Well, I wouldn't call it a strictly impulse purchase, but I did get a steam deck because I was missing gaming and I'm glad I did. I haven't played in maybe a week or so, but I've put a good number of hours into BG3 so far. You'll enjoy it. I'm glad I got it.

Meta Quest 3. I had been saving for a Valve Index but I was getting impatient. Turns out it was an amazing buy and (for me personally) having an untethered headset was more important than I realized. My computer room is small but my living room has plenty of space. Plus the Steam Link app works so well nowadays I can still play Steam VR games but wirelessly anywhere in my house. Pretty awesome deal for something that costed half the price.

I did exactly that, albeit with a 3rd of your hiatus. I want to play it every moment I get - I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Hi-Point .45 carbine, total impulse buy but it scratched several itches.

For those that don't know, Hi-Points are stupid cheap and stupid looking guns. But everyone says they work great, so I was Hi-curious, if you will. The design makes me think they took a gang of skilled engineers, showed them pictures of guns, and said, "Make one." Everything about the assembly is bizarre, no idea how to take it apart.

Stumbled on this thing for $300. Love me some .45, wanted a PCC (short rifle that shoots pistol rounds) and it's white, looks like a Stormtrooper rifle! True to their rep, it won't misfire, even with the cheapest remanufactured ammo. Taking it out today, it's a hoot. God help me if it ever needs cleaned.

Didn’t know what to get my boomer father for Christmas so I got him an xbox. it’s been great for his mental clarity and for our ability to hang out more since I can’t often make the trip to see him.

An electric keyboard (Casio Privia s1100). I played the trumpet in high school and wanted to get back to it but trumpets agent exactly the kind of thing you can practice regularly when living in an apartment. One weekend I decided I was just going to switch instruments and picked up a keyboard I could play with headphones on. Its been almost two years now and I love it.

I impulse bought a Steam Deck around a year ago, mainly for emulation, and haven't regretted it once.

Not the steam deck OLED lmao, I used it a few times and forgot it.

Same bestie. Steam Deck OLED is genuinely an awesome gadget. I don't really buy things much, especially not something so expensive and new, but the steam deck is just so worth it.