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Echoing all comments saying to limit your screen time. I understand what it's like to have limited game time but put your health first. Lit screens are mentally stimulating (period) and will lower the quality of your sleep. Do you like drawing or reading game-related stuff?

You mention wanting to get healthier. Have you given a thought to dance/fitness games? It's not an original thought but it's one of the few ways to be physical and game at the same time.

Thank you Austin! For what? Well, let's just say I echo everyone else when I say you were (and still are) an awesome contributor. But this isn't goodbye. I look forward to seeing in Video Game Content for a looong time!

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. You are literally video game characters inside of a video game. You end up fighting your creator.

... Now that I'm thinking about it, I can't decide if this was dumb or mind-blowing at the time.

Some great things already suggested. For food/odd attractions I would watch Anthony Bourdain's shows for that. I would also check out a Pokemon Center, see what events are on at Tokyo Big Sight/similar stadium-type areas, and maybe catch a baseball match since it's so big there. And sumo! Other than that, off the top of my head: Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Disney Sea, Yoyogi/Ueno parks, and wander around Shibuya.

PS: Squatting is good for your knees :^)

PERSONA 4: DANCING ALL NIGHT

different groups of people talk in different ways. even one group/demographic has subsets that have different mannerisms/colloquialisms. these don't necessarily have age limits either. especially with so many social circles being easily accessible via social media.

dunno why that's so hard to grasp or why it's such an ire-inducing concept. I feel that when people get upset at teen talk in fiction, it's because 1. it's like looking in a mirror, 2. grumpy old person syndrome, or 3. the writing might be legit bad, but it's often the go-to reason to criticize any game involving teenagers. we also overestimate what people are realistically like while consuming fiction, which is a weird thing on its own.

seriously tho, teens are not a big deal. they're probably angry because of how much people treat them with hyperbolic disdain.

Seconding FFXIV. It's much more solid now, and with Heavensward expansion out, things are as active as ever. The community is pretty nice too, coming from someone who doesn't usually interact with them. I'm also not usually into fantasy storylines (they're usually lost on me because I find them kinda trudging) but I haven't felt that with XIV. The visuals/music are very solid too imo.

There's a 14-day trial available on Steam, if I recall correctly. I got pretty far in that time. Doesn't hurt to try if you're shopping around :)

All the time. Don't know how else to live life.

What a rough start to 2016. All I can say is have gratefulness for what and who you've got, even the most insignificant of things. Nothing and no one is perfect but I'm glad these people were brave enough to put themselves out here and give us awesome movies, music, and whatever else.

Fire Red was not my first, but I enjoyed it a lot, though I haven't played the original. Ruby/Sapphire was more my introduction, though I skipped around to later games to finish them. I liked X and Y but not as much as the others. ORAS reeled me back in though. I think I like the concept of Pokemon more than the execution (since I think they can do more to polish and expand the series while still making it accessible to kids, sorta like my relationship to Animal Crossing), but it's simplicity is what drew me into it. It leaves a lot to the imagination and I have a lot of nostalgia for the interpretations/lore/urban legend-like stuff that fans and friends came up with.