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So you've won twice, I've one twice and @Keyser_Soze has won once?

Week 1 -- Ravens, Commanders, Chiefs, Seahawks, Vikings Week 2 -- Bills, Eagles, Giants, Chiefs, Bengals

Balteus

It's the best game I have played in ages.

I haven't had time to get back to it, but I am having trouble with the second boss after the tutorial -- no real problems up to that point. The tutorial boss and first boss were beat on ~4th attempt. I'm pretty sure that I have to rethink my AC build (presently very tanky).

Best, yes. The interactivity is also kinda the opposite of the definition of high art though.

They’re not high art, but they are art.

My plan was to be playing Armored Core VI on the Steam Deck and Spider-Man on the desktop. However... I have the Spider-Man crashing to desktop problem people are complaining about on the Steam Forums -- started about 7 hours in, and happens every 10 minutes or so. Works perfectly on Steam Deck. I think it is a really solid game -- it really fells like InFamous (with better side mission variety) with Batman combat. It looks great, the traversal is fun. But, it feels really repetitive to me -- not much variety to combat/enemies, Manhattan feels pretty much the same everywhere, and the story is "meh" so far. I was playing Armored Core VI on Steam Deck -- love the movement and controls, but the text was way too hard to read. But, it's great on the PC. Presently at the second boss (Balteus?) in the first Act -- and was really struggling with him (I've probably lost to him 8 or 9 times). Graphics look next gen, but I do find the gameplay really engaging. The short missions would make it a great game on Deck, shame the small text/Hud elements make it mostly unplayable. Kids wanted me to play Subnautica (while they watched) -- it's OK (not really my style of game).

A 93 on Opencritic... Now down to 87....

As a kid my father was transferred to Australia, where we lived for 3 years. I lived for 13 years in the US and Brazil as a foreign employee of a multinational.

Review embargo is tomorrow at noon EST.

Recognize the limitations of the Steam Deck -- it is great as a handheld, and can play less demanding stuff at 1080p. But, I wouldn't expect to play current AAA stuff on a TV with decent frame rates.

Save scumming is as old as PC gaming -- I'm guessing anyone who grew up primarily playing PCs doesn't have an issue with it.

Any USB-C hub with an HDMI output should work.

What record will the Falcons have this season?

Have you got a good financial advisor to ensure the money lasts?

I can see why you may say that. The mission structure is nothing like MGS however. The mechs aren’t particularly like Metal Gears. You’re right, the camera is not good.

It shouldn’t. It has very little in common with MGS.

Why we need “pro consoles “.

So I've played 5-6 more levels (just finished a big set piece). The difficulty after the tutorial is not bad at all. I am guessing the difficulty is all about the bosses, and the rest of the missions aren't particularly hard.

Aren’t they all Jets fans?

No one outside of NYC calls him that.

It's been more than 25 years since I read it -- so my memory is a bit fuzzy. However, my recollection was that he argued if you acted like you believed in God, and tried in good faith to believe, eventually you would. As I don't believe in God, I don't think the argument holds up largely for the reason of having to pick "A God" and knowing how to pick the right one. But, I still believe it is a fascinating thought exercise. And in the whole history of philosopher's trying to provide a framework for religion, Pascal's Wager was the only one that stuck with me. [Particularly given the fact that I have an economics degree.]

I'll beg to differ. Pascal's wager attacks it from a different angle than most others, in that it doesn't try to prove god actually exists, but attempts to provide a rational argument for why you should have faith -- at least it's mostly internally coherent, which IMHO isn't something I can say for most of the other arguments. The intelligent design theory -- in where complexity means there has to be an intelligent designer falls apart when there are a whole series of scientific theories that show how complexity can develop without one.