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I've only unlocked about a dozen of the ludicrous number of playable characters in the game, but so far my favorite is Guan Yinping: First off, she uses a hilariously gigantic mace, so that's a good start. Fire tornado is a nice bonus. Most importantly, she can rip a gargantuan boulder out of the ground and smash it on people. I'm all about smashing people with ridiculously huge chunks of rock. Super extra bonus for wielding the boulder one-handed. All of this is 100% historically accurate, I'm sure.

Warriors Orochi 4 Murdering large groups of soldiers with a scroll. You know, standard stuff.

I scooped up the Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate Bonus bundle (that's a mouth full) on Steam. The game also has like 8 bajillion dollars worth of DLC for it, I have no clue how much of that, if any, comes with this bundle. Anyway, the game had some ridiculous number of playable characters, like 100, or an equally ludicrous number, so I'm sure to find my ideal waifu or husbando in there somewhere with which to hilariously murder giant groups of enemy soldiers in spectacular fashion.

Isometric Amnesia?

Threadripper is not for gaming. If you are buying a Threadripper for a gaming rig you are wasting thousands of dollars for no reason whatsoever. Threadripper is a workstation CPU with a fairly narrow market target, but it is incredible for highly threaded applications.

Over the years, Gorillaz has been very hit & miss for me. I really do appreciate the fusion of so many different styles that they go for, though. Clint Eastwood is still my favorite song of theirs. Since I mentioned Beneath the Remains in my earlier post, I thought I should post something from that album so that I may share some of that pure, unadulterated thrash here: The ol' Brazilian boys do get a bit prog-y on this track (and several others on this album), but not nearly as much as on Arise. The raw aggression is nearly off the charts, though.

One caveat. Currently on Windows 10 (including Pro or Enterprise), the 3990X's 128 threads actually exceeds what Windows 10 can handle simultaneously and Windows throttles a bit when trying to access all 128 threads at once. I'm sure Microsoft will address this soon enough, but at this point Linux is the only mainstream-ish operating system that can take full advantage of all 128 threads.

I've been mostly off soda for years. The biggest change, beverage wise, is that I've gone from fairly sweet coffee and lightly sweet tea to unsweetened both. Both coffee and tea technically don't fit the carnivore diet, but they also both have almost no calories, so it's whatever. Also, in terms of alcohol, which I don't drink very often anyway, since I don't drink at all when I'm on the road (3 to 4 weeks at a time), beer and wine are out (too high calorie), I only drink the hard stuff. So far it's only been vodka, since it has among the lowest calorie per alcohol content ratios, plus I'm Polish, so I naturally favor the stuff my countrymen invented (don't let any Russian or Scandinavian tell you otherwise), but gin, tequila, whisky, all have fairly similar calorie to alcohol ratios, so I'm not opposed to drinking those.

I'm 4 weeks into my carnivore diet. I've lost approximately 10 lbs and I feel great. It's been a lot easier to stick with than I had anticipated. I had one cheat meal a few days ago where I had tilapia (which is fine), but it was battered (no bueno), and I had a small salad with a little bit of Italian dressing. A cheat meal, or even a cheat day, once in a while is perfectly fine, and that was a pretty mild cheat at that (it's not like I pigged out on potato chips and ice cream or anything). One of the most noticeable things is that I don't have energy peaks and valleys, like I did when I was consuming a lot of carbs. I get sleepy just the same as before, but in terms of energy levels, it's a lot more of a steady flat line throughout the day. My initial goal was to do this for a month then evaluate, but I already know I'm going to keep going for at least 1 additional month, probably longer. I'd like to lose an additional 15-20 lbs, that would put me at a very good weight (one I haven't seen in about 4 years). Of course, the danger with any diet is that you gain back all the weight (and then some) once you come off the diet. To that effect, when I do go back to eating a more balance diet I plan to not bring cetrain things back. The most important one is refined sugar, I'm completely done with the stuff for good. I also plan to still limit carbs, though not as much as I do now (lactose is basically my only source of carbs now). Pasta, rice, and bread are going to be out, though I'll probably allow myself potatoes (I figure I'll allow myself one big carb source, and potatoes are easily my favorite out of the bunch). Anyway, so far so good. Gotta stay disciplined and keep going for now.

Classic Sepultura at their prog-iest. This was from the 2nd of their 2 album peak (IMHO) of Beneath the Remains and Arise. Igor's drumming on this track is *chef kiss*. I go back and forth between those 2 albums as to which is my absolute favorite. It depends on my mood. If I'm more in the mood for raw, pure, unadulterated, military-grade thrash, I'll favor Beneath the Remains. If I'm more in the mood for something slightly more polished and prog-y, I'll favor Arise.

Looks like The Division: Magic Edition.

Smooth operator sloth:

I finished Kentucky Route Zero. It's a very melancholy experience. The game is extremely well made, and I'm glad I experienced it, but I'm not sure I enjoyed it, if that makes any sense. I don't think I was really looking to experience something that somber, but it's good that I did. I have no idea if I'm making any sense. It's a very weird game.

Was Underworld Ascendant any good?

I didn't even know a System Shock 3 was being developed.

I'm in the mood to play a musou. Anyone here have any recommendations? It has to be either on Steam or PS4. I'm currently considering Warriors Orochi 4. I already have Dragon Quest Heroes 2 BTW. Thanks in advance.

I specified a good wuxia RPG.

I've been yelling this from the mountain top for years. At this point, however, I'd rather it wasn't Bioware developing it, on account of their recent track record. It doesn't necessarily have to be Jade Empite 2: The Jadening, I just want a good wuxia RPG. And just to add another controversial opinion: If another RTwP RPG was never made, I would lose zero sleep.

The KotOR games are overrated. Mass Effect 2 is the best game in the series. First Person Shooters and RPGs shouldn't mix. Crafting is a four letter word and needs to die in a fire.

I got the Uncharted Collection "free" (not actually free) with my PS Plus subscription (which is set to run out in about 3 weeks and I will likely not renew) so I decided to give the 1st game a go. Not impressed. I mean, I know it was a landmark game when it came out, but it definitely shows its age. And I'm not talking about the graphics, the remaster did a decent job of uprezzing the visuals. The animations are stiff, combat is stiff and very basic, and all the climbing is quite basic too. The bigger issue is that movement is borked where Drake gets sort of stuck between walking and running and it looks like he's limping with a broken leg. It's hilarious at first, but makes run for your life setpieces virtually unplayable. Apparently it's a known issue that lots of people have due to the controls' sensitivity being too crazy and any wear on the controller causes stutters like that. I'm not about to buy a new controller just for this game, since my current one works perfectly fine on every other game.

Miller High Life. Years ago I would have also wrote Pabst Blue Ribbon, but the hipsters stole that from the white trash folk.

In fairness, that's a mistake TONS of people make. It's almost as common as the capital of New York State mistake. On the other hand, if you're the president, you should probably know these things.

Grats Chiefs. That was a good game. Chiefs made the plays down the stretch, Niners didn't. I'm happy for Andy Reid. It's weird, he was the enemy FOREVER as the Iggles coach, but once he went to KC, I no longer had any reason to hate him and I always thought he was a really good coach, clock management issues notwithstanding.

^ That bottom picture speaks to the Polish heart in me.

Ever since going carnivore, these have become my new favorite snack: