You can jump into backlog of older game titles. Its never late to discover GOG gems.
It is weird to see people obsess over the price of a new release AAA game when the classics tend to be better made, less buggy, have a bigger mod community, and much lower specs.
Go back and play the Halo series. The opening scene of the first game still gives me chills. Play Portal. And then play Portal 2.
Check out some old school RTS titles. Planetary Annihilation is a reworking of the old Total Annihilation game and absolutely stands up.
Go try some indies - Blue Prince or Slay the Spire or Darkest Dungeon.
There’s no reason to spend more than $20 on a game anymore
There is a reason many good old games can’t be easily played on modern hardware.
If you’re not allergic to 5-10 minutes of looking at protondb or other resources to understand how to get the game running, this isn’t a problem.
I’ve not yet found a difficult process for getting old games running. They’ve been around so long that the community has typically documented everything you need to know to get up and running.
I mean… I am used to getting things like modding skyrim on linux, so this is not really a topic needed to preach to me.
But I met countless people who will give up after three repeats of basic installation attempt.
Emulators solve a lot of those problems
Exactly why I added the world “easily”. Those who can and know often overestimate what average person can and know.
We’re forgetting food…
More Americans are skipping breakfast because it’s not in the budget anymore
Unemployment has been flat for over two years straight.
Depends: are you referring to the official US government numbers?
Because I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the people who have been in charge of that government for the majority of that time are about as reliable as a toddler on crack giving dietary advice.
Besides, starting decades BEFORE that, political strategists started fiddling with the numbers by not counting long term unemployed people who are no longer actively job seeking.
That’s a demographic that’s gonna be ESPECIALLY big in hopeless times like right now.
In conclusion, it’s as likely that REAL unemployment numbers are flat as it is that Donald Trump is going to win the polka dot jersey at the 2026 Tour de France.
So, just vibes then?
There is zero reason to believe the unemployment numbers have been altered by political actors.
All non-government reporting matches the BLS figures. There is an ongoing correction in the tech labor market, healthcare is growing rapidly, hospitality is growing slowly, and manufacturing remains flat.
If you want be in your sads and just dream up some conspiracy, I can’t stop you. But, you should know it’s willfully stupid.
Do you have some sources for the non-government reporting mentioned in your post?
