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Ever since I had that glitch on Far Cry Primal that means I have to replay 4 hours of game, I've kind of had trouble finding the oomph to actually play anything at the moment.

Because he's like, the best at what he does? He has all the bestest words and best ideas, and totally has the best concept of diplomacy and statecraft? And knows how to make America great again like it fondly imagines itself to have been in that waxy, nostalgic, view of the 50's when the economy was booming before desegregation and when birth control was illegal?

I will say, something I've always wanted to try out is something set to the Arabian Nights style background. The closest I've seen is TSR's old Al-Quadim, and I could never persuade my gaming group to try it out. It would be interesting to see what Obsidian might do if they overloaded on old Sinbad movies and the Thief of Bagdad, sprinkle in a bunch more from the 1,001 nights, and see what emerged.

Kind of amused me.. Is this a case of "stay out of the bushes" ?

There is something a little bit depressing when you have a weekend catching up with old friends you haven't seen in ages, the gaming group you used to play with, the merry band of geeks who survived school together.... And they've all stopped having any geek interests, forgotten pretty much everything about that, and no longer recognise Princess Bride references. Then they throw out the "I've got kids. I don't get to sleep because of the baby. I don't have time to remember that. I grew up." If you can't cling to a little whimsy in life, something is hellishly wrong.

Depending on your view of celebrity, Nelsan Ellis has died aged 39. Probably most recognised for playing Lafayette in True Blood and Shinwell in Elementary

Life and Art?

The sad story of why NOLF won't come back

For that side note of celebrity, apparently Stan Lee's wife, Joan Lee has passed away at the age of 93. 69 years of married life.

Some traditional Cossack swordsmanship. The idea that if you get knocked off your horse, you'll be trying to clear a space around you in a crowd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQ4SJj7jb0

It's simple. A sword like that makes sense when wielded by a Frost Giant. It is a little silly for a normal sized human to attempt to pick up a giant's weapon and wield it, but hey, in a world of magic, and strength boosting rage frenzy... Sometimes the apparent rule of cool will win out over basic physics.

Heh. From Chris Hadfield : "Working on getting my internet back - this is no Space Station."

For the old school nostalgia.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpjreO8W2G8

Security. A fairly low run but amusing action-thriller, Antonio Banderas as a former soldier having to take a low-paying job as a night shift mall security, only to have his first night on the job interrupted by federal witness on the run, a young girl being hunted by Ben Kingsley's mercenary/gang enforcer. Cue stand off between a group of assorted mall cops and the highly trained gang throughout the various shopping departments. Plus Kingsley goes through a wide variety of his accents through the whole movie.

o O (Grumble, When you hit delete to remove a word, but because you've moved the cursor just so it decides to backpage and you lose everything you had written..) I can agree on the French Revolution aspect. It's always amused me, the French King sent money and arms to the Americans purely to serve as a poke in the eye to the English. He wasn't concerned with them winning or losing, just being irritating. But the success of the American Independence laid the framework for the French Revolution and his own downfall. The Napoleonic Wars did change the face of Europe in a lot of ways, plus, the acceptance of the Napoleonic Code of law had a big effect. It's one of those things that's caused a lot of frustration between the UK and the rest of Europe over the last 50-70 years and one of the small things that troubled the EU.