Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

Pro: I get to sleep

Con: I have to stop doing other things

weh.... I guess I have to sleep

Tonight I am thinking about: dragons

nyam!

90%* of the DVDs and blurays on my shelf are of shows I had been recommended but never had seen - it was the late 2000s/early 2010s, streaming services didn't exist (in Australia). So if someone recommended a show and it wasn't being broadcast on TV, then the only thing you could do is get the DVD.

(*90% if you exclude my doctor who dvd collection)

nostalgic memories of my teenage years are flooding back because I'm saving up to buy a bluray of a TV show that I've never seen before

I just suddenly remembered I game I had back as a kid - TV Tycoon.
It was riding on the success of other tycoon games, but it.... didn't have any kind of graphics. It was all just text and menus. And it was basically completely impossible! I tried to play it several times, and every single time my TV station just burned through money until it went bankrupt only a couple of weeks after it started

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.