Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

I went to the pre-release event for the new magic set, Lost Caverns of Ixalan yesterday with a friend!

(In these events: everyone gets a bunch of packs of random cards, and they have to build a deck out of what they were given. There's then a mini tournament, where you play the decks against each other)

It was my first prerelease and I had a lot of fun. I think also it's a healthy way for me to engage with MTG.

Also, I think I've touched on this before, but like.
The humble monthly choice subscription used to have a to exist. There would be 10 games each month, but you only got to choose 3 of them.

Which is much more reasonable - you chose the games which looked interesting, and the choice made you feel more invested in the games you got.
Now it's just... Every month they give you 8 games. You don't choose anything.

My new year's resolution was to play 6 games to their end this year.

I'm going to see if I can do it. I've finished 2 games so far this year, which means I have to finish 2 games in November and 2 in December.

I'm currently playing Pseudoregalia, which I know is relatively short.

This month especially: there are 2 games that I would want, and the bundle is cheaper than buying those two games just on their own....

But I don't want any of the extra games. And I don't think I would actually play either of those games this month, so... what's the point in paying for them?

I've also put my monthly humble subscription on indefinite pause. I started itn to try and reduce impulse spending on steam sales, and it worked!

But looking back at the past year, I've played almost none of the dozens of games I've gotten out of it. I would have been better off just... spending the money on a game I was actually going to play.

I've decided I don't want any more games in my steam account. There's too many already, and I'm not comfy with the DRM.

So, I have gone through my steam wishlist, and added everything I can (and still at least somewhat want) to my GOG wishlist.
This gives me a baseline of a place to get a game DRM free.

I'm also going to make an effort to get stuff from itch more.

Good good morning, beasts & beings!

Hey, you might not know this, but... I am a creacher!

I've been wanting to cancel it for months, constantly thinking "I'll cancel it once I get better at spending less time on it".

It's time to stop waiting. It's time to do things that I actually want to do.

But I've realised that I've wasted too much time on youtube. I think it was a habit that grew out of a period where I only had time for an occasional short video, and couldn't engage in something involved.

But I spend too much time each day watching youtube and feeling miserable. Instead, I'm going to try and work on my hobbies and engage with fiction I actually enjoy.

Yesterday I closed most of the youtube tabs I had open on my comptuer.
And today I cancelled youtube premium.

In December 2022, I started paying for youtube premium.

The main reason: I had found some videos which helped me go to sleep, but being interrupted halfway through with a loud ad was causing issues.

After some time, this reason went away (I found other ways to get to sleep), but I kept it around because I like watching videos on my phone on the way to work, and not having to deal with ads or the video stopping when I switched to a different app was nice.

I'm so glad I'm a mollusc