I thought it was this

I think it’s just harder to find projects that aren’t slop drops. I don’t want to sound like these communities don’t exist (currently) but it’s hard not to worry about the future.

But I do also believe in the power of communities to organise around a common goal. If there’s a game you like why not start a project and find others that share your goal… just be prepared that there is a lot of fending off of low quality slop right now, and the expectations of the general public for something to get released quickly is at an all time high.

Contributing to a human led decomp project has been one of the most rewarding and enjoyable things I’ve done

Out of interest, are you part of any decomp communities? As a contributor to one, I can absolutely confirm this is a period of turmoil with the rise of AI PRs, people doing low effort changes that weren’t even human verified etc.

Without wanting to sound gatekeepy, this was a niche community project I got into a few years ago where we were all researching and learning and communicating as a proper open source team, but it does feel like those days are mostly kinda over? Or at least most projects that might have spun up in such a way no longer will

And I think the main sadness here is I’m seeing this in my real life work and it’s now extending into my hobbyist projects too

https://youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA

Hilariously still up on their YT, and rightfully getting roasted in the comments

New season of the Rehearsal is looking stramge

Last time I was there a few years back I couldn’t top up through my Apple linked Visa. Not sure if they’ve fixed that since, I had to go Revolut virtual Mastercard to Suica top up - but it is a very convenient system otherwise

All great recommendations here

For a recent one I thought The Drama was quite tense and uncomfortable, worth a watch for sure.

I think basically everyone’s first experience mirrors yours - it feels impossible, like you’ll never be able to beat that piece of shit.

But now you know the mechanics and with more experience it will be just like any other boss (albeit it actually makes you think more about what you play on a particular turn)

I voted for him but will probably vote further left in future.

I think this is a great result personally, thanks Albo! Labor pushing voters further left can only be a good thing (though I do wish they themselves would do more good while in power)

I tried out Skate (1) this week and found it to be very playable as well

I’m confused what you mean by wider. As far as I can tell Australia is about 4000km wide and the moon’s circumference is about 11000km

EDIT: it’s late and I am dumb, I take it you mean the moon’s diameter! 3474km

Threequel