Saved. Working on being honest with what I want. Hoping we get the happiness we all deserve. One of these days…

It’s still a feature, a decent one despite some restrictions here and there. I use it myself and get an extra copy if the publisher restricts sharing.

Here’s Steam’s FAQ on it:

Steam Families (Steam Family Sharing) - FAQ

Returned to Red Dead Redemption 2 for the third time.

Added more mods, now sitting at 30-40 total. Lots of technical optimisation done as well, big thanks to PCGamingWiki as always.

Playtime was at 468 hours; now 540 two weeks later. Feels like a blink of an eye. What an incredible world to experience.

It’s really a gift that keeps on giving, and the Read Dead Wiki is a marvelous place to delve deeper into the experience and learn lots. Hoping to try out the private online lobby mod soon.

Oh and also watching Dan Houser’s 3 hour interview on YouTube. Thankful for the many worlds and stories he helped create.

Even LinkedIn did one. Completely unnecessary but it drives engagement and whatever else helps the algorithm™️

Same problem, reporting from Australia

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

Cloudflare Dashboard and Cloudflare API service issues

Investigating - Cloudflare is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs.

Customers using the Dashboard / Cloudflare APIs are impacted as requests might fail and/or errors may be displayed.
Dec 05, 2025 - 08:56 UTC

… in Wellington to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand.

A what now? Five Eyes not enough? Confused. Recalling rumours of CCP allegedly installing their own law enforcement agents locally.

I had exactly one of these through my entire education period. Reliable and utterly indestructible.

I use PurpleTV and it’s been great. It’s a Twitch fork modified to block ads, reduce bloat, and include customisation for chat, player and other components.

Don’t know if we can share links here but the APK can be easily found online, still being updated semi-regularly. I won’t come back to the official app as long as I’m able. :)

I just said goodbye to it today. I realised there’s a bigger, unselfish choice to be made in the scheme of it all

This almost took an analog horror twist. Manga horror?

I discovered them through “Savin’ Me” and I unironically love that song (and its music video) to bits. Even if some of the lyrics are a bit flimsy and dramatic, the song overall is so emotionally powerful. Same goes for “Hero” (packaged with the first Spidey movie). Strip away some of the ear candy in the Kroeger production and they both still hold up as beautiful songs.

I’ve been realising more and more that I need music, or certain types of music to push through something I need to do. Working in silence (with undiagnosed ADHD/whatever’s happening up there) leaves too much room for boredom, so I suppose the music acts as a stimulus to keep going.

When I have to do something as menial as chores or housework, I put on headphones and crank a mix of tracks from the Tekken games. Nothing like blasting Tag 1’s rousing, electro-rock-D&B intro to start washing the fat stack of dishes from last week. 😁

Upgrade was fantastic! So glad I caught that under the radar. Such a great action sci-fi with a dystopian flavour. “Black Mirror” meets “John Wick”. And what an ending.

Hope you enjoy it! Here’s one of the spoiler-free content guides I found for it just to give an idea. Violence, blood and gore are at the top of the list, as expected ;)

https://imdb.com/title/tt6499752/parentalguide

Without spoiling too much, the ending is not entirely traumatising in my view, but it personally left me rather depressed, with an acute feeling of loss and hopelessness. Though wouldn’t say that any standard trigger/content warnings apply to the ending (the rest of the movie does get rather bloody though)

I’ve got one that’s a gem and hasn’t been mentioned yet, for once!

Upgrade (2018)

A guy and his wife are attacked, his wife is murdered and he just barely survives. With the help of a super-chip implanted into his body by a billionaire, he sets out to get revenge. But at what cost?

A stylish, savage techno-action film, basically John Wick but with AI chip. The ending is rightly haunting. Well worth watching!

This is me right now with RDR2, almost feverish with it for the last two weeks.

Currently on my second full playthrough. This time I’m changing it up by playing with a controller, and doing a low honour run - role-playing as the disillusioned dickhead that hates the world, antagonises almost everyone and gets bounties left and right. I have been avoiding story missions for the last 5-10 hours just because the world is so engrossing, so rich with experiences and possibilities that the thought of returning to the story starts to feel restrictive. But I’ve added a good 20+ mods to enhance the experience in a lore-friendly way, too.

But man is it fun. God, what a pleasure it is to experience that world, and to know just how much of it I still have left to discover. I love it so much.