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You guys remember that rooster I was going to cook but couldn't do it? I named him Duke because he struts around like John Wayne. He still seems to like me and follows me all over the yard. Well, he figured out to use the doggie door. When I got home from work last night guess who was in the house.

Hi! Obsidian has a new Social Media Manager. I guess that's the same posting as the former Community Manager @Aarik D? https://twitter.com/MikeyDowling/status/1179131245239754753 I hope we see her often and that you guys behave. Couldn't find her member name here yet. Anyway that's it - have a nice German Unification Day!

Mars: War Logs and Technomancer released on GOG. https://www.gog.com/news/release_technomancer_mars_war_logs

Welcome to our new Social Media overlord! 👋😀 And may her reign be full of glorious memes.

I think that they are both worse, a Clinton presidency would have kept "centrism" alive so that the ticking bombs of climate change and class stratification wouldn't be confronted as much as they are now for example. The presidency isn't just what they do when in charge but is also how they are reacted to and of there's a silver lining to the dementia addled buffon it's that some people are realizing business as usual isn't going to work anymore.

... ... ... .... the free KFC dating simulator! It's pretty terrible (edit - make that very terrible) - but it made me laugh, so... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/ Features: - 9 lovable characters - Multiple hours of play-through - Dateable Colonel Sanders - A secret ending! Shh! - Secret recipes! Double Shh! - Cooking battles - Battle battles - Earn a degree from a fictional culinary school - 11 Herbs and Spices - Cute miniature food - Officially created by KFC. No, really

we were talking 'bout juries earlier, so kinda a segue. has been explained to us that older women is notorious critical o' younger women. complete ignores ethnic. defendants and attorneys who is younger women, particular if the younger women is forceful, get extreme slim margin o' error from older women. am suspecting the tendency o' older women to be hypercritical o' younger women is not limited to jurors. am personal not a fan o' harris so somewhat skews our judgment o' her electability. the way she went after biden on the busing issue were calculated and underhanded, particular as harris, when asked day after the debate, admitted she were not necessarily advocating federal forced busing either. that said, while am not a fan o' harris, we can see how she might appeal to independents. in a close election, particular given polarization which exists today, independents is the folks who nevertheless have potential to be swayed, and given their numbers, they would once again determine the winner o' the election. yeah, harris is gonna immediate be dismissed as viable by any 2nd amendment advocate, but as with much o' the country, independents is trending towards increased gun regulation... though 'course such trends only matters in battleground states. am suspecting harris' tough-on-crime record as a prosecutor is gonna play well with those conservative independents who is losing patience with trump but who might similar be unable to vote for bernie or warren. but again, am not a fan o' harris. she has kinda adopted trump's style o' rhetoric which is heavy on making promises impossible to fulfill, promises which nevertheless resonate with the electorate. am not saying harris is as bad as trump, but am not wanting to see appeals to fear and ignorance becoming the winning strategy for Presidential candidates. call us provincial. HA! Good Fun!

Well Bruce is the kid of a banker who lives a boujee lifestyle, so go figure.

