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We're finally reaching a point where the dumb things kids do that will be broadcast across social media can be generalized to Gen Z instead of Millennials. Hooray!  

Jesus fucking christ what a gut punch of a story.

12 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

Trump's defense has entered the end-game: Yeah maybe there was collusion, but there is no law against that:

 

 

Where is the link to the video?

Also

5 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

I actually haven't played it yet. I've had it on Steam for a while, but never got to it. Then I just bought it on Switch the other day, think I might start it on the plane tomorrow. 

Ah okay. I just "finished" it after about 40 hours  I put that in quotes because while I thought I was doing what was needed for the best ending, I apparently missed something you have to do in the final boss fight to trigger it  Consequently, I got the middling ending of the 3. So I'm going to go back to it tomorrow and finish it proper. Also, there are still some other DLC quests that I hadn't started yet that I'll want to try.

It was hard as shit (for me), but I thought it was a really great game. I'll be interested to see how you like it!

I'm still going through Hollow Knight  I think I could get to the first ending/boss fight about now if I wanted to, but I'm aiming to get the "real" ending. Finishing this game will be quite the accomplishment for me!

@CastlevaniaNut18 I'm curious about your thoughts on Hollow Knight. I don't play a lot of Metroidvania games, especially ones this hard, but I've been loving it and I think it's probably my favorite of this kind. How do you think it stacks up?

On 7/27/2018 at 12:46 AM, gamer.tv said:

I've literally just completed the first contract and it's fun (though I'm glad there's a robust fast travel option).

I envy you; taking these first steps into a new frontier.

18 hours ago, gamer.tv said:

So I'm definitely into the Witcher 3.  I'm a fan of fantasy and I love it with the gritty overtones that it's showing.  My only hope is that there isn't too much needless patter within the game as I plan on mostly just burning through the main story and more chunky side quests.

There is a metric ton of stuff you can do that is not necessary. Just stick to the big or interesting sounding quests in your log unless you really feel compelled. Myself, as the main game was reaching the close, I started to do all kinds of nonsense because I was trying to delay it from ending  

Also, you'll reach what seems to be a "point of no return" and they'll even give you a message about it. That's not the end of the game though  There is still a lot more and it's just that advancing the story that far may cause some sidequests to be uncompletable.

I really wish I could replay this game for the first time. It easily has the most satisfying ending to any game/series I've played. (I'm speaking of the main story's ending. There is one more sort of end in the final expansion Blood & Wine that is also nice and got me in the feels, but more so as a nice nod to the fans.)

If Bioware could learn anything from CDPR, it's how to end the story to a series.

1 hour ago, Remarkableriots said:

Legend and his army of robots will rise and rule the world!

 

Suddenly, being assimilated doesn't sound so bad does it!

I love how Trump is effectively throwing his son under the bus by refusing to associate with what his son did.

If I had kids I would absolutely get this for them.

Why are you looking at me like that? No I wouldn't being playing it myself! 

7 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

Amazing what actually gets a police officer fired.

It's pretty mind boggling that despite how awful what they did here is, that cops have done infinitely worse (out right killing people for no good reason) and gotten off essentially scot-free.

While I resist the generalization, I totally empathize with how people get to the point of just hating cops.

EDIT. I see this was an older story I somehow missed. Nevertheless not that old. Fuck this shit.

9 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said:

 

PSA: You Have a Second Brain Deep in Your Butt

My prediction: Not a brain. They just mean you have a large bundle of neurons responsible for controlling some subsystems.

Article content: "Okay, not a literal brain — more of an autonomous matrix of millions of neurons that can, somehow, control intestinal muscle movements without any help from your central nervous system"

The internet is getting lazy  

Who would have thought. 

Off to another great start this morning.

42 minutes ago, Biggie said:

If you won this weeks Power Ball you’d be on a boat sipping a nice tropical drink. Don’t lie.

If I won the power ball, I'd still be doing what I am, but maybe living in a nicer place with nicer things. Depending on how things went, I suppose I might use the money to start my own company thereby making sure I was doing what I wanted, but there is also a lot of crap I wouldn't want to deal with when fully running the company, so things at my current job would have to go sideways quite a bit for me to make that leap!

I enjoy my job. If I wanted to be paid more, I would be working for a different company. There's a bit of a caveat to that in that because I'm working at a startup, if we take off my stock might end up worth something. But that possibility wasn't why I chose to work at this startup. I chose to work there to have a better opportunity in defining something new in the world. I don't think I could really be doing that in a big company in which I would be one of many with any number of managers over my head.

There's also a balance to this. If my job paid quite a bit less than it does, then I would go somewhere else, because while I prefer where I am to other higher paying jobs, it's not like there are no higher paying jobs at which I'd be happy. Furthermore, I am currently considering how much of a raise I want to ask for, so clearly the money matters a little to me  

I mean, I've heard/watched pedo jokes that were funny. This was unfunny and gross. Get that shit out of here and don't hide behind it being "next level" or whatever he called it.

Also, I love Rick and Morty and Community.

I really wish the GOP would stop claiming they're the small government states rights party. They're still big government, just for different things.

5 hours ago, Slug said:

So no disparity in size/strength or circumstance matters if no other weapon is involved?  Victim is elderly?  5'6 110lb. girl attacked by 6'4 250lb. guy?  No weapons but victim is on the ground and the attack is continuing (repeated kicks, etc.)?  Multiple attackers?

Are you interested in how an independent rational actor in a vacuum should behave, or what makes for good social/legal policy? The answers are not the same and the former has all kinds of complex context that could potentially matter.

First thing I see when I wake up: Trump's insane tweet.

Leave computer and make breakfast.

Decide to go to D1P entertainment board for some entertainment.

See this.

Still slowly working through Hollow Knight this weekend. I'm only really playing on the weekend, but it's taking me a while because it's kicking my ass  Still making steady progress, and I think I'm approaching the first ending, but given that I don't often play these kinds of games, it's been tough!

My PC is connected to my TV.

2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

QLED is poop even with VRR. So not the best gaming TV.

How so? And FWIW, my understanding from reviews is this newest release is significantly better than last years QLED.

1 hour ago, sblfilms said:

 

Don’t own an OLED, do you?

 

Anyways, Legend, it’s a fine TV. One of my buddies has one so I’ve been able to see it in a real world setting.

 

Still wouldn’t personally buy a non-OLED set ever again, but it’s a solid TV.

Any particular reason you would still prefer OLED?

1 hour ago, Jason said:

 

The entire site is slower over the weekend.

 

If we're a couple of days into the week and you still haven't gotten a lot of feedback, ping me and I'll move it to GG for you.

 

 

As for the TV, hasn't HDR not settled on a universal standard yet? I'd personally be reluctant to buy a new TV until that happens, especially a $3,000 TV.

I was a bit concerned too, but I did some googling. First, it sounds like everyone supports a baseline version of HDR, that being HDR10. HDR10+ is indeed in competition with Dolby Vision, but it sounds like HDR10+ might be better and stands a good chance of winning.

I'm basing that off this site and some others, so it's possible I'm being naive.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/what-is-hdr10-3294683

So while I suppose its possible HDR10+ might not win, based on that info that doesn't mean you can't get HDR content at all even if Dolby wins. If one wants to wait things out, it may be a while, and I was planning on next year being the longest I'd wait regardless. My 08/09 (can't remember which year) Panny Plasma has had a damn fine run though!

For my apartment 65" is actually pushing it on being too big  

3k is a lot though. I was thinking I'd probably hold out till the 2019 model but I might cave if this looks like a future proof slam dunk. 

Really? No comments at all?  Should I have posted this GG?