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[mellowtigger]

Who else has their gamer motivation profile from Quantic? My profile says I'm an Architect gamer type who plays games that encourage being "calm, analytical, completionist, independent, and grounded". Quantic released some fascinating results recently from their transgender and non-binary analysis, using a large enough sample to be statistically relevant.

I kickstarted "Descent: Underground" back in 2015, although it eventually disappeared from the radar. They just blogged an update. The game is back! They are using their original codename: Ships That Fight Underground. Yes, STFU. That crude humor was part of its original charm as a splinter of developers left behind the Star Citizen project, which also is still not released.

Timberborn is progressing nicely. Some people are creating elaborate cities in the game. Progress is slower than I would like, and I don't know when the game will finally be "finished". They have a bug and suggestion tracker, though, and I added my vote this week to a few features. This is exactly the kind of public tracking that I'd like to see in all development projects.

I'm watching the Starfield information intently, if only because this is the new game engine that will become the next Skyrim game eventually.

Cities Skylines 2. That is all. :)