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Crusader Kings 2 is easily my favorite "chill after work" game, these last couple of years. It takes some time getting into, but once you get to a certain point it's a rewarding experience. The thing with CK is that each game is so different. I've had 10 boring saves in a row at times that I've ended quickly, and then the next time you can be lucky and get a really interesting one. I had a save where I started as a measly count of west-Francia, and somehow ended up as the Emperor of Italia, with Africa, Jerusalem, and most of the mediterranean under my command. The less successful ones can be fun as well, like the time I started up as a count of Sicily, was stripped of all titles by the Byzantine Emperor, and somehow ended up in Caucasus fighting the various riffraff there for control over parts of the Silk Road. Anyways, selling Dota 2 items as we speak to buy Stellaris.

I love Steam. From being absolute crap and full of bugs back when it was released, it's now the best thing that ever happened to PC gaming in modern times. It's what revitalized PC gaming for me, in a similar way that Spotify has done with music, and Netflix+Hbo-nordic with tv-series (convenience being the key word here). They have fair prices, a huge catalogue of games, lots and lots of sales, easy to use interface, and the best multiplayer online game there is, Dota 2, is there for free. It's actually given me around 50-60 dollars for free on item drops, that I've spent on other games. Probably wouldn't be playing on PC if not for Steam.

Got 94% agreement with Sanders. Guess I'm a pretty stereotypical Scandinavian alright.

Sanders is the only candidate that is actually good, in a "he represents his ideology well" kind of way. He's been consistent pretty much his whole career. I'm having trouble comprehending what the other candidates actually stand for? Clinton just seems to mimic Sanders lately, since he's been getting popular. If I was American, and did not agree with him on an ideological basis, I'd probably just refrain from voting. All the other candidates seem to be either crazy or notorious liars.

Say what you want about Bernie, at least he's consistent. It's pretty refreshing to see a guy like him (someone of integrity) doing well in the elections. He might not be on point on everything, but for me it's always ideal when "watch dogs" like Bernie has a voice. (and yeah I know wrong thread, but the other one seems to be dead)

Did you read the text in his link? There is nothing supernatural about "reincarnation" as taught by Buddhism.

When I was younger I was always frustrated with Nintendo for not making a Pokemon 3D adventure-rpg in a huge open world, similar to the gameboy Pokemon games. Seemed like pretty much the easiest way ever to make tons of money, and there's so much potential there too - the 2d games were great. Even now I'd pay lots of money for a game like that. In general I just want more open world rpgs with strong narratives. Think The Witcher 3, but with more fun "world exploration" like Morrowind for example had. Wouldn't mind Blizzard remaking WC3 either. Not for the campaign, but for the online multiplayer. SC2 doesn't do it for me, too much focus on basebuilding and macro, way too stressful - I love WC3 because I prefer the focus on heroes and micro-managing small armies.

Wouldn't that be agnosticism, not atheism? I don't necessarily agree with that. Agnosticism takes the position that we CAN'T know. So for me people who are agnostic can be both atheist or christian, depending on whether they have belief in deities or not. I have several christian friends who freely admit that they can't know 100% for sure whether god truly exists or not, but they still have the belief that he does. But it seems like people just have really different definitions of it all. For me: Atheist = Lack of belief in supernatural deities. Agnostic = Taking the position that humans can't know whether deities exist or not. By that definition, I'm, both. And then you have the "militant atheist" road, where atheism seems to be more agressive, in a "I know 100% sure that god does not exist, faith is irrational and you're dumb for believing in him" way. I feel like it's always religious people, and "militant atheists" who try to attribute more meaning to "atheism". Some Christians tend to define atheism to be more extreme and ideological than it is, maybe as a direct result of people like Dawkins and the lot, who also tend to go on about atheism as if it's an ideology in opposition to (according to them) the stupidity of religion.

I know plenty of atheists who are very spiritual. Buddhism, anyone? I dislike how people try to attribute too much meaning to the term atheism - it simply means lack of/absence of belief in gods. It doesn't mean that you 100% rule it out, it just means that you don't have the belief that they exist. It's not an ideology, it's not a religion, any more than "not believing mutant ninja turtles exist" is.

Witcher 3 (along with its DLC) easily GOTY for me, but my "surprise of the year" was Life is Strange. I usually don't like "click and point" types of adventure games, but this one was something special.

I want to like Fallout 4, but whenever I try to play it I just lose interest after 20-30 minutes. It just feels waaay too similar to Fallout 3 in every aspect. In a "been there done that" sort of way. The narrative (with its terrible dialogue system) simply doesn't captivate me enough, in the way Witcher 3 and Life is Strange did this year. Guess I'm just losing interest in "sandbox" type of games.

The entire escape sequence for instance. I can already see the "Fin and Poe dicking around in space" comedy-spinoff. And yes, maybe I'm a bit too cynical and jaded and exaggerate that out of proportion, but there *were* comedy elements to Finn's character in the beginning of the film that annoyed me to no end. I thought that was one of the best scenes in the film. Loved how happy they were for each other haha, it felt like "true Star Wars", the same energetic fun you got from the old films at times.

I rather liked that the villain wasn't an all powerful badass like Vader/Maul etc. Made him more interesting.

Saw it earlier today. I'll not spoil anything, except to say that it's better than the prequels.

Finished Life is Weird. It's not without flaws, but all-in-all actually one of my best gaming experiences this year.

It seems like Starcraft, Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2 is getting some much needed modernization at least: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=15000XZ

2012 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir, Demuth Vineyard (Anderson Valley). Anthill Farms continues to impress me. Wish I bought more of it when I had the chance (not too easy to get a hold of in Norway). Definitely my favorite American wine producer. Terrible wax-seal solution around the cork though, got lots in the wine that I had to filter out.

Makes sense to introduce Thrall early on if they're gonna make sequels. As for the trailer, it all seems kinda boring doesn't it? Doesn't look completely terrible...but at the same time I'm not really feeling any hype.

I think I'm slightly in love with Daisy Ridley already. Love her facial expressions haha. Hopefully this won't suck.

Looks like they're trying to capture the "Warcraft look", instead of going gritty and realistic. I like it, I think.

Wild theory time: * The villain of this film is Luke's first student and nephew, and the reason why Luke dissappeared into exile. * The dark haired girl who seems to be the main character, is the (twin?) sister of Adam Driver's character (red lightsaber guy), and they are the children of Han Solo and Leia. Note how their weapons line up perfectly in the poster. * Luke will return from exile at some point, after his nephew goes out of control. Luke will never turn to the dark side, that would be too cheap after the ending of episode 6.

Best thing in the film was clearly the Lord of the Rings reference though, with Sean Bean explaining it!

TI5 prizepool now at 18 million dollars...pretty insane. Main event starts in 2 hours.

From the same site: http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/20-examples-bernie-sanders-powerful-record-civil-and-human-rights-1950s I like this guy.

God some you guys are a bunch of sad scaremongers.