*Sorry, mates this will be a long-winded rant* Deadfire is truly incredible. I can’t recommend it until I finish because… well on principle, I never recommend a game I haven’t finished. However, this is truly shaping up to be Obsidian’s chef d'oeuvre. At this point, having visited four areas of Neketaka, I’m convinced that this effort will be on par with Fallout: New Vegas, which makes two Obsidian games in my top five. That’s simple astounding. Moreover, I’ve had the game for over a year and a half but only recently started playing. I’d started a game on release but for some reason I wasn’t interested so I stopped playing after I ended up on the ship in the first five minutes or so. Now, I can’t let it go. Anyhow, that’s my testimonial. Here are specifics. The empire building in ship form is a nice break from kingdom building. I haven’t done much of it, but I’ve like it. I just hope it doesn’t become sheer tedium. I’m looking at you, Pathfinder: Kingmaker! So far so good and I have my fingers crossed. Edér is one of the best companions of any CRPG. His voice acting is spot on. The writing is clever, witty, and succeeds at making Edér a truly sympathetic and likeable character. So much better than the over the top and often grammatically incorrect Kreia from KotOR 2. Don’t get me wrong. I make grammatical errors all the time. That’s why I’d be an extremely poor NPC. Well, maybe as a pathetic comedy figure, but probably not even that. The NPCs overall are simply wonderful. I like the interparty banter. I like the fact that the dialogue isn’t mind-numbingly long and wandering. Hell, I have four NPCs and an… NPCesque kind of dwarf I sent back to the ship. The party is a gratifying combination of new and old faces. Arkemyr’s mansion is just brilliant! I had a few options for how to get into the place. I ended up finding a way in by accident, snuck around until I found a way to finish everything without fighting anyone, got what I wanted and left. These days, I don’t pilfer everything in sight, so I had to leave all that great loot behind, including at least one epic weapon, but it was fun times. I did pick all the locks and take a look to see what I was missing. All I took out of the place was a robe, for obvious reasons, and the tablet I needed for the greater good of the Huana. The Old City is very well done. I stayed down too long so the lift left. I found a way out, but it did entail having to engage in unwanted combat. There’s still a big bad beasty down there I’m going to come back to see when I’m a couple levels higher. Maybe nine or ten. I don’t know if I could have beat it, but it looked like too much work. I guess I’ll truncate this rambling rant about the game and just jot down a list. Pros: Playable NPCs are great A lot of info and lore packed into short and easy to read bites Interactable NPCs names’ show when I TAB Floating flavor text is fun, sometimes witty, and economically conveys information Island exploration (only a couple so far, but fun) Pacing is good Brought back good ol’ Eothas A bunch of other stuff, but I’m tired now Cons: In terms of things that irk me, probably only two I wish that dialogue scrolled so I could read it during the conversation. I need to keep experimenting and see if there’s some way to do that because, while it’s great to have it in the log, I often want to reference preceding lines of conversation while I’m in the middle of it. I was irked at having to fight my way out of the Old City because I’m afraid it impacted my rep with one of the factions significantly. On the other hand, Dudenheim up top warned me that lift wouldn’t be there for long. …And I could have loaded a save, but I firmly believe in living with the consequences of my actions. In that case, maybe this belongs in the pro section also.

Weeeeee, I just got invited to the Galaxy 2.0 Beta.

The subtle majesty of that collateral damage.

The thing though is that there technically is no precedent because this has never happened before, so, it's hard to judge it based on historical precedent.

Laughing Squid has an interesting article on the Dunning–Kruger effect, including an illuminating explanation by John Cleese.

Heh, depending on how the house looked, chicken might be back on the menu.

Nah, this is the new age millennial socialism. It works like this: Gfted1 *exists* = Gfted1 *gains inalienable rights to free healthcare, free schooling, reduced housing cost, guaranteed monthly stipend, and all your base are belong to me.* Ill sell my vote all day long.

Filming begins next month on Tremors 7. Aww yeah!

Finally saw that press conference with the Finnish President, sort of disappointed the reporter didn't try to wind him up more.

Republican democracy is a terrible system of governance. In fact it’s the worst kind. Except of course for all of the others. The problem is not that the system is flawed. The problem is that all of the choices are wrong. Gromnir has going on at some length about all of the damage that Trump has done to the executive office and the balance of power. And he’s right. Is the thing though, it was only going to be Trump or Hillary Clinton. Is there anything about Hillary Clinton’s past, present, pattern of behavior, or reputation that leads any sane person to believe she would’ve been the kind of president that respects the limitations of the office? Or the ethics that are expected of the executive? The answer to that is obviously no. So with a contest of two villains we’re told voting third-party is throwing our vote away. Do you know the old adage when the sheep have to choose between the lion or the wolf they are only voting for which belly they end up in. Next year‘s election will be the same. With just two exceptions neither of which has a realistic shot of winning, no one currently running for president will make a capable or ethical leader that respects the limitations of the office. So you see? No matter what happens we are f——d.

Nah, vote for a socialist and GET THE BAG.

