Honestly, i'm on board with the adage of if I like it and I'm paying money for it, then screw what they say. These discussions are becoming more and more foolish with us having to pay more on average for games anyway, so you're right.

You get no blame from me either. I think scared, is an absolutely understandable feeling for everything that's going on.

And learn from those before us. I'm saying this for all of us, myself included. Please know that you are loved and valued, no matter what a country, a president, or politician, or even religious person says. Let's get through this time together!

I'm talking about the hope that is practiced and that we work for. And we're going to have to work a lot for it, trust and believe. However, we CAN, do it. Our ancestors have survived and outlived this stuff before and we can do it as well as long as we lean on our community

Would've ever been. And honestly, I think I'm going to be looking to do more of that. Prayer, community, joy, solidarity and hope and faith. When I talk about hope, I'm not talking about that fuzzy, toxic positivity, that just says to look on the bright side of things.

Will likely be a hostile environment(in multiple and many aspects) for anyone who's not a straight, white, Christian man. For my part, I have engage in an interfaith prayer with a whole lot of folks during the inauguration and it honestly felt more hopeful and more true than what the inauguration...

With folks who are not willing to see how the "death" of our democracy and our embrace of authoritarianism is going to harm us all and I am taking this time to engage in habits and with communities who are going to help vulnerable folks, as well as folks who will be made vulnerable, survive what...

3.) Given the trajectory that this country is headed and also my trepidation at how social media is leaving us marginalized folks(me being black and LGBTQ) more vulnerable with a government that is going to reinforce that marginalization in a good number of ways, I've become less willing to engage..

2.) I've spent much more time building MTG commander decks, playing more commander at my LGS, with my housemates, and my partner(who's becoming a better MTG player, even if he doesn't see it as much as I do) working my butt off at my job and trying to build better habits this year.

Thank you. It warms my heart to know that you grew and you learned and changed to be more supportive of LGBTQ+ folks.

2/ than any other game to this day. The closest second would be Final Fantasy X. That's mostly because I spent hours on the Monster Arena. Considering that I got a real hit of Nostalgia and am playing through it again, the Legend of Dragoon takes this spot.

1/ Now to catch up #2 is actually a toss up between a couple of games. But for this it's definitely has to be the Legend of Dragoon. Back when renting games was actually a thing, i rented this out at least 2 dozen times, maybe more. The story, the characters, everything just engrossed me more

So for #1, I think my first video game was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for Sega Genesis. I just remember playing it constantly with my cousins. There's not too much more to say about that, but nonetheless, I loved going fast with a blue hedgehog.

Dude, take all the time you need. I imagine with what's in store for us, that it's gonna take a lot of strength to get through. We're here for you too!