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I haven't made it down to South Africa yet, just hopped around West Africa a bit. I still have fond memories of visiting Sierra Leone and Freetown when I was a kid. Which made it very bizarre to see it on the news during the civil war and go "Hey, I walked down that street and had a picture taken in front of that tree that has all the dead bodies next to it..."

I quite liked the "prequel" The Thing they made a few years back. Telling the story of what happened at the Norwegians camp... The funny thing was that the advanced special effects and CGI while looking less wonky and more "real", actually wasn't as creepy/scary/disturbing as the ones in Carpenter's The Thing.

The Register - China's Great Cannon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ajQ-foj2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3tUOJ9yv4

GameInformer - Meet the Power Players of Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Heh, so far the only thing I noticed about the kid and the knife after was running into the kid while his dad was yelling at him. Then I got to be involved in telling the dad that the kid hadn't stolen it. Out of curiosity, was there any major differences depending on your responses to the kid when you handed him the knife? ie; if you had survival at the level to tell him about being practical and safe with it while getting ready to be an adventurer and not just wave it around?

For that bout of history.. Warhistory Online - Come and Fight a Gurkha

Heh. Snippets from authors that amuse...

https://vimeo.com/122262939 https://vimeo.com/123445132

I was balancing on whether this deserved to go here under music, or in the funny things thread.. but, since it's all about the cover version.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-GLzEscCX4

Taking a break from PoE after I noted a weird thing. Act III, I got the return to face Lord Raedric's Challenge quest, turned up, I came, I saw, I killed his ass. I got an exceptional reputation boost with Gilded Vale, picked up the loot, looked around took the exit down through the keep, and suddenly got hit by a large reputation penalty to Gilded Vale. No idea what caused that. Quirky.

I've been enjoying my run around with my Cipher a fair bit. Especially with Detonate. It's fun.

Heh. I have to admit that Lord Raedric's Keep is a bit annoying. I snuck in, had the disguises, wandered around, talked, conned my way past things.. Went down to the catacombs and killed the undead and all that. So everything's going fine, a little bit of management but not any stress to handle the fights.. Then I get to Lord Raedric himself.. and holy hell, party wipe multiple times. I definitely think I'll have to wander off and come back with a full party and another level or two....

PoE. It might sound a little strange, but I have to admit now that we've got a story to go with it and companions to meet, it's much more gripping than poking around the beta was. My cipher drifter is being very rational, diplomatic, with occasional bouts of benevolence (and the odd stabby moment....)