I had genuine interest in the concept of a stealth-based game based around Gollum in the LotR universe, but the implementation and result were shit. It had potential, but didn’t live up to it.

Guitars which have worn naturally over the time have more mojo than case queens. If it isn’t interfering with your playing I’d say let it ride.

I’m interested to see what the resumption of student loan payments has to say about that. I feel like it will have significant impacts on the economy and may trigger a recession when combined with the measures which have been implemented to try to control inflation.