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I'm still caught up in Baldur's Gate 3 and on my third playthrough. I don't understand how it can still be fun but am enjoying it.

If Crusader Kings is ever combined with Mount & Blade, I'll never see daylight again.

Just started playing Grim Dawn again while waiting for Baldur's Gate 3.

I would recommend this as well if you have the option. With my previous dog, the regular vet recommended another vet who was semi-retired to only doing final house calls. She was really nice and empathic and made it all easier to get through.

Whether getting a new puppy is a good idea or not very much depends on what your shih tzu is like - would he be able to keep up with a new puppy and enjoy it or is peace and quiet more his thing?

This is awesome! I've been wanting to play UO for a while and single player is perfect. I really don't miss the PK guilds - one step outside the city and bam, you're dead! Being gutted by a stag due to your own stupidity is much less infuriating.

Had to look Arnold Palmer up - looks nice! I'd never have thought of combining the two.

I have ongoing hobbies like training my dog and doing garden-stuff during summer but other than that, I switch between gaming, reading, writing, drawing and making pixel art. I've had the same hobbies for years and must have spent several 1000 hours doing all of them by now but suspect I'd have burned out on everything if I didn't switch around. I like making things but I'm not trying to make any of it into a side-hustle - I have plenty work at work - so there is no pressure to keep doing a particular hobby when it begins to feel stale.

A lot of great games have already been mentioned but one of my favorite early gaming experiences was Kaptajn Kaper, a Danish game released in the 80s. You're a pirate captain sailing around Denmark after the battle of Copenhagen in 1807 looking for English ships to plunder. Most people around my age with an interest in computers remember it fondly and apparently, the source code was donated to the Royal Library for preservation as a part of Danish cultural heritage, which is pretty cool.

I totally agree with your list. I loved the Quest for Glory series, at least until the fifth game, which has the crappy 3D graphics from the late 90s.