Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

Nintendo has promised a ton of DLC, and I'm kind of hoping they follow through. New Leaf: Welcome Amiibo added a ton of quality of life things (that are missing from New Horizons for some reason, like sitting on rocks), and it's conceivable we'll get such a "service pack" here.

The event calendar is bizarrely empty, and the rotating carousel of visitors isn't sustainable right now when many of the visitors had dedicated shops previously.

The UI, flatly, needs improvement.

So after a few months of daily play, I think I've arrived at an opinion of the new game. Like the sea bass, it's strictly a C+ compared to other games in the series, as things stand today.

New players have wondered if there's more to do in the game, and in previous games, there were. You could play NES games in the first AC, draw constellations in Wild World, visit the city in City Folk, and swim, brew coffee for villagers, and visit a nightclub in New Leaf. But not here, yet.

The game wants me to escort the lawn gnome from Half-Life 2 (Episode 2) to the end of the game for an achievement. Instead, I have developed a parental bond for the game's sole floppy disk, and am determined to carry it to the ending credits.

Also, why does no computer in the game have an A: drive?

Valve: This is Half-Life: Alyx. Here's an epic, narrative-driven story that is completely immersive, with intricately woven story bits through the whole experience.

Me: *spends 45 minutes in the starting area drawing dragons on a glass partition; stacks milk cartons; reads labels off of everything; shakes water bottles to listen to the liquid slosh around inside; daintily holds a tea cup; makes a fork slingshot; tosses said fork past a story NPC to see what happens* Story?

Here's the exact language that was changed according to HHS: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/06/12/hhs-finalizes-rule-section-1557-protecting-civil-rights-healthcare.html

A good summary of the impact: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration

This will not go into effect for at least 60 days. If you can, please call your state and federal electeds to raise visibility and help them fast track relevant legislation to block this.

Twitler is threatening violence in Seattle tonight (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1270914092295950337), within an hour of reporting in NYT that lethal ammo stockpiles existed last week during the DC protests (paywalled source, sorry): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/politics/national-guard-protests.html

The phrase "to be used on American citizens in case of emergency" is chilling AF and is hopefully editorializing. Regardless, please stay safe out there and double check your exit strategies just in case.

In the spirit of this, I'm going to reach out to the head of HR who, 8 years ago, showed me empathy during a corporate coup where I then-worked. I think we all need to hear at this time that (1) even the small acts of rebellion matter and (2) people do remember them.

For folks that are feeling low or scared tonight, or feeling that what they're doing isn't enough, doesn't matter, or that nothing will change, this is a long but valuable read: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/

Steve King has been primaried. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, you racist shitstain: https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1268013341773041667

For folks calling reps right now, the site 5calls.org can be used to get their numbers quickly without trying to find them from stale government websites.