Nick Mccarley

They started small. Little price bumps here, a subscription there. Said it was inflation… supply chains… whatever excuse fit the headline that day. I watched as they turned gaming—from something built on passion—into a machine. A machine fueled by drained wallets, locked content, and players chasing experiences they already paid for. Saw it happen. Saw ‘em normalize it. Now look at it. PlayStation 5 prices going up years after launch. Games costing more. Subscriptions stacked on subscriptions. And they still want more. They’ve already taken ownership of what we play, how we play it… now they’re coming for why we play. This ain’t about nostalgia. Ain’t about ‘the good old days’ of gaming. This is about control. About a system that keeps tightening its grip until playing becomes a privilege instead of a right. You think it stops at a price hike? It doesn’t. It never does. This is a player’s war. Against a system that feeds on loyalty and gives back less every time. Against the slow death of creativity, buried under monetization models and quarterly targets. And yeah… if that means pushing back—boycotting, calling it out, refusing to play along—then that’s what it takes. Because if we don’t? One day you’ll boot up your console… and realize the game was never meant for you anymore. You don’t see it yet. But you will.

“Since we never know what is going to happen tomorrow, I wouldn’t trade all my yesterdays for the time we had together.”

mcu peter parker is finally relatable to the average college experience: wanting to kill yourself at a house party

“He’s got that dawg in him” >The dog in question.

the ides of march

The Beach Boys are nice California. The Doors are evil California

"Evil cannot create anything new, it can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" —J.R.R. Tolkien

when u get hit by that wave of sadness but u gotta lock in

creedence clearwater revival deserve so much more credit than they get. one of the literal best bands of all time