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Baldur's Gate 3 on my partner's days off when he wants to play games, that game is That Game, so freaking good, I think about it all the time. Because I don't want to progress the game past our co-op session's progress, and I've replayed Act 1 solo a few times over by now, I am back with good ol' Skyrim otherwise.
I know it is a meme, but I genuinely have the thing of only modding and not playing Skyrim. I am proud to say I am at a point where I just play, instead of finding more mods. I feel like I have a pretty stable modlist, seldom crash, and this is because last winter I spent a lot of time with the crashlogger thing weeding out problematic mods. It is really hard not to go to nexus, I actually don't visit it anymore at all, it is intense FOMO when I see others' screenshots. My main achievement is that upon returning to Skyrim after a break, I even picked up my same character instead of starting over with fresh mods--it was like, not giving up progress.
The game is so much more lively for it. Lae'zel's VA showed clips and pics on tiktok from the process, it's really cool. (Edit: @thisisdevo)
There is the People of Color community. https://beehaw.org/c/poc There have been indigenous related topics posted there. My personal 0.02, being Native myself, is that there would really have to be a critical mass of Native people on here for a specific group here to be worth it imo, and the PoC community is pretty slow as is post-wise. If it was overflowing with Native content drowning out everyone else, it would be more needed.
I like that they released this. I am the most basic having first picked a Half-Elf (sorcerer, no less). My SO picked Githyanki (bard) so he gets more unique points. The Astarion rejection section is hysterical to me!! Also, I cannot believe hundreds of people beat the game in a weekend? Mindblown.
I am really enjoying Beehaw, it's a lovely place. I am optimistic for the fediverse stuff, I've been having a great time here mostly and other places, too. No shortage of things to read or links to visit.
I have been playing Subnautica obsessively. I feel like I'm making breakthroughs where I was too scared to progress for while. Finally not as scared, it's weirdly therapeutic.
Also, we finally hit 70 degrees F for the first time this summer this weekend here in Anchorage AK, it's nice while it lasts. Cool summer feels like a return to normal, though the pessimist in me thinks it's like false hope, given how we've had such weirdly hot summers these last few years.
- Unequip Quiver | This irritated me incessantly for years back in the day when I only played on PS3. I am grateful every equip/unequip for this.
- AddItemMenu & AddItemMenu NG | Cheaty mod, but I use it to get mod-added armors immediately. They're my spiffy clothes, and I want them now.
- TNF Vanilla Homes | Vanilla homes, but upgraded. I have a lot of modded homes ofc, but sometimes I want the classics. It makes them much more luxurious, but not super over the top.
- Thane Weapons Reborn | Becoming Thane and being bestowed with a weapon is always, like, "uhh... thanks..." but this changes that. It is a simple joy every time my characters become Thane somewhere, it's such a fun RP thing, and having a fancier weapon to use or at least hang on the wall makes me happy.
- Motion Sickness Begone | Not for everyone, but I suffer headaches and this helps so much. It removes the camera head bob.
- No More Radial Blur | For the same reason as the motion sickness mod.
- Encounter Zones Unlocked SE | This makes it so that locations do not get permanently set to the level you were when you first visited. So when going back to a dungeon at a higher level, you'll get high level enemies/loot this time. It keeps familiar places interesting.
I have been working on a personal Ghost blog and this is amazing news for me!! Ghost is a joy to use. I am curious about the performance requirements, how it will work with self hosted, I have mine on a cheap VPS.