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There was actually a Fright Night videogame

That 4-day work week sounded cool at first but I don't like the way some places (like where I work) have implemented it already....by increasing the # of hours on the 4 days. I suppose it's just unavoidable, really... basically if your weekly total of hours is 37.5, then instead of 7.5 per day....your new schedule is 9.5 hours for 3 days and one day at 9 hours. That just didn't appeal to me....if I'm going to work a longer day I'd rather it be for the purpose of getting some overtime. I was reminiscing again earlier today after playing some games on lunch----about how much MORE game time we have in the kid/teen years of life, especially for portable stuff: ....whenever your parent(s) are driving you around town somewhere = game time. Church = game time. At school, and the teacher left the room for a minute or two--> game time. Lunchbreak = games. ...and of course THE best day of school... the last day when there's no work to do, and maybe the teacher put a movie on = game time. Then all summer break = game time. Some people don't appreciate this until later in life but man... I was living it up and appreciated how great things were as they were happening; usually thinking "why would I ever want to grow up? This is too much fun!" ---though I did look forward to adulthood because of the money... I accurately predicted that I'd be basically the same, and still having fun with gaming and all that... except with a regular income to afford all the cool stuff I want.

There was some hilarious scene in Family Guy that got posted a while back... Deaf people and farting.... I had never thought about this situation until seeing this.... It would be interesting to ask them about what happens there... do they get extra nervous about how loud it may be to people that can hear? Or...when they're living with a roommate, and they have to go take a dump... sometimes that can be an embarrassingly loud situation too and they wouldn't know. ....and yeah that scene killed me when I first saw it 😆 *Marlee was pretty damn hot in her prime; I haven't seen her recently though but she probably still looks good.

ha, the cool wall-jumping ability is one of the main things I remember about the old NES Batman game from Sunsoft....actually I think that was the first time I remember seeing that ability in a game. ...oh I guess Ninja Gaiden had that going on as well; I forgot if that was before the Batman game or not....you could cling to a wall then jump off but quickly re-direct Ryu back to the wall....or jump from one wall to another that way, and the animation in between was a flip. Ever since unlocking that new "Slayer" power in Baldur's Gate, it makes playing the Dark Urge that much better/cool....I had no idea going in that the character would get a power like that; it's awesome. From now on, I'd feel like I'm missing out with my other characters that are NOT a "Dark Urge". Man, I'd love to discuss how awesome this is with my friend who also plays the game, but I of course I don't want to spoil things....then again it may be forever before he finds out since I don't think he's playing a Dark Urge character. *I have a small vacation coming up with the holiday next week; I should've asked for more time off---oh yeah I plan to spend a LOT more time on the game. ....frustrating thing though---of course Dragon's Dogma 2 will be out by then! ...and yep, my current Baldur's Gate characters will likely just get remade into the Dragon's Dogma world as well....their adventures will continue there too. This reminds me; I've seen videos of the character customization, and I noticed already that some people have created near-perfect versions of Lae'Zel, Shadowheart, Astarion, etc. ...oooh yeah, I should make an evil leprechaun as a character next! *EDIT---well well...I'm back at the tower and woooo boy... my recent activities certainly did not go over well with home base....looks like I have to fight with Disciple Zrell and everybody now....

BG3 - so...that was quite the odd difficulty spike there... I finally got to the point of having to fight Balthazar. At first I was thinking this might be just impossible with how my party is set up....then I went back to an older save before a certain cutscene triggers so I could start off asap on my terms...starting with an attack *before* going to the lower platform area which triggers the scene and dialogue... suddenly it went from being impossible to somewhat easy. Right off top I dropped that "Hunger of Hadar" spell right on him *and* made sure to drink a speed potion to get an extra attack action for a while. I intended to go all out here because this fight is absurd. I also had Shadowheart cast a "Silence" status on him....and Minthara hit with the "Sunbeam" which did huge damage AND blinded him for a while. It's important to kill that bastard asap and worry about the crazy number of minions later. This seemed like the only way to do it----each time I tried from the cutscene where you're already speaking with him, it's instant checkmate....it was an impossible fight every damn time since he always gets initiative to go first and does at least 2 or 3 attacks immediately for huge damage while summoning a whole legion of undead minions. Even with the cool new "Slayer" power I got for killing the cleric I couldn't kill him and that entire undead horde alone (haha since the rest of the party was dead on that attempt; I *only* survived so long because of that power) There's so many interesting, difficult decisions to make in this game... I wasn't sure which way to go with this after Balthazar was dead; either you let Shadowheart do a certain very important thing here or choose to do nothing or try with persuasion so something else happens. For once, I went with what is apparently the "good" option on this one.

