As a phone repair tech, Samsung phones are some of the easiest to repair. Especially for batteries or (if you can get Samsung OEM parts) screens.
I highly recommend you take a look at installing the new battery yourself if you're able to be precise with a screwdriver. All it takes is the aforementioned screwdriver, a hair dryer/heat gun, and an old credit card.
The only parts you'll have to buy are the battery and the water resistant seal for the back glass.
As someone who's first TTRPG was 4e: people just like to complain. 5e is a perfectly fun game, as is 3rd, 3.5, PF, or PF2e
The real issue I noticed is that people tend to expect D&D to be the "best " system for THEIR game. And D&D (and by extension Pathfinder) have never been the "best" system at anything besides BEING D&D and Pathfinder.
I look at it as the traditional system. D&D has a ton of old, basically unusable rules that simply exist because... We expect them to exist. We remember these rules existing in old editions so they basically HAVE to exist in the new edition. And this expectation has led to a system that is just really good at emulating itself and not much else.
People who expect D&D to be the best for their horror game, or their survival game, or their political game often complain because that's not what it's for. People who expect D&D to be the best for their old 1st edition game complain because it's that's not what it's for.
It's just meant to LOOK like the old edition.
You'll definitely enjoy playing 5e! A good group of friends and a solid starting adventure will get everyone rolled back into the swing of things quickly.
I like to replay Pokemon Emerald version sometimes! It's fun to make up new challenges in one of the first games I played of the franchise. Those sprites and music are like a mental health cleanser for me
It's hard to pick a favorite but I find myself listening to the Hollow Knight soundtrack a lot while writing. It's fantastic!
Shout out to the Hades soundtrack though, I play that while playing D&D and my whole group loves it
Yes! I had heard it was in the works. I don't really follow Netflix announcements though so I know next to nothing about it
I'm almost finished with my re-read of Deaths End, the last book of the Rememberence of Earth's Past series. It's just as good as the first time I read through! The Three Body Problem, book one, got kind of popular a bit ago. It's great sci-fi, with a writing style I've never encountered before.
Would this happen to be Breakers waterpark? If not, I guess it's just a common story lol
Gone but not forgotten is Gameworks. I still have a card with $7 on it that I'll never get to use