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I encountered something so egregious yesterday, I was left with my mouth ajar.
My daughter has moved in with a friend and her partner.
The partner asked if I could take a look at his PC and tell him what I thought of it.
He told me he bought it new from Kogan "about a year ago", and paid $1000 for a full PC/Monitor/Keyboard set.
The CPU?
An i5--2500.
That's not a typo.
He bought a PC within the last 18 months from Kogan with a 14 year old CPU in it, and an AMD RX570 graphics card.
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Our daughter moved out today. 21yo. Has moved in with some friends, she felt like it was time. It's all on good terms.
I hope her "cleaning up after herself" skills improve drastically :)
But I feel like I've taken a pummelling.
It's just this hole in our family. It's normal. It's healthy. It's important.
...and yet.
😢
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A huge thanks to @futzle for coming in with the save in an incredible way. $child is happy, I can can finally relax on this front.
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Spec list attached. They're also very specific about what not to use.
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Edit: Thank you to everyone who shared this.
Someone has responded to me with an excellent offer that solves this problem.
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Before I go giving money to strangers on Facebook, I have a problem.
I found out on the evening of December 19th that we have to have a laptop for our 12yo when he starts school at the end of January. School office was closed on December 20th.
Fortunately, they've gone from insisting on shitty Windows laptops, to a "BYOD" model, where they prefer Macs (!) since our last child attended.
It looks like I can pick up something basic & new with Windows 11 ("no S or X versions!"), for around $600-$700, or a used Macbook Air M1 for around $600 on Fb marketplace.
(I can't afford to buy the damn thing, but that's neither here nor there right now).
I would prefer he have a Macbook (because he's less likely to use it for gaming, and I'm less likely to lose sleep over maintaining it), but as I said at the top, before I go giving money to strangers, would anyone I know in #Melbourne have an M1 (or higher) that's in good nick, that they'd be willing to part with?
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...and just like that, it was over.
Lying awake for hours last night, too tired to sleep (irony, thy name is "post-viral fatigue"), I remembered why I stopped doing the reviews in the first place.
For reasons I can only assume are part of my now-ingrained workaholic tendencies, I habitually take things I enjoy, and find ways to turn them into work.
I can dash off a dozen shitposts without thinking about it, but a review?
That's writing. Putting the reviews on the website adds a whole layer of extra work to the writing.
Yesterday turned into a whole lot of things before I even got to "play a new game", and I found I was already overwhelmed by the anticipation of spending up to an hour writing the review (writing is re-writing!), and then publishing it.
For what? I'm not getting paid for it. I'm not trying to get a job as a games reviewer.
Hell, after thinking about all of this, and coming to the conclusion that I'd just write a single paragraph summary for The Expanse, I ended up writing a whole-ass review anyway.
Maybe 2025 is the year I stop putting expectations on myself, and just try to learn to live more, work less.
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Jan 2, 2025 - Day 2 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 2
Game: The Expanse - A Telltale Series
Platform: Steam PC
Released: Nov 21, 2023
Library Date: Dec 10, 2024
Unplayed: 23d
Playtime: 60m
Telltale doing what Telltale does best. The expanse is a prequel of sorts to The Expanse TV series, giving Camina Drummer a playable backstory.
Voiced by most of the original cast (including the irreplaceable Shohreh Aghdashloo), this is definitely a game for fans of the TV series.
However, something I found particularly frustrating was the game's insistence of pushing you forward, even if side-quests were incomplete.
There's a single ongoing save file, so if you missed something, too bad.
If you're not a fan of The Expanse, it's a playable sci-fi movie, but given some of the visuals, it's definitely not a game for kids.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series is:
3: OK
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