u/Blabsalot

I have been a huge fan of RPG games ever since I played Pokemon Blue on my Gameboy Color.

I love Final Fantasy and Fallout.

Until recently I had really only played late 90s/2000s games.

Lately I've gotten more into retro gaming and have been playing more games from that era. I played FFVI for the first time and absolutely LOVED it.

I then tried playing Ultima IV and.....just could not get into it. The mechanics just feel too antiquated and not intuitive.

Is there a good game I can play that is a little older than FFVI but has more slightly more modern mechanics than Ultima IV? My goal is to sort of expose myself to some of these older games so that Ultima IV doesn't feel like as big of a leap.

Alternatively, is there a good QoL mod for Ultima IV that modernizes it?

Seeing them for like $38 compared to $100 for SanDisk.

Should I avoid them?

In the browser, there are buttons on the left and right so that I can scroll through images in a post.

But in the app, I have to swipe and the buttons aren't there.

This is an issue because I'm constantly accidentally swiping "back" out of the post.

Looking to watch a movie that feels like driving somewhere using a print out from MapQuest while listening to The Strokes and The White Stripes.

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Or feels like I'm connecting with friends in a world where social media doesn't exist.

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I want to feel like I'm wearing skinny jeans and taking MySpace angle photos.

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I want to feel hopeful and alive.

What's your favorite game that could be beat in just a few sessions?

Have people already started receiving notices from their services about their deadline to switch off SAVE?

In May I received an email from US Department of Education saying that SAVE is ending and that my servicer will contact me with a specific deadline by which to switch. However, I have not heard anything from my servicer.

If anyone has heard from their servicer, what deadline were you given?

Also, is it possible to apply to RAP before July 1st? Does RAP tend to be the cheapest option?

So like many of you, I have been on SAVE forbearance for close to 2 years. So far i have just sat back and let things play out.

Now I, like many of you, received an email saying that after July 1st I will have 90 days to switch to a different plan.

I hit 120 eligible months back in April and have already submitted my buyback request. I had 14 payments left.

As part of the buyback application, I was not asked to recertify my income, so I'm not really sure what income the buyback payment would be based on.

Since I was waiting to do my buyback, I requested an extension on my taxes, thinking that my tax info would be needed for the buyback. So I was surprised that I was not asked for that during the application.

So now I'm thinking, if I switch now then my payments would be based on my 2025 taxes, where I filed individually. But for 2026, i'm going to file jointly with my wife.

Should I switch plans now or should i continue to hold out and see what happens in 3 months?

I recruited Mog and have him in my party.

But when I go to the room that the charm is supposed to be in, all the other moogles are still there and the charm is not.

Is this not unlocked until later in the game? I just left the town where I got Relm and Stargo

Are there any good RPG games that are neither fantasy nor sci fi?

I like Earthbound a lot for its slice of life feeling, although that does have a lot of sci-fi elements.

Pokemon and Digimon games balance both sci fi and fantasy in a way that doesn't quite feel like either of those.

But I can't think of any RPG games that are truly not fantasy or sci fi.

I'm following the instructions on the Student Aid website: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service/public-service-loan-forgiveness-buyback#eligible-months

Follow these steps to buy back months for PSLF.

1. If you have any unreported periods of qualifying employment, certify those by using the PSLF Help Tool to submit a PSLF form.
2. Verify the months of deferments or forbearances you want to buy back and confirm you have approved qualifying employment for the same months (see how to verify those months).
3. Submit a request through PSLF Reconsideration. Select “PSLF Buyback” for your reconsideration type and confirm, “Yes, I have 120 months of qualifying employment.”
4. If you are eligible to buy back months, we will send you a buyback agreement with the amount to pay and instructions to pay the full amount within 90 days of our email to you with the buyback agreement.

Clicking the link in #2 just redirects me back to this same page. What exactly am I supposed to do for #2? I already certified my employment in step 1.

So on the Student Aid website it lists the buyback steps like this:

Follow these steps to buy back months for PSLF.

1. If you have any unreported periods of qualifying employment, certify those by using the PSLF Help Tool to submit a PSLF form.
2. Verify the months of deferments or forbearances you want to buy back and confirm you have approved qualifying employment for the same months (see how to verify those months).
3. Submit a request through PSLF Reconsideration. Select “PSLF Buyback” for your reconsideration type and confirm, “Yes, I have 120 months of qualifying employment.”
4. If you are eligible to buy back months, we will send you a buyback agreement with the amount to pay and instructions to pay the full amount within 90 days of our email to you with the buyback agreement.

My question:

Does step 1 need need to be fully processed before doing step 3? I just started step 1 but my employer hasn't signed (i know they will, that's not an issue) and idk if I need to wait before doing 3. I don't want to accidentally make things take longer.

I recently got a copy of ff9.

All the discs look like they are in OK condition, although there are a few minor scratches.

Will the games work completely as long as they boot up normally to the loading screen?

I don't want to put 30 hours into a game only to encounter a part of the game that I can't get past because of a disc scratch.

And if you're wondering why I didn't test it before buying, I got it off a street vendor for $5.