RalphMoustaccio

I'm not sure this counts, since it was technically written for the game, but I discovered that Chuck Ragan (the lead singer of Hot Water Music) does roots rock solo stuff that is really good, when the trailer for The Flame in the Flood came out. He actually wrote an entire album inspired by the game.

Honestly, I had zero interest in this game whatsoever, but y'all sold me on seeing just how bad it is first hand.

This is a great idea, if you want to either a) pay significantly more for GamePass, or b) have significantly fewer games available on it. Publishers definitely want to maintain the additional revenue streams from those sources, so if it's included, you'll have to pay for it somehow.

A podcast about video games? It'll never work.

This is largely my experience as well, but I'd add that I don't generally like audio books, and I won't seek out any visual adaptations of books I'm interested in reading, because while I can confidently say I have pretty significant aphantasia, I am able to hear character voices in my head as I imagine them to sound as I am reading, and if my imagined voice doesn't match what an established character sounded like from a movie, tv show, or audio book, it can ruin my reading experience. I am currently awaiting publication of the final Expanse novel before watching any of the series, as an example.

@gundato: Sadly, you're probably right that 60% is high.

The vaccine side effects for most people are pretty mild. This is not discounting the rare serious effects (usually an allergic reaction) that were mentioned as having occurred to the poster's friend's aunt. Personally, I had some chills and a low-grade fever approximately 12 hours after the second dose of the vaccine, and was a little lethargic the day after. Other than that and sore arm, it was fine. If you think that's a good enough reason to avoid getting vaccinated, I hope you avoid getting Covid, because it's probably gonna be a whole lot worse even with a mild case.

@efesell: Except that the OP explicitly was talking about "years to come" with the need for masking, distancing, etc. Approximately 14% of the US adult population is currently fully vaccinated (we need to remove kids from this discussion, because there's no current timeline for vaccination for them). I would guess a realistic goal would be for 60% of the adult population in the US to accept the vaccine. If we maintain just the current rate of vaccination, it would take approximately one year in total (approximately 8 - 9 months from now) to reach that milestone. In reality, it will likely be faster. Yes, we will continue to need to maintain masking and distancing in public places for a while after vaccinations are basically fully deployed, but to expect that to continue for "years to come," even when full expected vaccination will occur in less than one year from now, is being hyperbolic.

You previously asked me indirectly how I read so much gloom and doom into this, and that's how.

@efesell: If by that you mean having critical reading skills, then yeah, I guess it is.