“This is a normal thing to do,” Austin tells me. His mom is a little harsh a few times, so Austin recreates the garden of his parents’ first date in their front yard. When his father’s PTSD becomes too uncomfortable for Austin, he renovates his dad’s entire garage and custom car to ensure that his father is properly shamed and pressured into driving again.

Every colorful cavalcade of match-3 combinations turns into stars, which I have to spend on Austin’s whims. Not only does Austin pressure his parents into keeping the house, but he brings me into the scheme as well. I wouldn’t know what to do if my son did that either. Is it out of joy, or are they terrified at what their son will do next? While they slept, he installed a massive fish tank and hired a local artist to carve busts of their ancestors. His parents repeatedly ask him to stop, and he pours thousands of his own dollars into renovations. So he moves back in and begins a prolonged, passive-aggressive campaign to rebuild the house.ĭo you think I should use this photo as a profile pic on a dating site? And if so, should I mention that my mom took it? /RaSA7iq9su- Austin Official July 21, 2019 When Austin returns home for a visit, and his parents casually mention that they intend to sell their home, Austin thinks back to his boyhood and yearns deeply for that feeling of domestic safety. His father has developed a case of PTSD after a car accident, and his mother is socially isolated while she struggles with the burden of being a caretaker.

The game begins with Austin visiting his elderly parents, who live in a massive mansion that they’re unable to maintain. Gardenscapes seems much more innocent on the surface, but Homescapes immediately goes off the rails. Somehow, this process also managed to create Austin. These characters are often generically attractive and relentlessly plucky underdogs. Mobile games continue to focus test and hone characters to appeal to a hardened demographic of players who download half a dozen of these games at a time and relentlessly cull them, only to download a new batch. How do I delete it?! How do I delete it?! Please don't retweet it, I beg you!! /Zw4FJOWUSC- Austin Official June 18, 2019

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