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That so crazy I can't help but laugh at the stupidity of the situation--- someone earning over 600k a year and still "struggling".  They're making the right kind of money to win the game....yet *still* playing the game horribly wrong in some way, basically.  ...likely trying to live like they are a true multi-millionaire; living way above their means.

*I'm finally watching season 3 of The Boys---- I caught that cool little Easter egg where there's a commercial in the background about "Robert Singer for President"---and of course it looks like that same actor that was "Bobby Singer" in Supernatural.

This would be another thing I'd go back in time to observe... the ancient times of the Sapiens vs. Neanderthals...even though it's sounding like things were lopsided for quite a while:

Oh on another note---I was checking out the reviews of that show about Anne Boleyn....of course there is not a single positive one I've seen so far....it's a delicious non-stop roast session in these reviews; I'm loving it: (and not all of them are focused on how stupid it is to race-swap a real person from history, btw)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406036/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

Oh yeah--- some months ago(?)....surprisingly the extra "Re-Reckoning" content for Kingdoms of Amalur eventually did hit the Switch version.  It was so much later after the PS/Xbox versions I assumed they weren't going to bother with it.  I hadn't played the Switch version that much though since I got much further in the Xbox one, eventually beat the main story and was already into the dlc there long before it was on the Switch version. ---note; that content seems to be intended for your character after finishing the main story.  I have the PC version of the game as well but it's only the original release.

....sheeeitttt, SO much extra gaming time opens up when that winter weather ices everything over.  Yeah, I haven't been outside since last Sunday.

Kingdoms of Amalur---Once again on a new character... I took the evil path as usual and sided with "The Widow" fae....came back to that first town and murdered everyone there at her request.  This put it fresh on my mind what you get out of that; it's not even much...she gave me a little over 1,000 gold and some weapon that isn't even that great.  It's funny how some of them will cower in fear before you....because they know it's over; they can do nothing.  The last guy at least tried to fight me but he had no weapons so he obviously had no chance.  

This new character is all "finesse" build so far (rogue/assassin archetype)... I'll mix it with points in sorcery asap though since that was always my favorite hybrid build in the game.

Avowed though---- I'm already wondering if you can be evil in that game as well... to me, that's one of the main things that really sells an rpg, since you just don't get that kind of fun in other genres at all.  Even if that's not an option the footage shown the other day looks decent enough to hold my interest though... one nitpick is that perspective; I always want at least an option of 3rd person view.  Also---- magic with a magic wand just isn't as cool to me as the character casting magic from their bare hands.... or maybe a staff.  A short wand just looks a bit silly to me.

I knew that name was familiar--- Jodie Turner-Smith was the woman they hilariously cast to play Anne Boleyn in a tv miniseries:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406036/ 

I know he keeps his discussions to movie-talk instead of shows (at least usually) but it would've been funny to see John Campea and friends try to defend that nonsense. 🤣

I remember seeing at least 1 game in recent years about mowing lawns, actually...seemed like a funny/strange idea to make a whole game about.  There was also that minigame portion of the first Shenmue where the main character went to work and drove a forklift around... my friend at the time was into that game and I couldn't stop laughing at the visual when I first saw it----a game where you make the character "go to work" in the game....bruh...

Then again there's Crazy Taxi but at least that game made it entertaining by the cab driver work being wild and exaggerated, like the NBA Jam version of being a taxi driver.

Holy shit man... I'm pleasantly surprised here so far...

There hasn't even been that many Indiana Jones games; the only one I even remember playing was the arcade Temple of Doom game from a long time ago.

haha, you know that must hurt a certain little loud group's feelings....that they were so hellbent on boycotting Hogwart's Legacy... and now we see the result is that it became THE best selling game of last year 🤣  I knew it was one of the top ranks but I wasn't aware that it was actually #1.

I still haven't been that far in the game; there's just so much good stuff out there at the moment and not enough time to play it all.... I'm still currently hooked on Baldur's Gate and Skyrim at the moment....along with Kingdoms of Amalur.

oof

This is a new level, folks... wow

man, I don't even remember that detail; at the time I think my assumption was that Xavier just refrained from using his powers in that way... especially against someone he still had some measure of respect for as an old friend even though their perspectives/ideology on humans vs. mutants was at odds.

ah, the MST marathon is on one of the best episodes right now----Manos: The Hands of Fate!!!

