Raithe

After spending 15 odd years as a carer for a disabled parent with an annual income of under $6,000, now that I actually have a "professional job" and disposable income, I feel no guilt whatsover on spending my loose change on random luxuries and the odd superficial thing.

Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw founds new studio with EA and Ubisoft veterans | PC Gamer

And in memory of...

James Hong to Be Inducted Into Asian Hall of Fame (spectrumnews1.com)

Building pyramids again in Conan Exile. Or well, one big pyramid... Along with a Knossos style labyrinth inside of small rooms, winding corridors, and stairs randomly going up and down....

True enough. One of the comments was roughly "It took me around 5-7 hours to run through the prologue with the way I was playing, and I hardly ever pulled my gun during that time."

It's not like : Is really that useful for casual home use?

Seeing some of the "early pre-reviews" of folks who got to play with the 16 hour chunk pf Cyberpunk 2077, one thing that jumps out is the "This is not a first person shooter, this is an rpg" comments. Just made me wonder what response Alpha Protocol would have had back in the day if people had remembered that and those assorted reviewers and critics had kept that in mind.

The triple-arm stand on Amazon showcased three curved monitors forming a near perfect semi-circle. That might be a bit too much overkill...

Yup. When I got the first Samsung, I decided to get a pneumatic-arm stand for it... and one of the twin-armed stands was on sale and cost about £5 more than the one-armed. So I thought, eh, juuuuust in case I decide to splurge on a second monitor at some point in the future....

I was feeling a touch blah, saw that Amazon had my monitor reduced by a third, and decided to pick it up... Now I have my matching pair of Samsung curved 27" side by side...

Okay, this amused me... A Cyberpunk 2077 character, wearing a tattoo of ... "Ghost in a Shell"

Also, just because...

One important thing to remember about the upcoming Dune film.... It's only half the story. And apparently, the contracts haven't actually been signed yet by the production company for financing the second half. They haven't explicitly said where the cut-off point is, but from things that have been mentioned I'm guessing the film cover's the general backstory, the Atriedes arrival on Arrakis, and ends with Paul reaching the Fremen for sanctuary. That would mean Villeneuve's planned second half would be able to run with the whole Fremen training montage, the Harkonen's brutalisation of the populace, and the eventual Muad'dib rising and crusade and claiming of the throne.