1. I uninstalled the mobile apps and turned on 'desktop site' view on my phone browser. That way I never really "quit", but the experience of scrolling comes with so much friction that I don't feel like opening it unless absolutely necessary. The added battery life is a bonus.

2. I reduced my feed with extreme prejudice. My fomo wasn't letting me unfollow pages, so I moved them to alt account/custom feeds/bookmarks. Muted the remaining ones except the handful friends I wanted to see updates from.

Finally, don't be hard on yourself. You're going against meticulously engineered data streams that have been perfected over the years with the assistance of top behavioral scientists.

I'm personally not a fan but for different reasons. AI-voiced (story-critical) characters would diminish the concept of copmletion-ism, as LLMs can talk to no end. Similar to how procedural generation can discourage exploration (but I'm just one data point and No Man's Sky sales numbers indicate otherwise).

Minor NPC personality is s a gap I'd be happy to see LLMs close. After crossing 70 hours on Cyberpunk 2077, I'm catching NPCs repeating themselves.

- Primary: mail from knowns, important starred mail

- Updates: OTP/accounts related, good newsletters that post less frequently

- Promotions: everything else

MoR processors, since their per-state thresholds have been crossed, charge sales tax starting from your very first sale, which you'd otherwise not have to pay, since YOUR sales volume are far from reaching anywhere near thresholds.

Presumed Innocent (preceeded by the Apple TV show of same name). Murder mystery. Loved it.

Tie-in novels from videogame franchise:

- Deus Ex: Black Light

- Devil May Cry: before the nightmare

I've also started Marvel Comics in anticipation of Fantastic Four and the whole Secret Wars storyline it will build up.

Couldn't finish a single non-fiction this year, but enjoyable so far:

- Zero to One

- When I say no, I feel guilty

- Designing data-intensive applications

- Music: Windows Media Player, Spotify

- File Management: Syncthing, TreeSize

- Code: Vscode, Github Desktop

My backups in other devices are organized by monthly folders.

Here's a few I can vouch for, my inclination is towards narrative-driven and fast-paced combat:

- Death Stranding

- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (and sequel Mankind Divided)

- God of War Greek Trilogy

- Prince of Persia Trilogy

- Call of Duty Modern Warfare (Original trilogy)

- Assassin's Creed 2 (and sequels Brotherhood, Revelations)

- Devil May Cry 4

- Prototype

- Battlefield 3

Or you can sample from the hottest names and zoom in on what you enjoy the most:

- Cyberpunk 2077

- Elden Ring

- Baldur's Gate 3

- Starfield

- Ghost of Tsushima

- Final Fantasy XVI, VII Remake

Or maybe check out titles that have stood the test of time:

- God of War

- Mass Effect Trilogy

- NieR: Automata

- Metal Gear Solid V

- Resident Evil 4

- Detroit: Become Human

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

- Red Dead Redemption 2

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Eventually it got so overwhelming that I started building an automatic bookmark tagger. Going to launch soon, waitlist in profile.

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