It’s pretty fun. It’s Slay the Spire but with a lot of new stuff. New debuffs, new bosses, new cards, new characters. If enjoyed the first one, it’s worth picking up even now when it’s still in early access.

It’s a rule that a president or acting president can’t pick any SCOTUS judges in the last year of their term, or the year before that, or either of the preceding two years.

I don’t know that couching this as many cases of personal moral failure and irresponsibility is productive when so many are affected. It’s like when conservatives discuss poverty - certainly, many among the affected group could make better choices, but shouldn’t we be motivated to understand what led to their failure from a systematic perspective?

I don’t think I necessarily like Harry, but I sure as fuck empathize with him. Playing him as someone seeking redemption or trying to put his life back together (and SO OFTEN failing) was incredibly meaningful. You put it very well.

I’m with you on both.

For RDR2 in particular, I found it so irksome how on-rails the missions were while the rest of the game was so free form. If you’re going to make me follow in the footsteps you planned exactly, don’t tease me with freedom between your set piece sequences. Ride-shoot-ride is also not super interesting to me.

I’ve come to believe that the Rockstar formula just doesn’t work for me after GTA4.

I tend to agree. We’ve seen a movement back to -

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more insidious advertising practices. They render the Internet useless in the same ways that incessant pop ups did in the early 2000s.

That reply really put me off. I don’t think appearance based insults are the way. I don’t like that this one in particular sideswipes butch lesbians. Those are my friends.

I appreciate that everyone wants to see MTG get her comeuppance, but eh. I think there is plenty to attack her on that doesn’t come with collateral damage.

I’ve been enjoying Nordic Souls as a Wabbajack pack. It’s got gameplay adjustments that do change the difficulty curve but is closer to the base game in difficulty than many of the other prominent mod packs. It also has a smaller footprint (~100GB maybe?) as compared to some others. Skyrim feels more modern and fresh, for sure.

I downloaded it on a whim after I used Wabbajack/Nexus Premium for some Fallout New Vegas modding (went with Viva NV). I wanted to get full value from that premium sub lol.

Edit: I will say that I don’t think Nordic Souls includes Legacy of the Dragonborn, so I’d look into that and choose another pack if desired.

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Adding to #2, I recently read this article: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/spoiler-alert-spoilers-make-you-enjoy-stories-more

You served in an organized military force with institutional backing, without implied threats to your family based on your conduct. That’s a very different proposition than the choice facing American resistors now, isn’t it?

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This is magnificent.

My man! You’re a real one, Karim.

Hey Karim, super cool to have you here. I love what you’ve done with your character so far and I’m hoping for continued success on SFA.

1. What’s the energy like on set? Are there any particularly strong jokesters? Tim Russ on Voyager was noted for cracking a lot of jokes, for example, and I think Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner had a similar reputation on the set of TNG.
2. Are you into science fiction generally? If so, what’s your favorite book, movie, or tv series?
3. What do you wish people knew about SFA (or you!) that they don’t seem to?

He’s good at messaging from a Christian left perspective. Before I deleted social media, some of his more viral moments on the Texas House floor would make it to my feed. I liked what I heard, but I’m not a Texas resident or voter so Crockett vs Talarico is someone else’s judgement call to make.

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This was one I loved, but it wasn’t at all what I expected when I read the Steam blurb. “Be the kind of cop you want to be” or some such nonsense.

But, yeah, it’s basically an existential novel masquerading as a game, and if you don’t like (or at least find it interesting) spending time as the protagonist, then it makes sense to be a hard pass.

I’m in this boat with you. A few months ago I restarted my Valheim server for friends… And only one person joined me, for all of about 30 minutes. I spent a bunch of solo time just building up a base and trying not to progress too far so I wouldn’t ruin the fun.

I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a Zomboid server, too, but I know it will be the same. We’ll play as a group maybe twice, and that will be it.

Do you think that there might be more cyclists around if the existing infrastructure was better maintained and protected?

This isn’t ruining my day, but it seems like a clear example of a problem. And you’re actually being weird by arguing over this “useless shit” while claiming you’re not. I don’t believe your way of living is better if you choose to get annoyed by people being annoyed at something, rather than being annoyed by the thing itself. That cancels out.