Go for another Bethesda masterpiece

So Trump can be removed prior to the election and STILL be re-elected huh? Now wouldn't THAT be a lit torch in the hay barn! That would be funny as hell! Hey Bruce. Since you haven't been around lately FYI: I no longer have any political affiliations. I just want to see the whole thing burn. And it's happening!

Well, if the DNC continues the pattern of two sets of debates having the same qualifying rules, she'll definitely make the December debate. I don't know how much more they might increase their requirements since any further restriction might start being seen as unfair, especially as it gets close to the Iowa caucases. Yeah, theres lots of contradictions on her prosecutorial record vs what she is talking about as far as policy. I've also heard that she isn't doing great here in California either, her home state.

Judging by the one Democratic debate I saw a decent amount of she's going to get absolutely crucified on her prosecutorial record. That may not be such a detriment when it comes to running against Trump, but she's going to have to deal with it a lot better to get anywhere near getting the D nomination first.

I think Harris is pretty much done for as well and I'm not sure if anyone else still in the running were to drop out that she's be the main beneficiary. Maybe if both Biden and Sanders dropped out then she'd pick up the majority of the black vote but that's a better advantage in the primary than it is in the general so we need to occur before the south starts voting This doesn't really have anything to do with anything and isn't indicative of anything either but I think I've mentioned several times now that I recently had family come up from AZ to visit. Anyway, I was for sure they'd be for Biden or maybe Harris due to their demographics and me knowing them forever but it turns out that they and most in their circle thought Biden wasn't up to the task and didn't trust or care much for Harris. Wasn't what I expected from religious older black women.

@Bartimaeus @ShadySands True, though it'd be more of a concern for the general. However, unless Biden somehow does something to alienate Sanders supporters, the Democrats are united enough against Trump that it shouldn't be too much of an issue. She's been kind of struggling in the polls though, so if she is the most electable, that message hasn't gotten out. She will make the November debate though, so, she probably just has to at minimum stay afloat and keep getting into the debates until voting actually starts. Besides, anything could happen between now and Iowa, as the Ukraine stuff shows and Sanders health scare.

Season one of Stranger Things was most likely a lightning in a bottle situation. To be honest that the second and third seasons were as good as they are is an achievement in itself - especially since they recycled the plot of the first twice. The attempts at humor didn't bother me so much as the constant balancing on the edge of suspension of disbelief. Even for a show with extradimensional aliens and psychic powers season three tried its damndest to be somewhat... unrealistic.

Ah cmon Paradox, they already have story packs and season pass in mind, I mean if they butcher strategy game I can deal with it as it have a lot of replay value, but RPG delivered in 15 pieces? I will have to wait for some complete edition https://www.gog.com/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines_2_blood_moon_edition

https://www.pcgamer.com/broken-roads-is-a-philosophical-crpg-set-in-a-post-disaster-australian-outback/ No word on a Bogan faction though.

I looked at a chart of runs, and we're actually doing O.K. against runs to the right and up the middle - it's runs to the left (both inside and outside) that are disproportionately successful. Tyron Smith being out might actually be very helpful for us in containing the run game.

You have always had the option to buy it from Microsoft.

either that is fate calling, opportunity knocking, or both ... don't let it go unanswered ... have fun in Atlanta

You absolute drama queen, get a grip.

You should recruit an autistic teenager to plead your case at the UN.

I've been actively avoiding most of the democrat front running convention, but I do have a sneaking feeling that Kamala Harris might be the most electable of the candidates. Let's face it, policy and track records have been out the window for awhile now. It is a straight up popularity contest, and neither Biden or Warren can fight the cult of personality that Trump has. Harris, on the other hand, is going to attract people based on race, gender, and then she has a decent amount of charm to get them to turn out to the polls. Just my gut instinct, but the party nomination is probably the hardest thing she has to win. I think she beats Trump.

There, fixed it for you. The guy is only a year younger than Sanders though, so just as likely to keel over from a heart attack before the final vote is counted. Elizabeth Warren might surprise you. She's the bookmakers favourite too... at least at the time of writing. No, not going to post link to gambling sites, but lets just say Aussies give her 1.91 times money back, Biden 4.33 (and Sanders 11.0)