https://pcpartpicker.com/

Have a play around on PPP. They have build guides so pick one that is close to your budget and change around some parts so you learn what's available.

Also RandomGamingHD on YouTube is great for beginners and helping understand what's possible.

A "never update" option for games.

Also I hope they never remove small mode.

The Dog Stars

Story wise it's nothing special but with decent characters and some beautiful visuals.

They also added road cars but that doesn't interest me but this (the coaches) is kinda cool.

Osment is in the new Avalanches music video and its excellent :D

There's too many to name 5 but these are up there somewhere.

Shenmue Death Stranding Futurecop LAPD Kirby's Dreamland Mass Effect

Empires is a throwback... brings back memories of stuff like NeoTokyo, Zombie Panic and even Forgotten Hope 2 :)

This is one that's been on my to-read list for many years now...

finished Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman last week.

I finished up the most recent DCC book a little while back (and they are great) but my god the paragraphs of game guide description stuff is too much...

I hacked my kids 2DS recently and now I just play it for fun :/

Seriously though, keep it alive as the the DS consoles are still awesome.

I feel like giving up on privacy because nothing seems to work. the only results I get is slower more broken internet

I haven't read your whole post but noticed this bit. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.