Oh yeah, I'm never buying a subscription. I'm still on the trial, it's been more than 6 months already. But I would pay them something for occasional use of their search engine if they'd let me do that.
I don't enjoy arguing but I do enjoy random conversations and posting random shit and seeing the reaction. I know I'm not supposed to like it but I do.
Yes I use DDG which gives me similar results for most things. When I can't find it there I go to Kagi. It has sometimes surprised me with much better results, but the cases are rare. I'd happily pay them 10 cents a search or something for those cases where I need to try it.
Not if staff and signs were only provided by the government. It no doubt comes with its own set of problems, but given what we've seen with open campaign finance, I think those wouldn't hold a candle to what we have now.
If I can't stand it in RDR/RDR2 or GTA among many others, I don't think it's something for me. I'm perfectly fine with going down a path with a few side paths to explore. Open worlds have gotten too pervasive and too big.
Newness. I like a game that unfolds at a nice pace with moderate challenges. Games like Uncharted or Stray. I don't like doing things over and over and over, so no to roguelikes or soulsborne games.
I'm even tired of open world games for the most part unless they reveal nicely and have good fast travel like Horizon. I didn't finish the most recent GTA's even, too much backtracking. I just want to be taken to a new place and see it unfold with some interesting but solvable challenges in between.
This is absolutely the case. Say what you will about China but at least it's not totally random in its decision making, self destructive, and openly hostile (it does that in secret). On all counts it's a better partner than the USA right now.
Yeah I've spent considerably more time on BG3 than any other game I've played on this console generation, but still haven't finished it. I could have gone for something shorter, but it's kinda nice to come back to it every few months and put a few more hours in.
Only in the ways it's been implemented at the state level so far. Which, admittedly, may be the only way it can.