At the time it came out, true CRPG throwbacks were still a pretty rare sight, and the few that did come out after Baldur’s Gate 2 and Fallout had low production values, like Geneforge. Neverwinter Nights and to a greater extent Dragon Age were also big departures from the traditional CRPG mold.

Getting to see a new CRPG with modern graphics and lots of voice acing, but still be isometric, was really exciting. I know it’s why I bought it.

But I never finished it. The intro sequence at the farm with the killer rabbits was so unbalanced, the hardest part of the game, and poorly done. It was cool that you could have different characters do dialogue and be a hardass or a smartass or a kissass, they did all feel like different flavors if the same outcome. And the game was just too long, so after putting 40 hours into it and still not being close to done, I put the game down.

Someday I’ll definitely try Wasteland 3, since HowLongToBeat says it’s shorter.

Best wishes! Everyone starts at this point, and things do get better. Here are my thoughts:

1. First of all, I want to say being a lesbian isn’t about how you look. One of my good friends is a butch cis woman, and she gets mistaken for a man all the time. That being said, I understand exactly how you feel. I identified outwardly as nonbinary for a long time knowing full well I was a woman because I felt like I “didn’t deserve” to be a woman, much less a sapphic woman. Being on estrogen for a few years really helped with that, but the steps you make before that can go a long way too. Pre-HRT was a fantastic time for me to develop my voice, learn makeup, learn how to take care of long hair, and get laser hair removal. You list might be different.

2. I’m not autistic, but I hope you get some more good answers in this post.

3. I never really tried to suppress my femininity around parents while in the closet, but it might be a safety issue for you. I’m sorry if it is. But like JennyLaFae said, sometimes cis people can be really oblivious. Sometimes people would call me out for being too feminine, and I’d just roll with it and it wasn’t a big deal. Otherwise, do you have friends you can be your true self around?

4. I didn’t intentionally mean for things to turn out this way, but when I met my now-long term girlfriend, she was living in a large, queer-friendly city 90 minutes away from where I was living. So when the time was right after a few years, I packed my bags and we moved in together. The bottom line is that I couldn’t have afforded to live comfortably in that city alone, so I found someone to live with. Which could be a partner or a roommate.

5. I don’t know. I’m so sorry. It depends on what you’re diagnosed with. Specifically for gender dysphoria, my therapist told me that I’m my own worst critic, to avoid mirrors unless there’s something I specifically need to do, avoid comparing myself to other women (which for me involved quitting Instagram) and not to project how I perceive my appearance onto others. For instance, if I’m in public and feeling dysphoric, I tend to assume everyone’s looking at me and thinks I look gross. But is that what they really think? Most people are so wrapped up in their own things that they don’t even notice, or maybe they even think I look good.

I’m a fan! I like to pair my slim fit overalls with boots, either Doc Martens or the block heel ankle-length booties I have. I think Wellies would probably work really well too.

Yesterday, at my job as a reporter. Some men, even though I tell them how the interview/quoting process works, will just assume I’m stupid for asking “groundwork” questions without realizing I’m doing that to get quotes, which I need in his words, not mine.

I should also say my job is borderline public relations work, so I wasn’t asking probing, hardball gotcha questions either. The articles are essentially free advertising for companies.

Sometimes, they’ll get that I understand what I’m asking about as the interview progresses, but this man continued to give me condescending, non-sentence answers while repeatedly questioning my knowledge on the subject. Which will just make it harder to grab good quotes when I write the article, because they all come with spice. I never have these problems when I interview women.

I love this post. I can be very self-critical.

I have really long legs, and I like my wavy hair. I’m learning to love being tall the more I develop my wardrobe of clothes that fit.

I kind of just hate the daily news cycle. The hourly news cycle on social media sites is even worse.

Trump says a bunch of awful things on a daily basis. His regime is a threat to democracy. No one voted for Elon. But we don’t need an article for every little things he says or does. Trump was a nobody oddball candidate that no one liked, and then he got disproportionately more news coverage from both liberal and conservative outlets compared to any other presidential candidate in 2016, day after day. That may have been why he was elected.

News outlets are incentivized to do this thanks to the advertising model and moving to web-only. It’s always so incendiary and tabloid-like. It’s done so much damage to society. People are making it worse by repeatedly clicking and sharing stuff from the daily news cycle instead of, as OP said, better journalism. It’s tricky, though, because the best journalism tends not to be behind a subscription model and not free, so how do you share it?

I read The Week now every Friday. I’m subscribed to the print magazine, but it’s also available free on Libby for Americans. The Week isn’t perfect; any weekly newspaper will do, though there’s not many left. I try to avoid news every other day of the week. My mental health has improved a bit (as much as can be expected for a person living in America) and I find I’m capable of thinking more critically about what I read.

I deeply wish this would happen, but know it would never happen in my lifetime in my country.

I’ve been working full time, sometimes overtime, for almost five years out of college. I want to practice piano more. I’d love to volunteer. I want to go outside more. I’ve always wanted to spend a month backpacking in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been my lifelong dream to write a book.

I’m so exhausted after work every single day that I can only get myself to play piano for a half an hour, and then play video games or read until I pass out before my bedtime.

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My first dress ever was a pinafore dress. Would recommend, especially if it’s an A-line that flares out.

That was cheap and from Amazon and I bought it years ago before the fastener broke, so I treated myself earlier this year and finally bought a nice new one from Son de Flor. It’s really well made and beautiful and, hopefully, it’ll outlive me.

I’ll give these a shot. Thank you very much!

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I’m not 100% sure, I think mesh? But it seems like the fabric from their tucking underwear varies from pair to pair. (From their FAQ: “When you place an order, the fabrics may not be the same as previous orders.”)

They have some bras and underwear specifically designated as bamboo, which is just as good as merino, but it’s seemingly only for their non-tucking underwear.

Oh, I hike day trips all the time while tucking. I don’t really notice anymore haha. I just don’t want to smell bad on a three-day trip!