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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • It was actually really enjoyable the first 10 hours. Im 40 and love games like this where you can turn off your brain, like Destiny. The demo gave me a nostalgia kick and I felt like a kid again playing Diablo 2 on my old WinXp computer. Unfortunately, there’s just no real energy to the game. From level 20 to max level, nothing feels different. My damage became higher, and were just a bit flasher, but i didn’t feel that satisfaction of player progression in the game beyond checking tasks like in a crappy Ubisoft game.

    I honestly don’t think Diablo 4 is a cash grab. The level of details and polish in the game is pretty high. They changed the art style from D3 (which was like a WoW ripoff) and took inspiration from Dark Souls. If it didn’t have the online only BS, I strongly feel like modding could fix it a lot.

    I’m actually hoping the expansion makes it better. Diablo 3 sucked. But it sas “fixed” with the expansion after two years. (But it still doesn’t meet D2’s quality)














  • I think a lot about Bernie Madoff.

    Bernie Madoff ran a massive Ponzi scheme, for decades. He promised high, consistent returns on investments. The scheme relied on money from new investors to pay out returns to existing ones. In 2008, when many investors tried to withdraw their money, the scheme unraveled.

    All of his collaborators in his company realized the train wreck. But they knew if they didn’t continue with the lying/scamming, a lot of their colleagues would lose their jobs. So the absolute honest people left, but the morally grey stayed.

    I think it’s like that with Trump (and Musk). Trump still employs a LOT of people - everything from managers to gardeners. And in his ranks are people who don’t want this sinking ship fail. The result is that there are competent people who, because they don’t want “innocent” people to suffer, like kitchen staff or gardeners, they’re good at their jobs and unfortunately, that puts money into Trump’s pocket.