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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • Per usual, read the article and not just the headline.

    Sounds like he’s talking about banning investor purchases of single family homes. Which is a good thing.

    I fucking hate Trump and he’s wrong about pushing housing prices higher, but banning investor purchases of homes is the right call, so he’s kinda right.

    Also, crashing housing value would destroy anybody who has invested in their home as equity. What needs to happen is a leveling off and investment in cheaper starter home builds, as well as a push for first time homebuyer loans that are low interest and up front down payment.

    I bought my first home on a HomePath mortgage. No PMI, 5% down, and reasonable interest rate that was only a bit higher than a traditional mortgage.

    Getting people into their FIRST homes and making sure they aren’t beat out by cash offers from investors it’s the correct way forward.















  • I don’t mind exploration. The problem was there wasn’t a clear “where you should go next to progress the main story” in Hollow Knight, so I instead spent a bunch of time wandering aimlessly, hit a brick wall of progress, and got frustrated.

    I liked Ori because it gave you guidance for a general “area” you can go to progress the main story, but still gives you the ability to explore with side quests when you want to get off track a bit. I completed 80% of the collectables in Will of the Wisps and explored nearly the entire map.


  • Thank God I’m not the only one. I was like “The hell am I doing? I feel like I’m just grinding to grind”. Nothing felt interesting about the story and navigating the map felt like a chore of backtracking/figuring out where the hell I should go next. The gameplay was fine otherwise, but I just expected more from a game that supposedly “Redefined Metroidvania games”.

    I feel like it would have been improved with a quest and quest marker system. Some people enjoy exploring every nook and cranny, but I ain’t got time for that shit.