Well, facebook reminded me that today happens to the birthday of the legendary voice of Darth Vader himself, one James Earl Jones.  He's 93 now.  That guy has one of the greatest voices in the history of entertainment.

sheeeeeitttt, this game just keeps looking better the more I see of it

Random thought--- y'know, even if there was a formal "Disclosure Event" from the President about the info the government has on aliens and all that.... at this point there's been so many decades of lies and coverups, misinformation, most people probably wouldn't believe it anyway.  I imagine it would be a live presentation on all major networks like a "special announcement from the President"....it would be interesting to see what would happen next after it though, but I don't think a lot of people would believe it anyway....some would write it off as "convenient timing" if it were close to any major election, or political grandstanding by one side or the other, or more lies for some other motive, etc.  That's a shame but I'd still like to see the results when/if that day happens.

The only way most *would* believe it would be if like the beginning of some sci-fi story, everyone notices a large mothership and countless drones have appeared in the sky all of a sudden, and they show up to formally introduce themselves and explain some things....at least that way it would be undeniable truth that everyone can see right there at the same time.

MOST of the game companies out there---the suits in charge are thinking the same thing; Ubisoft was just bold/foolish enough to actually say that quiet part out loud with zero shame.  

I think it's fairly obvious that it's not just games industry either, as the industry of tv shows/movies has already gone that way at this point, so gaming is just following that.  They all would rather have every consumer be a *subscriber* for life instead of paying for a product 1 time, for the obvious long-term profit motive there; it's a much better gravy train for them, and of course they don't give a shit about any kind of consumer rights with ownership or anything.  They'd all piss on our graves and punch babies in the face if that meant they could earn an extra 2 cents.

So...it's looking like USA is really heading towards Biden vs. Trump again?  These 2 ancient methuselah muthafuckas again bruh?

Other countries continue to get one hell of a great clownshow to point and laugh at though.

^I never get tired of seeing clips of those dumb girls making fools out of themselves....it helps continue to rip apart that silly ass illusion and bias that women in general are these magical beings that are the objectively superior (and thus above all criticism) human in comparison to men.  The awesome thing is that there will always be a non-stop feed of those kinds of clips....endless material.

70k a year, and jobs like fire-fighter are of "low value"?  Yeah ok....the amusing subtext here being that she apparently believes that she qualifies for her idea of a "high-value" in the first place 🤣

*I wonder how many women saw her rant and were like "girl what are you smokin?!"  

It would be great if Nashville could have more serious winter weather like this for a longer period of time....when you're actually prepared for it this is pretty damn awesome.  I have enough food stockpiled to not leave my place for quite some time now, while everything is covered in the ice/snow mix out there. 

I played a ton of Skyrim and Kingdoms of Amalur yesterday, and dabbled a bit in Starfield....and watched my 4k disc of Ghoulies----this is quite a strange horror film, btw... I never actually saw it back then but I always remembered the cover/poster art with that one "ghoulie" shown popping out of a toilet.  It also fails to meet the normal TnA expectations of the 80s horror/slasher genre....but overall still entertaining enough.

...oh yeah and I watched Pumpkinhead as well; unfortunately that one is DVD (part of a set that had 4 classic horror movies of the time...it also included The Fog and The Howling and something else I forgot)  I also have the blu-ray of "Legend" in here as well, and the dvd of Mayfair Witches...I didn't finish watching Mayfair Witches on AMC so some of that will be totally new for me. 

If only this were pre-pandemic/work from home times... there would be no expectations of having to actually work today; it would have just been a free couple of days off until the ice and snow clears up.

Skyrim adventures---This random Imperial bitch tried to say somethin' smart about me wearing the Stormcloak armor....big mistake considering there was no one else around to save her....yeah, snuck up on her and she took this 1-shot kill from a warhammer; nice that I got that slow-mo "cinematic kill" on this as well....looted the corpse and left her naked out there.  There was no bounty on me for this of course since there was no witnesses.  

Another good one was in that Redwater Den where all the "Skooma" addicts hang out... I was there for one of the Dawnguard quests... it was satisfying when I sneaked into that area with the attendant/cashier lady; I was invisible and sliced her down in 1 shot with a 2-hand sword.  The dude that patrols the hallway looked up like "...what?  What happened...?" then went back to minding his business; from his perspective he just looked up and suddenly she wasn't there....didn't know I was crouched over there and invisible, next to her dead body on the floor....yeah I left her naked as well.  I am the monster, and they can do nothing to stop this.

