I have a Bear PTSD story, but I'll share the story of my favourite achievement so far: 'Living off the Land.' I'm playing my third adventure, and my character has only been eating meat, fish and cat tail stalks. After a bit more than 50 days passed, I realized I could probably keep it up and get the achievement, so I quit letting my guy enjoy coffee for almost a month.

After I earned the achievement, I celebrated with a cup of coffee during a blizzard and thought about trying a snack bar. The weather cleared and I went out to set my snares. On the way, a wolf helped me get a deer. Then I got back on plan and set the snares. I returned back to the house and spooked a deer I didn't know was there--who ran right into a wolf pack that I didn't know was there!

So it seems the snack foods and canned goods will be purely decorative :)

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I've been role playing my character, who has developed a fondess for the lone wolf that has helped him stay alive. Now my guy helps Max get fed too.

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Mine is July 21

The Long Dark is a first person survival game (with no zombies!!), where you play a survivor of a geomagnetic event that dramatically changed the climate of Canada--turning it into a seemingly endless and brutal winter. Along the way, you might begin to risk your survivor's life just to get a screenshot, because this game is incredibly beautiful.*

If you haven't tried it, I encourage you to think about it ;) The game is in Early Access, but is better than most AAA games--it's really impressive what they've done.

Anyhow... I noticed that many of my friends in Active Users also enjoy playing The Long Dark! I thought this could be a place to share some stories of our adventures :) Sometimes things happen during my adventures that I'd really like to share in more detail than a caption. If you get that too, please share your stories!

Also, tips, advice and shared strategies could help others get even more enjoyment from the game.

* A recent update downgraded the beauty by vandalizing the rocks. My dislike of the rocks is shared by many (not all), but the rocks have limited the screenshots I can take due to needing to avoid or minimize the appearance of rocks in the frame. It could just be me, but here's a before and after to illustrate my opinion. http://oi67.tinypic.com/1tr8cm.jpg Anyhow, it's possible the dev might rethink this choice. Let's hope, because there are waterfalls and things I'd love to share pictures of when they're pretty again!

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