I got a Computer Science degree eight years ago, and couldn't find any entry level position in the field - everybody wants five years experience in software that only came out two years ago. Two years later I begrudgingly took a menial data entry job that has been slowly draining me for the last six years, menial work that's tedious and honestly just exhausting. They keep assigning me more with tighter deadlines, and I'm pretty certain they're looking for an excuse to fire me. I've been on LinkedIn firing off as many resumes as I can hoping to get out, but I fear than a eight year old degree with no relevant experience in the field maybe just looks like a red flag to employers now.
I hate that Discord has taken over most communities and put them in a place unindexed by search engines. I hate it so much.
But this is where users all go in Current Year, and I don't blame game developers for following the crowd. Especially for smaller multiplayer games, if you want to sustain an active community you've gotta have that #matchmaking channel for players to organize.
Also, tbh, Steam Forums ain't great either. At least they're searchable, but that's all that can be said about them. In my experience they've often devolved into the most toxic hellholes due to Valve's lack of moderation. Also not ideal for anything multiplatform, that only covers Steam users.
The other alternative is reddit, but, well, I'm here because I refuse to ever go back to reddit, so, y'know.
I'm against the death penalty because I don't believe it should be necessary in a just world, nor should the state ever be trusted with that kind of power.
However, I see the guillotine as symbolizing the last resort in an unjust world. The worst monsters in society commit their injustices in broad daylight, and nothing will be done about it. We know that justice will never be served through the courts. So what then?
Kura5: Bonds of the Undying - Boktai is extremely near and dear to my childhood, so much so that when the third game didn't get localized I convinced my parents to sign me up for Japanese lessons on the weekend (and then didn't get far in it because I had too much actual schoolwork to keep up with, but I've started studying on my own again as an adult now just for fun). I've been following this fangame since the first demo came out several years back. Full game finally came out last year... and sat on my backlog for a year. Finally got around to it, and wow, demo was already great but I'm really in love with the finished product. Story is fantastic, does a great job building on the original series' lore.
King of Fighters XIII - Dusted this off for some casual sets with a friend. I still have no real combos for anyone but Kula, I'm bad at confirming in games that don't let me just do LMH -> BnB.
Balatro - Only three decks left to Gold Stake. I'm telling myself I will not go for the stickers, I shouldn't do it, I won't do it.
Chunithm, Wacca, Maimai - New arcade opened up last month and is threatening to drain my wallet.
Steam Forums are one of the worst hellholes I've seen on the modern internet, and Valve does nothing. Any game that gets declared a target by the post-Gamergate crowd ends up having its board seiged until it's unusable for any kind of actual discussion.
I got a Computer Science degree eight years ago, and couldn't find any entry level position in the field - everybody wants five years experience in software that only came out two years ago. Two years later I begrudgingly took a menial data entry job that has been slowly draining me for the last six years, menial work that's tedious and honestly just exhausting. They keep assigning me more with tighter deadlines, and I'm pretty certain they're looking for an excuse to fire me. I've been on LinkedIn firing off as many resumes as I can hoping to get out, but I fear than a eight year old degree with no relevant experience in the field maybe just looks like a red flag to employers now.