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I quit Stellaris a while back because I got into a bit of an arms race with my neighbors (it is really boring). Plus I'm trying to cut down on my alcohol intake and the way I prefer to play Stellaris is drunk while listening to Aqua. I think in some ways Stellaris is a typical game from Paradox. It's an interesting game, but it's probably more worthwhile to wait a year or two and for the next half a dozen dlc to come out and be on steam sale and have the much more expanded game play and fine-tuning.

I was debating putting this in the Weird Things thread but, eh, knowing the crowd around here this will produce more chuckles than anything else.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHX9Epp62hw&list=PLuKg-WhduhkksJoqkj9aJEnN7v0mx8yxC&

I'm actually pondering whether it would be worthwhile to spend the £3.99 to get Origin Access next month, purely to see what the 10 hour early access of ME: Andromeda is like, and potentially have the 10% off the price for buying it afterwards if I like it....

xXx The Return of Xander Cage. Amusing silliness as you might expect. Over the top stunts/action sequences, plenty of Donnie Yen and Vin Diesel flexing around and working some nice choreography of fights and general "extreme" sports into the plotline.

Having a wander through the music collection and pulled out the Sharpe: Over the Hills and Far Away album.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGRf9gvt28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQzmriHn5I

Would it be in bad taste to respond to this with: Hoggaami jidka kabtanka. (Sometimes, you just have to go with the Somali)

Having a dabble with Alpha Protocol again. Say what you like about some of the design choices (<cough> hacking), that is still a damn engaging game as you get into it.

Okay, in the current day and age of serious political shenanigans and ill-feeling between the various political groups and extremes... I'd just like to point out that we do need to keep a certain sense of whimsy alive. That, and:

And just how well would you do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXIMKBmnK8

To mildly resurrect this thread from the depths of the past.. For anyone who enjoys the pseudo-Dune style of thing, they currently have a chunk of the Fading Suns RPG at present (and for the next 12 days) Bundle of Holding - Fading Suns Apparently the publishing rights have been acquired by a German gaming company (Ulisses Spiele), and before they start pushing their own plans for the licence they're releasing this batch of the old version via the bundle.

Don't think this has been posted yet ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNMQVcyowss Edit: And Avellone is tweeting a few comments on it as he's watching that interview apparently...

From a Norwegian Newspaper; - If you were stranded on an island, who would you bring along? - I'll take one for the team and bring along Trump.