It’s difficult to get to the stars.

The other month I subscribed to PC Gamepass in order to finally play Psychonauts 2 (great game, even if I still prefer the original), and then I realized that Gamepass subscribers can play Starfield for free. I definitely want to play Starfield, so I downloaded the 120 gig pre-install. But it requires 16 gigs of memory, and I only had 8.

My computer was having memory crashes anyway, so it seemed like a fine time for a memory upgrade at my friendly local shoppe. Things are running more smoothly since upgrading, but it turns out Starfield also requires an SSD, while I still have an HDD. So I put in an order for an SSD, and that should also improve the speed of my computer for all my other activities.

And good thing, because Starfield will have to be delayed, since it also requires a newer graphics card than I have, and unlike more memory and an SSD (both of which will be a boon to my regular computer use), I really can’t justify* a new graphics card on my old computer. At least the memory and SSD should be transferable to a new computer when I finally upgrade.

Meanwhile, things should be slightly faster while I’m browsing the web. And speaking of which, don’t miss my latest newsletter and column about spiders.**

*I mean, of course I could justify it by saying there’s a climate crisis and covid and we could all die at any time so shouldn’t I be playing the best and newest video games? It turns out, potential imminent demise is an easy way to justify lots of things.

**Hey, there’s a spider on your back! I guess maybe if that was true for one person reading this, at least the warning wasn’t in vain.