Skyrim-- I forgot that you can actually have your character adopt a child....so now I'm thinking it would be funny if I could then turn my son or daughter into a vampire as well.  I'm sure they probably don't let you do that in the regular game, but some modders out there made it possible, most likely.  (aha, yep there it is ....though it's just "adoptable vampire children", so the characters are already that way from the start.)

Yeah, the more I thought about that situation... it's coming across as an opportunistic thing----he noticed this situation with YFlash and the artist on his book and decided to go "live" about it....instead of addressing it with that dude privately.  There also seems to be an element of "payback" to it though, since he mentioned Yellow Flash made certain payment/page details public earlier and that didn't sit right with him at all....so that was likely part of the motive for airing this out publicly on a live-stream which of course *just happened* to be Saturday night about an hour or so before YF's usual Saturday night stream.

Of course YF mentioned things at the start of his show and stated he will have nothing to do with Ethan ever again....safe to say that bridge is burned forever.

*another thing I'm surprised never got focused on, speaking of possible online drama--- the split between Anna That Star Wars Girl and Jessi Milestone... they haven't done a show together in forever, and neither one brings anything up that happened to cause that apparent split... it just *seems* like something happened at some point to cause them to not be cool with each other anymore.  There was a situation a couple of years ago where Jessi (and her boyfriend Jeff, the dude from World Class Bullshitters channel) were told to leave an event hosted by "Nerdrotic" Gary and his crew.

Oh yes---the "lore" around so many of these online personalities can be as wonderfully messy as a daytime soap opera, and I love it.

Yeah man... I love the world of Elder Scrolls, though yes my jumping on point was much later with Skyrim.... there was a point where I was desperate for new Elder Scrolls content and ESO was out there so I got it on a sale one day....basically rationalizing it to myself that "at least I'm not paying full price for this..." (it was either a sale or I used MS Reward points for it; I forgot at this point... I'm already missing those good ol' days when the MS Rewards program was worth a damn.  They've gutted the hell out of it recently; it's in shambles now.)

One of the annoyances was that it's difficult to get vampirism *naturally*....and of course it's designed that way on purpose because it's also something you could buy with real money on the in-game shop.  Some other clever vamp players made it worse by camping out those areas and spawn-killing the blood fiends before newer players can get to them....so they could charge gold for their services of turning you themselves....kinda messed up but funny at the same time.  Eventually some more generous players became more common, who were just giving out their vamp-bite for free.

A shame I'll probably be too sleepy to enjoy this juicy drama for the flash-cast stream tonight; basically, YellowFlash got called out (by Ethan Van Sciver, who is still live streaming right now) for allegedly not paying the artist that's working on his book...and this comes up now as YF's usual weekend show is about to go live very soon....so of course the live-chat is a complete shit-show right now, fully derailed by this topic instead of what the normal topics would be....and the mods are out in full force deleting lots of comments.  Currently, the response has been that YF offered to pay the artist some money up front/now and the dude turned it down (he's in a bad spot and actually needs money at the moment)... but supposedly their deal has this artist owning 40% of the book though.  Oh yeah this should be good.  It's a safe bet that EVS will never be a regular guest on Flash's show ever again.

*oddly enough I just noticed that oddball "Lofti" character is a guest tonight; hell must have frozen over because I thought that bridge was burned forever as well (Lofti kept using the "f-word" slur on YF's show one night so he was understandably pissed since that could quickly get your show and channel taken down or banned probably)

no shame in my game here, folks... I can't get enough of the spicy youtube drama.  It's delicious.

Upcoming ice/snow weather mix---- reminds me that the unfortunate downside of the post pandemic "work from home" era is now this doesn't mean a free day off....they'll just tell us to work from home when the roads are iced over.

Creating another Skyrim character... "Vorador" (yep, the green elder vamp from Blood Omen; of course he's made as an Orc).... it reminded me that there should always be a way built-in to "open-ended" rpgs like that to skip the story/cinematic stuff at the beginning once you've seen it that first time.  I'm sure "Alternate Start" is one of the most popular little mods for that reason in Skyrim.  ...I remember that Borderlands 3 had a "skip" option as well that was patched in shortly after it launched....all these games should have that; if you have seen the story stuff already and are just making a new character, it's best to just get to the good "do what you want" part asap via a "skip intro sequence" option.

I may also get back into ESO again....I still wish it were a regular game instead of an mmo....

So.... real chicken-fingers one might say?  Bruh...