I'm really confused. I am 100% sure I have played Rimworld. I remember mining into an ancient danger not knowing what it was and getting wrecked by it. But Rimworld does not show up anywhere on my Steam account, nor do I have a single file or directory with "Rimworld" in the name anywhere on my computer. I have no emails with the word "Rimworld" in it. Did I just completely invent a memory of playing it?
Metropolis (1927) was one of those pioneer films in showing that individuals can often be crushed due to epic circumstances out of their control, which is something more true nowadays than ever #FridayThrillerClub
Author Michael Harris says that life in 2024 is too much — a deluge of stimulus. He examines why that's the case in this essay for Montecristo, and heads to a Tokyo listening bar in an effort to still the noise and rediscover the practice of sustained attention. "Needle touches vinyl, and a grief-stricken Nina Simone sings, 'Ne me quitte pas'," he writes. "To hear that beacon of a voice and to be moved, and yet to refrain from any critique or review, is our goal. For once to hold back our vulgar additions."