Since I haven't seen anyone post this, I thought I'd share the new Star Engine demo video from Cloud Imperium Games.

  • WorseDoughnut 🍩@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    I will never let myself live down the stupidity and shame of falling for their bullshit not once, but twice. I'm ~$150 poorer thanks to my impressionable college-brain thinking their "complete in a few years" line back in 2014 was even remotely possible.

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      1 year ago

      Well, think of it so that you spent $150 on a class on media literacy and a crash course on the dangers of unethical business practices.

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          It's sort of how I try to view my past fuckups: I can't change the past by feeling like an idiot for making some mistake, but I can try to learn to not make the same mistakes again (and instead make new and exciting mistakes) and learn to "forgive myself" in a sense.

          Fuckups are inevitable parts of life, and beating myself up over mistakes won't stop me from making new ones. I do need to learn from them when I make them, so I might as well do it in a way that's less unpleasant and doesn't require carrying around an ever-growing pile of memories labeled "I'm an idiot for doing […]"