I have been an avid gamer since Atari 2600 and IBM PCjr, I have played RPG, shoot-em ups, arcades, stories and FPS.

I had no idea what it was and how to play it, but I opened up my, on sale, US$7.50, new game from a small developer I’d read about named Concerned Ape. Stardew Valley. I have only been playing for 2 years and have 6 different setups i keep going back to for tweaking, and have just started a 7th. The gameplay is straightforward, and oddly addictive. I just added up the hours played on all the games, comes to 1200 hours. Don’t know if this fits your bill, but I have been surprised that it is my go to even with the AAA games like Zelda taking a back seat.

knowlege avails many things, but not happiness…

if only our lives were the only thing we focused on

smells are effervescent and seem to be very impactful… anecdotal evidence only

I feel 2/3 attacked…