Eve online, despite not playing it as much as some others. It’s as close to the MMORPG experience as I imagined it before ever playing one. Everything in that game is player driven, and that’s just insane and so cool, and ultimately exhausting for someone who is slightly introverted and cba to be social after a long day. Fantastic game and community for those who have the social batteries for that kind of stuff.

They have a built in arachnophobia setting, it turns them into kittens.

Not stopping would require me to actually start first. I haven’t gotten that far yet. Seems to be the difficult part.

Well, generally speaking the easiest way to do that is to stop only once you’re past the 20k mark.

I thought it was very good. Stephenson does have a tendency to get really into whatever the subject matter of his story is, eg. cryptography in cryptonomicon, MMOs and gaming in REAMDE, Alan turing and AI in The Diamond Age etc. I find it to be an endearing aspect lf his writing. Definitely recommend Seveneves.