

That’s fair. I’ll stop being lazy and start using GitHub!