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Subject: Re: How Much Do I Spend On Gaming Per Month?
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:00:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote at 01:24 this Thursday (GMT):
> Thanks to Steam transaction history where most of my gaming purchases
> have been made since 2007 or so, it was not as easy as I'd like it to
> be to work out, but not too bad.  I needed to clean up a lot of shit
> in a a spreadsheet (balancing negative amounts due to refunds against
> positive).
>
> Overall it came out to a little under $20 a month over an 18 year time
> period.  I might have had more fun automating the spreadsheet editing
> than I did playing most of the games listed as paid on it.
>
> There have been a few outside of Steam purchases over the years, like
> RDR2 from Rockstar store direct (the "special horse" I got from that
> turned out to be a fantastic decision that I went into skeptical), a
> few purchases from Blizzard etc over the years but its nothing that
> would put the average over $20 a month.
>
> Overall honestly that's pretty cheap entertainment given what I got
> out of it.  Especially up against shopping allowances for instagram
> models, the weekend hotel and travel they liked, and all of the other
> shit I've fucked away money on.
>
> I suppose our resident troll might have something to say about all of
> this.  And, if that's the case I'll make a decision on whether to
> fully dox him here and now and at other life impact points, as I know
> who he is and if he turns the clock back a few years I think he knows
> I know who he is.


I'll be honest, I usually don't spend much money on /gaming/. The most
recent purchase I've done would be Deltarune back on the 6th, whic was
100000% worth it.
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