I made a rags-to-riches color legacy for Paralives, because the one I wanted doesn’t exist yet Every so often a game hands you a gap instead of a feature, and you just have to build the thing yourself. So here’s what happened. I’ve been playing Paralives since it landed in Early Access, and like every unhinged simulation-game…

I have been absolutely miserable for two weeks. Not “a little under the weather” miserable. The kind where your body just refuses to cooperate on every front. Food poisoning that my autoimmune system turned into a several day ordeal, a bathroom that was mid-renovation from a neighbor’s water leak, a night spent on the floor…