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--Freaky Tales is on HBO/Max and rentable via Prime already. I have it watchlisted. Like with everything I watchlist, I may get around to it "someday." --Casablanca - I tried to watch that once years ago. I was bored, didn't finish. I've seen all the famous clips and quips of course. High Sierra and Treasure of the Sierra Madre was more my speed re: Bogart/time period. I think they were the only two of his films I finished. Most films before mid-late-50's I won't get half way through them, with the cinematic styles of the period and stage like acting/direction just not doing it for me. There are notable exceptions, of course. High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Grapes of Wrath, early Hitch**** films, Singing in the Rain, early sci-fi. etc. But I remember this film I saw on TV once, I loved it back then. Called ... (google fu) ... Topper, 1937 (in b&w, never saw colorized versions, don't want to). Maybe one of 2 or 3 Cary Grant films I've seen in full. It was comedic/funny and Roland Young as the older Topper was great. Now I want to find/see it again. Don't think I saw the sequels. Edit: I probably liked light comedies/musicals of those eras more than other genres.

Not sure about that. The EU is extremely anal about such things, so I kind of have a hart time imagining that stuff like this would really slip through here like that (someone prove me wrong).

I never actually watched the original Casablanca, but I believe that many years ago I've watched some movie about Hong Kong in WW2(?) which had an oddly similar plot. Can't remember the name. Maybe one day I will finally watch the original Casablanca.

^You dont even want to look at tuna too closely. All that mercury can potentially booger up your reproduction.

Tonight they are showing Casablanca. You may of course not have heard of this movie as it is ultra contemporary. It is basically about the current state of the world, talking about resistance against fascism as well as the plight of refugees trying to reach the USA.

Doesn't most food have lead in it? At the end of the day it's the amount that matters.

Wow, I knew that films take a while to reach overseas cinemas, but half a century?

I somehow missed the message under the video. But hey, good reminder to watch it.

Last thing I watched in the cinema was Barefoot in the Park with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda...

Yes, and Hurl watched it.

Am I missing something, isn't Freaky Tales out already?

What you can make happen relatively easily is that you don't quite outheal the average incoming damage with draining and other "side effect" healing stuff. That requires you to monitor your health closely and get the occasional actively triggered healing burst (to not just die) - but it allows for longer times under 50% health. Against weaker foes it will prevent you from going under 50% though - but that might be the fights wherer you don't need to go there anyway (because easy). I didn't try that a lot with a Streetfighter, but SC Furyshaper (bc. of Blooded and Fighting Spirit, using Blood Ward etc.). A lot of CON helps to manage that a lot. But it will never work smoothly or perfectly well because all fights/enemies are different, rolls are chance-based etc. But on average it allows you to be under 50% health longer which can directly add to your offensive output (even if you have to shift some points from a "good for offense"-attribute like DEX/MIG/PER to one which usually is associated with defense/survival - like CON). What also helps is high AR (ideal if you can activate it at low health, see Reckless Brigandine) and getting grazed a lot when under 50% (swichting to a shield for example). And in addition to that have some damage resistance/reductiuon, too (Death's Maw and something like that. Death's Maw is pretty cool in this case because it only triggers when there's dead bodies around you which isn't at the start of the fight - where you might want to get hit harder until you get damaged too much). I played an Unbroken/Streetfighter main tank with Gladiator Sword + Bronlar's Phalanx - but he woud start the fights dual wielding often (no investment in two handed style) and then switch to the large shield as soon as under 50%. That allowed him to stay under 50% for a long time and made him perform a lot better than trying to keep on with the dual wielding.

Recently noticed that McDonald's is now offering a Matcha Latte. Lately matcha seems to be everywhere, but never in the context it is supposed to be in. Worse, even, it is more or less wasted on (iced) matcha lattes. Infuencers branded it a super food, apparently oblivious to the fact that tea is really good at sucking up aluminum and lead from the ground and consuming a lot of matcha isn't the best idea. Money is being made. A lot of it. Fantastic. People get cancelled for wearing dreads or buying traditional Chinese gowns for proms, but buying the basis of a time-honored Japanese tradition (their tea ceremony) to the point where matcha is getting sparse in Japan is fine. Clearly not cultural appropriation, but appreciation. Yep. Whatever.

Looks like The Saboteur

Yeah, I get what you mean — the tone in Hogwarts Legacy can feel a bit all over the place. On one hand it’s all about the magic and wonder of Hogwarts, and on the other you’re mowing down goblins and poachers without much thought. Still, like @BruceVC said, the exploration and atmosphere made it easy for me to just enjoy the game despite those oddities.

Having spent a great many hours playing Grounded, I was ready and playing Grounded 2 the moment it released, and all things considered it's been fun. I have had to start over twice, the first time was only about 15 minutes in, but the second character was around 90%, but experienced the bug with ORC creatures that were killed before the quest to do so, the update simply removed the quests from my list, preventing me from progressing, but it turns out there really isn't any more right now So, after completing all quests, maxing all the Molars, building and upgrading all Weapons & Armor, here are a few Thoughts & Suggestions: Buggies are buggy, things occasionally fall through other things that they shouldn't, game freezes (Very rarely for me), these types of issues don't concern me, it's early access I expected issues, and these type of issues will be fixed sooner than expected. Suggestions; Drop rates for creature Items could use some adjustment, I had to kill 24 snails to get 2 Eyestalks, and the first 3 Wolf spiders I killed didn't drop any fangs. Respawn rates for creatures, I found a spot where 5 scorpions respawn very quickly, also in some areas the Orb Weavers are bad but the spiderlings just never stop coming, Wolf Spiders, 6 total in the park, but only 3 respawn, and they take hours. Buggies should be able to climb some vertical surfaces. I Want a Butterfly or Bee Buggy Thanks for reading, I really love the grounded series, and can't wait for more.

A different way you could prevent cheesing is if during the fight you would need the player to travel across the battlefield to idk, press a button, or pull a lever.

Freaky Tales looked good from the trailers. Looking forward to seeing it eventually.

Nah, I skipped hunters march. Since it's an optional area and apparently very tough, I figured to try to do it later.

I watched this with my wife this weekend and it was fantastic. It might not make as much sense if you didn't grow up in the Bay Area in the 80's, but I think it will hold up as a funky piece of cinema for everyone.

Killed Widow, wasn't too terrible (took like 15 minutes, i.e. a couple of tries), but the moveset is a combination of Dung Defender, Pure Vessel and Nightmare King Grimm and the fight has the necessity to be as aggresive as possibe under extreme duress or else you'll draw it out to the point where the mistakes will catch up with you. The Reaper Crest performed exceptionally well, once you heal you can get a lot of silk back by relentlessly punishing Widow's attack openings. Most of the time even enough for another heal, for which there are also plenty of openings (as healing arrests your momentum you can just let Widow run underneath you while she's doing NMKG's diagonal jumping slash and dash attack). @Lexx did you find the warrior bug in Hunter's March? The Fractured Mask is pretty useful at this stage, it's pretty much a free hit, one where it doesn't matter how much damage you receive.

For anyone interested this was a known issue with the Epic Games Store (EGS) version of Pillars of Eternity. The achievements were added in a May 2021 update, but players often reported them disappearing or not tracking correctly. This was a technical issue with the Epic Online Services SDK implementation by the developers, not a user-caused problem.

Alien Earth is a pleasant surprise, although it does seem to be going towards Jurassic Park. We shall see, but so far so good.

I had to do an internet search to find out who Eugene Shoemaker was...