I'm finding mental and inner catharsis through this, bringing me back to a more healthy and whole stage in life, bringing me out of all funks since the game here was brutally stabbed to death. Gone is so much outside of the growing and learning I had going for me, meaning the sense of learning all the while through this game, however good you get. Gone is being only slightly encouraged to interact with other gamers. This game has it all, and that's unfortunate and fortunate both. Gone are the toxic communities. Gone are the microtransactions. Gone are being told how you will approach this game. Gone, for me, of most other forms of pop culture for me. It doesn't take up time in my life, but it does take up my concerns with phiction and phun-nuggets. That is all.
What about you? Where were you then, generally, and where are you now?