GREAT. I played much of it on PS5, and now that it’s out on PC I can play it with staggeringly better performance (granted, with a 4080 and 5800x3d).

Story is dark as shit, feels pretty Game of Thrones inspired in some ways. Compelling, though, and plenty of good and inspiring stuff to balance out the doom and gloom.

Combat is insanely fun. Graphics are stunning. Music is wonderful. Landscapes are full of cool high fantasy stuff. And the chocobos are quite handsome…

No.

I occasionally get scintillating scotomas or whatever, like a stylized lightning bolt symbol had a cloaking device. Thankfully they’ve never led to headaches, just a weird vision thing sometimes

You may be vastly underestimating how many car enthusiasts would like there to be less traffic.

You deserve each other!

also manual 97 Prelude is so fucking claasy, hell yes

Please hurt them.

Nintendo is straight up evil.

Upvoted for Monster Sanctuary. Outstanding game that deserves so much more recognition!

not about valuing one life over another. the idea (I’m guessing) is to describe the victim a bit so folks have some points of empathy

“accident” is a bad descriptor for something that keeps happening constantly and for which those responsible violently oppose accountability

More training won’t help. US cops are trained to aggressively protect their own, individual safety above all else, and are trained specifically that everyone and everything is a threat to them. The result is they’re terrified of everything and everyone, and are encouraged to shoot first.

I miss Weyoun way more than I thought I would since my latest DS9 binge. Such a compelling character, portrayed outstandingly well

I’m just rubbin’ and tuggin’ my fuckin’ nips

Handful of amusing and novel examples aside, generated art is an affront to han creativity and ought to be banned everywhere, or at the very least strictly relegated to its own spaces so it can be easily avoided

US tech companies too, you fucking cowards.

Facebook paid kids to install a VPN client on their smartphones so they could intercept AND DECRYPT traffic between competing services (like Snapchat, Amazon, Youtube)

facebook and any other company they acquire (or however they try to rebrand) are not only untrustworthy but active adversaries against common decency and basic privacy

Fuck Andy Jassy.

They illegally fired the very employees who led the effort to pressure the company internally to do more on climate… All their climate posturing ever since has been bullshit.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/amazon-settles-with-employees-who-said-they-were-fired-over-activism.html

Huh! I had no idea. Thanks for the info and video link!

Smash garlic cloves with the side of a big knife to make the skin much easier to remove

Canned tomatoes usually taste way better than fresh tomatoes

When cooking pasta, save some of the pasta water to add to the sauce if it’s too thick, thins it out but the starch keeps it nice and saucy or something - acts as an emulsifier or something

Just like its salespeople

What the hell is “mcdonalds sprite”? Is that any different from regular sprite?

Checks out! What a bro.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/earnhardt-remove-flag-sticker/