BG3-- another dark deed is done... the butler Sceleritas told me of a young cleric woman that should be killed....I went to that Last Light Inn where she was and happily obliged with that "dark urge" there. Another "True Soul" was there at the behest of General Thorm, but the order was apparently to take her alive... unfortunately clashing with my goals, obviously. Heh, yeah she didn't survive when shit hit the fan; I made sure of that.... ...Jaheira gets pissed as well but has to help fight off all kinds of enemies that show up later...heh heh, I made sure she had an unfortunate "accident" amidst the chaos of the ensuing battle as well....when it was all over, she lay there half-naked in a pool of blood just like the others. Nothing survived. Unfortunate thing here is that this probably won't go over well with General Thorm, I bet....probably should've killed that other "true soul" that was sent by him so I could just lie about it all later... whatever the case, oh yeah the reward I just got was worth the trouble....I am now even more of a monster with this new power.

I was curious to see if Campea would talk about that "Magical Negroes" movie... so far not 1 video in sight from what I've searched.... so he's probably going to avoid having to say anything 1 way or another about that movie, as I figured 😆 hey, that's just what they chose for the title... no sense in feeling apparently uncomfortable about saying it, imo. I'm *guessing* he may have thought it would just sound silly if he tried covering it while only saying part of the title....and concluded he would just avoid commentary on it 100%.

Well, due to the shit-show concerning the woman from that studio that's working on the Black Panther game... now I'm actually more curious about what that game will end up being like. It should be interesting to see how that all turns out.

Kira on Valentine's Day:

Well, actually I never thought to compare the 2 recent tv Supergirls until now.... I kinda like Laura Vandervoort a little more...she's always been more serious and intimidating, at least from what I vaguely remember. (she has had a career pattern of always playing something non-human, btw---she was also a werewolf in "Bitten", and one of the aliens in the remake tv series "V") In terms of pure hotness it's basically a coin-flip though; both girls are smokin hot, imo. It's quite a shame what the CBS/CW Supergirl show turned into over the years. ...same for the CW network in general. There hasn't been a reason for me to watch that network at all in a few years now. All my favorite shows from there have ended at this point; Vampire, Originals, Supernatural, Smallville from early-era WB/CW, and The Flash even though that one went sharply downhill in quality after season 3 or so (and Arrow though I only watched that to check out Felicity and Those Legs)....I miss those good ol' days though, when CW had all that going on and I watched it regularly.

BG3 Misadventures of Warlock Alastor... ...so I found some injured dwarf woman there in the Underdark around some weird fungus people... I needed the magical boots she had on; I "accidentally" killed her trying to get those boots but was able to smooth that over with my superior "persuasion" skill like "oh, a dreadful mistake there, sorry blahblah..." haha and those fools bought it and just like that I got a pass on the faux pas there. I still had to drink an invisibility potion to successfully steal the boots though. On another note---with an earlier character when I got to the Underdark, I didn't even know you could speak with the Myconids (the odd fungus people)...I just saw them as enemy creatures and instantly went into attack mode.

ha, the first time I heard that line of "you can't be racist to white people" was actually back in the early 90s----on MTV's Real World... the first season. It was either Kevin or Heather B. (who went on to be a rapper, I remember)... I think it was Kevin saying that shit. It immediately hit me as such a bizarre thing to say. The fallout from the ongoing disaster of Sweet Baby is the gift that keeps on giving... as with all train-wreck situations in the industry, of course I love it. For the first time in quite a while I played Switch yesterday--- in Dead Cells I randomly unlocked a new character outfit, which was a nice surprise...it's the outfit to make you look like the guy from Katana Zero....I almost lost the unlock because I forgot about the situation where mimics are now possible everywhere there's a shop area in the game....one popped up so I was getting chased through the rest of the whole level by that and other enemies....no I didn't dare stop to fight it... the mimic in Dead Cells is one of the most dangerous enemies in the game....in fact yeah I'd say it is *the* most dangerous. Golem isn't that bad in comparison. *ohhhh here we go with this one... 😆

...skins in a game that is still played in first-person, btw....if I recall, you only see your character in "Play of the Game" clips if you got that...or I guess if you're watching a replay of a moment from a different angle. Customization of a character is less valuable to me when the game is first-person, since i'm not going to be seeing that cool character style most of the time anyway.....another reason I prefer 3rd person generally speaking.

it was a grand ol' time, the 90s and the rise of Spawn... I couldn't get enough of it (I still have some old Spawn comic issues as well)

The Steam sales are crazy right now, as usual...just checking my wishlist at the moment there's a lot going on: The Dishwasher Vampire Smile = 2.49 Witcher 3 = 9.99 Saint's Row 2 = 2.49 (remember the good ol' days when SR was a good franchise?) Saint's Row Gat Out of Hell = 3.74 Left 4 Dead 2 = 0.99 Hexen = 1.49 Prototype = 4.99 Shadow Warrior = 2.99 Metal Gear Rising Revengeance = 17.99 Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 = 7.99.... I'm always on the fence here, because it's such an unfortunate mixed bag. The game starts off as one hell of a cool vampire power fantasy like I've always wanted.... and then some asshole decided to throw in some *forced* stealth crap that makes no logical sense. Azure Striker Gunvolt = 5.99 (I already have this on Switch) X-Morph Defense = 3.99 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning = 9.99! Grime = 14.99 Hades = 12.49 Nobody Saves the World = 9.99

whoah, I thought surely he would've already done a video on the Lost Boys but apparently not until now... but here we go with one of my favorites in movie history...

