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Well, what do you know, the current used car market has its advantages, while the repairs will run around 7 to 8k, it's still below what I could sell it for. Supply shortage and supply chain interruptions are still a thing too though, so it'll take a bit until all the replacement parts come in. Win some, lose some, I guess.

Yes. And I did the Ceasar pose.

I finished Showgunners. Overall a positive experience, with only a few minor points of criticism based on personal preferences. It is a turn based tactics game made by the people behind Hard West and Phantom Doctrine, where the player takes the role of Scarlet, a contestant in a Runningman style reality TV game show. The game has 7 "episodes", as the show follows the protagonist over a span of a week. Each episode has the player explore a map, avoiding traps, fighting minor ambushes, signing autographs. and entering combat arenas for the large highlight battles of the show. There is nothing random in the episodes - the ambushes and other surprises are scripted. Between episodes the player rests at a hub location, where they can interact with team mates and npcs. The plot is predictable but works. The combat is fun. Character progression has you spending points to unlock bonuses and abilities, but at max level everything will be unlocked - you choose the order in which you unlock, not what. You also unlock sponsors based on your fame and personality. The choice of sponsors is the only thing that really changes between playthroughs. A playthrough is around 15 hours. I would have liked each episode to have had a named mini boss instead of simply introducing a new enemy type. I would have liked npc contestants at the hub, to better show how others are participating in the show. I find it silly they went out of their way to make one character Ukrainian.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/02/download-the-new-warhammer-40000-rules-for-free-right-here/ Didn't know where else to put it as it isn't really a "video game"

I think currently it would be enough for Ukraine that NATO officially recognizes their application and invitation to participate in MAP (Membership Action Plan)

Isn't bad, but just annoying working long hours and with no one in my time zone for so long.

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-. I have realised that I should have watched the anime (or at least read the summary) first - the MC recognises NPCs and bosses, but does not elaborate on their background nor there is an in-game wiki (that I could find). The elemental system (Fire and Air spirits charge one another when the MC attacks foes, and when the charge at level 3, the MC regenerates HP and MP) is rather convenient, but it feels slightly OP. Then again, it also seems to be incorporated into the boss battles - when you get hit by a Fire/Wind attack and the corresponding spirit is active, you take no damage and regenerate MP. Thank you for the information. Could you elaborate if there is any branching in the story, alongside the sponsors (what do they affect)?

Spent a bit of time on my Alpha Legion army for the Horus Heresy. Still need to paint a bit of battle wear and tear and finish the bases they are standing on before this unit is "joining the army" I think I'll paint some kind of vehicle next (tank or troop transport), just to not get tired of painting infantry models...

Did you yell Jojo quotes?

I've been playing Gloria Victis for the past couple of months. I've played M&B: Warband (and all its flavors) heavily since 2011. This has combat similar to that, but inside a PVP focused MMORPG. I'm nearly at level cap despite spending almost all of my time riding around and fighting. I swore off grinding anything except kills, and the game lets me do that. It's niche and janky, but a replacement for Warband was practically the holy grail.

System Shock (2023) - It's a very faithful remake of one of the most important games in vidya game history. There are some quality of life improvements, though you're still going to be playing inventory Tetris, and the visuals are vastly improved, I mean, of course they are, the original is 29 years old. But yeah, the game looks great, it's got a pixelated art style, but not 8-bit pixels, or even 16-bit pixels, much much higher definition that, and the game makes fantastic use of light and color, it's wonderfully vibrant. At its core, it hasn't been changed much. It's still brutally unforgiving and Citadel Station is a maze of corridors to travel through, as it should be. You're going to get killed, numerous times, there is a rogue AI trying to murder you, after all. I very much appreciate how you can set different difficulties for each facet of gameplay. I kept all of the settings on normal difficulty except I cranked puzzle difficulty up to hard, since puzzles are my jam. I see that you are still receiving transmissions from Earth. We'll have no more of that Anyway, you sh... *static*

Must have been horrible having such neighbours on your land borders. With much sympathy, Æthelred Unræd

Spending day learning Rust in the vain hope I can change jobs.

That was... 14 years ago?

Woke up and noticed that I've gotten psoriasis eczema on the insides of my fingers. **** my life.