I remember when I'd go get a massage and at least some of it felt good, if not most of it. Now I'm so old and broken that the whole time is torture. The fixing of stuff is more painful than the actual stuff that needs fixing, haha.

Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry

I've been chewing on what I want to play next, I think this trailer might have sealed the deal and it's time for another run.

Love that @vivaladirtleague.bsky.social released this 2 years before the current discourse on Arc Raiders player etiquette, haha

I just learned that Charlie the Unicorn is 20 years old, and I'm SUPER not OK with this information.

evergreen

South of Midnight 150% should have gotten a best soundtrack nomination.

This is on me, I shouldn't be trying to do work on a Friday night. But all I'm trying to do is get some OS updates done and I can't get ANYTHING to work to save my damn life.

Well good. We pushed hard for the files, which won't cost anyone their jobs, won't land anyone in jail, and does nothing except confirm what we all already know. And all it's done is make Trump look so bad that he's going to start a war to shift focus. SUPER.

How does my dentist bill me upfront because they know insurance won't cover what they're doing, and they STILL manage to undercharge me and send me a bill?!

Sky was doing some pretty wild sky stuff tonight. Almost didn't go out to look because Bozeman was dreary and overcast all afternoon. I could see the red as soon as I got outside and the green was so bright I could see the outline of the mountains with my naked eyes.

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

I don't know how to describe what this dinosaur is feeling, but I feel like it's how I feel most days, haha.

Insta is feeding me a ludicrous amount of pug videos all of the sudden, and I don't appreciate it. I need a break from all pets, especially dogs right now after Waffle! I don't need this sort of temptation! This is an act is emotional terrorism!

Oh, FFS. Unfortunately, the last time it was reported that Kelvin 4 was coming, this is why I said I refused to believe it until I could actually buy a ticket for it. Trek movies in general these days, but ESPECIALLY Kelvin 4, are Schrodinger's film... may or may not be dead, who knows!

When you're neighbors with a gamer, you get to be subjected to great out of context frustrated yellings such as, "Wait, why the hell does he get pocket sand and I don't?!?!?"

One of my favorite games is Firewatch, which clocks in at under 5 hours. Make the game as long as it needs to be. Honestly, game stories suffer a bit when the whole game experience gets fattened up for the express purpose of padding play time.

I actually ended up really liking Witcher S4. Liam ain't no Henry, but he stepped in admirably. I'm also SO annoyed they went all-in on making the Geralt & Ciri threads super accurate after I had already given up hope and learned to accept that they weren't being honest about being true to the books

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

Finishing rewatching Witcher S1-3 ahead of S4. While I'm admittedly still struggling to be cool with how dramatically they overexaggerated how accurate it would be to the books, I do find I'm generally liking S2 and 3 more than expected when I can shut down & just accept it for what it is.

If would be cool if we weren't making the WORST parts of Star Trek accurate. Looks like Deep Space Nine hit the nail on the head with "sanctuary districts".

I've seen this movie before. It doesn't go well for us.

Sigh.... I don't take enough drugs to make it through the next 3+ years.

I think I need to add a turn-based game into my current rotation. I'm currently playing Ghost of Tsushima and Hades, both of which are heavy enough on snap-reactions that when I'm having an off day like today, I'm just getting wrecked in everything I try to play.

I know one I see talked about for open world games is how a player should always be within 30/45 seconds or seeing or doing something interesting in the world they're in. While I largely like this concept, running into enemy patrols/mobs should not be carrying a lot of that weight.

This is a very good point about DHS. They direct harassment campaigns on Twitter using quote-tweets.

There's also a block list you can subscribe to a couple responses in.

The AI videos that are now ruining Facebook even more than usual are really reinforcing the idea that the people using these things are unbelievably creatively bankrupt. You have a thing that can theoretically produce anything you can imagine...

Listen, I usually like my game rulebooks to be pretty straightforward and not having a lot of fluff...... but I have to admit that I've always gotten a kick out of the 51st State rules.

It is wild that republicans are crying about democrats not taking them at their word that they'll negotiate in good faith if the dems just give them what they want first.... and then proceed to cancel or steal previously agreed upon spending for the third time in 9 months.

In this day and age, that should NEVER be the first 12 words of any post you make!

I am excited for more E33, and terrifies that they think they'll late game needs MORE mean bosses, haha

Oof, going straight to Ghost of Tsushima right after 130hrs of Jedi games was a rough choice. Games are too mechanically similar with too different of control schemes. Keeping getting my world rocked because I keep trying to block/parry... with the button that's now heavy attack, haha

There's also a hidden third arm in this picture labeled, "XCOM 90% chance to hit."

Nothing makes me trust what you have to say less than, "I asked ChatGPT/ Google AI/Grok/etc that question and it said..." I've seen the sort of answers Google AI pumps or for stuff I'm familiar with, ain't no fucking way I'm going to trust what it says.

I hope Mad King Donnie has the day he deserves.

One downside to playing big game releases a couple years late is I always end up with some level of spoilers eventually. I know a big character spoiler in my current game and have spent the entire time side eyeing them and going, "Is this is? Is this the moment it happens?"

This might be the creepiest way to discover that an optional boss respawns in a game....

This is the first time I've really felt unwell since losing Waffle. On one hand, it would have been nice to have a pug to snuggle with. On the other hand, I do appreciate being able to be sick without needing to rally myself for walks or clean her indoor acts of biological terrorism.

Not the worst reaction I've had, but the latest edition of the plague jab still sucks ass.

So where are all the assholes who spent the last week grousing about "freedom of speech?"

If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly." They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.

I've figured out my two least favorite things about game maps, and funny enough, they're kind of variations on the same theme, but they're things that my poor, dumb brain reacts poorly to... maps with everything marked & maps with nothing marked but tells you how much stuff you're missing.

wild that MP3 is an audio file, MP4 is a video file, but MP5 is a submachine gun. Digimon-ass evolution line.

Welp. On one hand, it's a bummer that I forgot that this was a 3 day weekend and scheduled major system maintenance for tomorrow, ruining the 3 day weekend. On the other hand, I suppose it at least means that I still get a regular, full-length weekend, just shifted back a day.

FYI! Didn't realize this, so I left immediately after my initial before work viewing of the episode.