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Cake day: July 18th, 2023

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  • I feel this too. I could only guess at the cause. Maybe it’s just the demographics of social media swinging younger, or those struggling simply being more vocal online. Both? Neither?

    I’m an older millennial, but do own a home and have kids. I have friends and acquaintances, - some who didn’t go to college - that also own homes and have kids. Sure, the houses might be modest (and include PMI payments for some), and nobody’s taking lavish vacations every year, but it’s certainly not as bleak as my social feeds always make it out to be.




  • You’re absolutely right, which is exactly why it’s just a marketing term now (imo). There’s amazing games that stay in early access for years and years with near monthly content updates, but at the same time, some early access games are complete garbage and the devs never intend to complete the game. They leave it as ea to sell copies to people who hope it will one day get better… But never does.

    Sometimes it’s obvious it’s abandonware that hasn’t had an update in two years, but sometimes not so obvious.



  • Early Access is just a marketing strategy these days anyway. I have a couple of games in my library that have been “early access” for nearly a decade. For all intents and purposes, the games are complete, but the devs just keep adding new features. Outside of the major AAA companies, games these days seem to just be ever-evolving, so long as sales are enough to keep the dev interested in adding new features.