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I left my battlestation, ventured into the fluorescent-lit wilds of a local game store, and attempted real-life human multiplayer. The dice were fine. The snacks were contested. The true final boss was a man named Gary who believed summarizing the rules was a personal affront.
Twelve months ago I wired my entire house with smart bulbs, plugs, locks, and a voice assistant with a god complex. This is my brutally honest cost-benefit analysis of whether any of it actually saved me time — spoiler: I now have a chore list for my chores.
I handed my nephew total creative control of my gaming setup for one week, and he responded with RGB overload, hardware choices that violate several laws of physics, and a mousepad shaped like a fish. Here's what stuck, what didn't, and why I might let him do it again.
My N64 is held together by electrical tape and vibes, my launch PS2 sounds like a garbage disposal eating a spoon, and I wouldn't have it any other way. A defense of scuffed, loved-to-death hardware over the mint-in-box shelf queens.
Somewhere in the Pacific, trillions of tiny plastic pellets called nurdles are drifting toward destiny. Meanwhile, I'm on hour 47 of farming the same chest in a gacha game, and honestly? We're not so different. A defense of the humble grind.