Reject modernity, return to offline gaming. The ps2 is right there, and the gamecube, and the xbox. RIGHT. THERE. And sega and atari and older nintendo systems. They even have some new games for older systems. People are making new games for these things, probably breaking some sort of shitty ip law, but who gives a fuck, these things have not outlived their usefulness, asshole companies have just abandoned them. For example you could put out a 2023 trivia game on an NES, or even an Atari. You could put out seasonal games with simple adventures and stories. Like childrens books but freshly minted carts. And kids playing an NES don't have access to the internet since it's just a fucking NES.
This is the song that plays when I write this in someones notes and unfollow them
https://youtu.be/EJC-_j3SnXk
It's going to be time to see someone who I love in life and who is sick, this will likely be their last thanksgiving. This person was the nicest to me, out of all my friends of their sort. I feel pitiful for not being able to do more. I'm reading Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, and this part made me feel....just terrible, awful weight. Ever since I found out this person was sick, and not getting better, and still not getting better, and still not getting better, I have felt like...out of it. This is a person who others lean on and who is not very old. They should not be checking out, but they are. I don't know what to do.
The Trench