I think I'm out because of the game pricing anyways, not because I can't afford it but because not giving them my money is the only real way to express displeasure under capitalism. Finally, an opportunity to clear my backlog!

Nope. Not sure where you heard that.

I just spent a week in the middle of the California desert and it was absolutely gorgeous. I spent a couple of nights laying on a sand dune looking at the Milky Way.