BG3 - that fall damage can be huge... I got to the Underdark area today with a character and fought those 2 minotaurs that show up right away... they made the mistake of being in just the right position next to a cliff, and as a warlock I was quick to take advantage of that... *Eldritch Blast* and BOOM they get knocked right off the side... it was a long way down for both of them. The "repelling" effect for E. Blast is so damn good, I can't see anyone ever not taking it when playing warlock. That effect doesn't need anything else; it's extremely useful from day 1 of your character. (The other warlock option people go for involves taking "Devil's Sight" but that's with the plan to combo it with the "Darkness" spell.) Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous was on sale recently for 11.99 on Steam so I got that now....I look forward to digging into that soon. "Dhampir" is a character option so that was one of the things that caught my interest. Tiefling race is in the mix as well; there's some interesting choices to work with there for sure.

Of course Cyael is live right now covering the latest shit-show 🤣

It's several months old but I still love it... one of the podcast/streams I listen to on a regular basis has this as part of their intro sequence

A photo mode would also be nice in BG3..... I'm wanting that more and more now that my character looks so damn cool in a proper villain outfit. (the dyed purple cloak and robe....full color customization would be preferable though, of course.... it's a shame they rarely give us that in games these days....in fact I can't remember the last game that allowed for full color customization of anything, aside from Modnation Racers on the PS3.....Modnation's customization options should've been a new standard for everything going forward....let the player change *everything* about appearance, even the textures on clothing, skin and various objects. *anyway---finally leveled up; Alastor is Warlock level 7 now....got another eldritch invocation; I went with "Book of Ancient Secrets", which gives you: Ray of Sickness, Chromatic Orb and Silence as "ritual"-cast spells that do not require a spell slot (but can only be done once per long rest) Cool new spell also---selected "Banishment" --"temporarily banish your target to another plane of existence" ---this should be more OP than it is really... in this game it only lasts for 2 turns (haha that's nothing)... so as a thing that takes an enemy out of the fight for a while, other things like "Hold Person/Monster" are better since they last for 10(!!) turns. I also got Polymorph (just used it in a recent fight---turned an enemy into a sheep)... and Silence which seems amazing on paper--- it shuts down verbally-casted spells... and it lasts 100 turns.

BG3 again of course----ha, so my character convinced yet another to kill himself. That was a cool exchange there; and a life-saver... I doubt the crew would've survived a fight with that dude and the dozens of other beings he had in the area that were probably going to be summoned as help. So now a certain task that the devil Raphael wanted us to do is completed....he wanted that one dead and it's done. He showed up at camp when we did a Long Rest, and the resulting conversation was quite interesting. Act 2 of this game man... things get SO good; there's so much going on in this section of the game. *also I have quite a cool look going on... may post a pic later---this character has a robe and cloak/cape, then I found an amethyst dye and recolored both so now it's an all purple robe/cloak outfit.

So, I'm on a puzzle in BG3 now that is instantly the most hated piece of shit I've probably ever seen... the "Faith Jump" trial. The pathway is completely invisible....over a bottomless shadowy pit of course. SOMETIMES if you fail or fall off it just warps you back to the starting point (and consuming one of the light spheres around the statues)...but sometimes it instantly kills you; I am not sure why that's seemingly random. (I thought the rule here was that once all the light spheres are consumed, *then* the next failure results in instant death) Trying to jump from one platform to the other---nope, the character for some asinine reason disregards what you told them to do...and climbs down the platform as if they're trying to go to the bottomless pit and jump from there instead(???)...meaning instant death. The path is actually shown on the floor in the starting area, but that's quite difficult to follow from what I've seen... I guess the only way is to take a picture of that and have it up next to the screen as I go while trying to compensate for slight changes in the camera angle as I walk? I gave up and tried "misty step" with warlock (was trying to have Shadowheart do this since this is an important thing for her character) but that doesn't work either...I'd have to know the exact spot of the extremely narrow pathways in the darkness over the pit....and so far it still seems to fail usually (just like the results of trying to jump)...resulting in instant death and reloading the save again. *nope, I don't have any scroll of flying or a spell for that. So far, I don't recall there ever being another puzzle part of a game that I've hated this much already. It's looking like save-scum tactics is the only realistic way of making it thru....take 1 step; save...take another step, save, etc. etc.