RimWorld [official site] continues its march through early access, adding drugs and enticing modders, almost as if it wasn t already wonderful. We sent Brendan back to the planet s surface, where he decided to set up a hotel in the middle of the desert. In part one of this three-part diary, the colonists struggle to establish themselves.>

Shinichi needs a new kidney. He has been walking around in the blazing desert sun for days, dismantling any ruin he can find and leaving the bricks for someone else to carry back to the hotel. And now he has a cancerous growth in his kidney. He needs a new one but the chances of a group of crooked merchants passing by with organs on sale is slim. He goes home and lies down in his bedroom, which is actually a cave. His bed – made from granite – offers little comfort. This was supposed to be a hotel.

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How does that old saying go – by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail? Or, in RimWorld s [official site] case, by failing to prepare, you re preparing to fail; and even if you prepare really, really well, you re probably best preparing for failure all the same.

You see, even with the most meticulous preparation and planning, success is far from guaranteed in Ludeon Studios survival management sim. RimWorld is a game that sees even the most seasoned colonists come a cropper at the drop of a hat – not to mention established popstars who ve otherwise enjoyed privileged upbringings – which is why it s good to know intuitive user-made mods are there to help us through its often harsh expectations.

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