Bartimaeus

Yeah. I remember looking at the scores and being surprised that Chargers were so completely dominating the Chiefs...and then Keenan Allen went down with a non-contact injury (almost always at least bad, often disastrous), and then the entire game went straight to hell in the second half. What an absolute shame.

Hm... ...Something doesn't seem quite right here...but I can't put my finger on what, exactly... Oh, of course! The Patriots only went 11-5 and 10-6 in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Silly Patriots fans, not even knowing their own history from only a few years ago. It's like you became a fan just a few days ago!

A last second Hail Mary or ridiculous field goal attempt is better than what he gave you either way, though, .

Ultimately, I think it was Terrance Williams' fault. Also, what an absolutely fantastic week of football. Genuine nailbiters all around with the exception of just a couple of games.

the seahawks can't keep getting away with this baloney bullcrap they just can't

I've never had the opportunity to try a ghost pepper. Habaneros from a little Asian market are still the hottest I've had...but I don't like the taste of them at all. Sadly, I think Jalapenos taste way better, but Jalapenos only very rarely have even a little real heat, and it's very random when they do.

People seem to always forget that Google Drive is not really a dedicated filesharer - they're O.K. with documents being viewed/downloaded by many, but it seems like whenever anything else that becomes a popular download gets put on there, Google's systems inevitably restrict access.

I think "this action is considered to be so fundamentally dumb that it doesn't even occur to your character" is a perfectly valid way of worldbuilding by omission. Uh, well, I don't, because plenty of people make "fundamentally dumb" decisions all the time in the real world, and while I'm not a fan of being railroaded into certain actions by way of the game providing unrealistic consequences for those certain actions (the aforementioned attacking Irenicus in Spellhold by yourself), I'm even less of a fan of the game railroading you by not providing you the ability to do an obvious (if perhaps unwise) option(s) that occurs to the player, depending on the type of character you're playing. That sort of thing is extremely frustrating and takes me straight out of the game - coming up with an idea/plan that might work, and then the game not even providing it as an option when it makes perfect sense in-universe. It is much better to see such an idea fail than for the game to just refuse to provide you the possibility of even trying it out to begin with.

That legit sounds like it could be a NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer theme song for some area or character.

lol Yes, the towel thing is mystifying...but did we even see him do that this game?

Yeah, I don't much like that. It doesn't really help build your world - actions have consequences, and sometimes doing dumb stuff leads to a dumb death. That's the nature of life. Remove stupid deaths/consequences that don't make any sense, by all means - such as trying to attack Irenicus in Spellhold without the help of your fellow madmen, and the game scripting your immediate death for no real good reason - but otherwise...

I liked his earliest stuff best. As the years went on, his vocals got brighter and brighter, and the lyrics less...primal, in a way, I feel. The instrumentals also became less dark EBM and more generic futurepop-ish. My favorite album of his is still Contempt. To be honest, I feel this way about most electronic artists that I like(d). Assemblage 23, Covenant, Lights of Euphoria, The Azoic, VNV Nation...they've all moved away from their roots of lyrically-raw dark EBM/synth, and have all moved into this brighter futurepop stuff, and I just don't really have much of a stomach for the latter, so it's very disappointing. VNV Nation is the only one that has managed to really keep my interest so far.

What a game. First half was a little lackluster - not too bad, but not that good for an opening game, either - but the second half was great. Too bad about the Broncos hitting Newton in the head so many times - I wanted the Broncos to win, but I started losing sympathy after the second hit (first one looked pretty incidental to me, so I was able to forgive it), and basically didn't care about who won by the third. Why is Newton the "anti-christ"?

has he stopped singing in his terrible higher pitched voice yet has he stopped making ultra generic futurepop yet nope on both counts, into the trash it goes

Yeah, Link is supposed to be left-handed. The Wii version is obviously non-canon.

It might depend upon the method of input. The Gamecube version of Twilight Princess is pretty widely considered the definitive version, not the Wii version...so it might depend.

Heh, no surprise, given the circumstances - idiot girl texts him in advance, wasn't it, that she'd pull something like this if he broke up with her? Not the best plan, lady.

Man, player interviews today were so brutal. Everyone's just devastated about it. Not a great way to open up the season. ...Part of the reason the Packers tend to get good deal on their own players is because their players love being here and want to stay. You do something stupid like this, you tear apart these guys' football families for no apparent reason at a moment's notice and in such a callous manner (management won't even explain to them why it happened), and maybe they won't feel as strongly about it when negotiations come around again. I think this is probably something they'll remember for a while.

...at least it wasn't the Vikings, who probably still have the best chance of challenging for the division (with Bradford, anyways). What a shame that this game is also, first and foremost, a business.

Josh Sitton signs 3 year deal with Bears.

He is still one of the top 5, maybe top 3 guards in football...I hope he goes to an AFC team, or at least a non-NFCN team.

packers releasing 3x (second team) all-pro guard josh sitton today RIP 2016 packers season

The Chiefs did ruin our 16-0 season in 2011...I think the Packers should be able to handle the Jaguars alright.