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A corrupt politician? Well, now I've seen everything!

That potentially covers a lot of ground. What's in it? I'm a big fan of stews, so I'm curious.

JA:Flashback is weird. I can't get into it. I have it, and I backed it, and I've tried to start a new game a few times. I had to search my email but I actually have it as well, and two copies at that. Anyone want one? Also, there is Planetary Annihilation which I already gave that away but that's another kickstarter someone into RTS games may like I'll take that JA:Flashback if you haven't given it away yet.

SHOVEL KNIGHT It requires so much attention that I ALL CAPSED it.

@Woldan - If you like Metro, and you haven't played any S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games yet, I suggest you do, as Metro is often considered an unofficial spiritual sequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Just don't start with Clear Sky. Clear Sky, at least unmodded, will leave a bad taste in your mouth and give you a bad impression of an otherwise great series.

It doesn't matter one bit who plays Thor and what gender they are. Hiddleston as Loki is the true star of that series. You know this to be true.

Indeed. BioWare was using stock photos long before Tali.

I agree with Amentep and TrueNeutral. No need to sink to the SJWs level. Report this to the authorities (I'm pretty sure bestiality is illegal most places, and pedophilia is most definitely illegal almost everywhere) and that's it.

Oh my... Reading that less than an hour after eating lunch may not have been a good idea.

I'm not going to argue with Bruce and Barothmuk on the sex work stuff any more. Stating that I disagree, for the umpteenth time, with the stuff they declare as fact isn't going to do anybody any good. I'm not conceding the point, I'm just done arguing about it. In a related story, porn stars and TFYC are doing a charity drive to help prospective students get into STEM. http://techraptor.net/content/sex-ed-porn-charity-raises-funds-scholarships-livestream https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tfyc-and-the-porn-charity-live-show#home 4 days are left and they've raised over 5 times their initial $1k goal so far. Edit: They're auctioning off a replica of the infamous #shirtgate shirt too.

I don't see our What's For Dinner thread from before, at least not on the first 2 pages, so I'm starting a new one. Over the weekend I made cheesesteaks for watching playoff football and rasslin' (Wrestle Kingdom 9). I sauteed some mushrooms and peppers in a deep covered pan for a few minutes on low heat along with the sauce, a combination of worcestershire, ketchup, and a dash of hot sauce. Then I tossed in sliced roast beef. Over time I turned up the heat, eventually to medium at the end. I pan fried the goods until the peppers just started to break down, the edges of the roast beef started to get crispy, and the sauce was carmelizing. In the meantime I toasted up bread with entirely too much cheese (provolone, because that's how I roll). While that's by no means an "official" cheesesteak recipe (anyone reading this from Philadelphia is probably giving me a scornful look right now), it was oh so delicious.

^ I can't believe I'm going to type these words, but those boobs are too big for my tastes. Lindy Booth I had no clue who she was before I started watching the new Librarians series on TV (It's super duper campy and I love me some camp). She's insanely adorable on that show. While I like bombshell hot, I generally prefer girl next door cute.

Jerral will write some bribe checks for the Ice Bowl Redux too. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!

Holy **** that Cowboys/Lions game! I have no fingernails left. The flag getting picked up was bogus, but I'll take it. YEEEEEEEHAW COWBOYS WIN!

There are certainly cases of sex workers being exploited and wronged, but there are also cases of people completely willingly going into that field and even enjoying their work.

Sex-negative feminism doesn't oppose "sex" they oppose the exploitive industries of pornography and prostitution. I disagree that pornography and prostitution is inherently exploitive and that's exactly the point sex-positive feminists argue, hence where we agree, hence my post you quoted.

Well, I was all types of wrong about the Bengals/Colts game. Of course, I made my prediction before I knew Cincy's best player was going to be out for the game. Still, backing an Andy Dalton led team is never a good idea, so, shame on me.

It's been many many years since I played BG2 and ToB, I remember almost everything from BG2 and almost nothing from ToB. I believe the previous statement speaks for itself. As an aside, I agree with Zoraptor about D&Ds epic level weaknesses, especially in video game form. D&D, in my opinion, is BY FAR at its strongest levels 5-15. D&D pretty much sucks at low level and very high level, especially in video game form.

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A hooker is a perfectly acceptable job (where legally permitted) for someone of age. I do not know the age of Volo's daughter, but if she's underage then suggesting she's a hooker is pretty ****ed up. I will give you the benefit of the doubt of it being a joke, although one with a certain lack of tact (talking about someone's potentially underage child).

More Infinity Wars. I built 2 new decks, one I called Dragon Fire, because it's Flame Dawn and Descendants of the Dragon, and the other called Wings of Glory, because it's Genesis and Order of Solace, the two most flying-heavy factions. The Dragon Fire deck is awful, I don't know what I was thinking. Those two factions are pretty much polar opposites in their approach, Flame Dawn being a very fast, attack heavy faction, while Descendants of Dragons being a very defensive, slow faction. The idea was that Flame Dawn would get me some damage in the early game while I play the slow game with Dragons. It did not work, at all. I'm sure it's possible to build a good deck with those 2 factions, but not the deck I built, that's for sure, and likely not with the cards I own right now. The Wings of Glory deck, on the other hand, has been quite succesful. Flying creatures are just a real pain to deal with, and that deck has them in spades. Plus Angels and Genesis synergize quite well. I don't think it;s quite as good as my Sugar Gliders deck (my Warpath/Order of Solace deck from before), but it's been fairly successful. As I acquire more cards I am slowly tweaking all my decks and getting ideas for new ones. Hopefully I get an Untapped Wilderness card soon. It;s a rare card, so not likely, but it would help speed up the Sugar Gliders deck immensely (It's a 3 cost location card that makes the cost of all Warpath cards 1 less). I am almost to lev 10, at which point I'll be able to play ranked matches and start playing more experienced players with more robust decks. Also more Grim Dawn. I'm almost done with Act 1. I'm in the warden's cellar and have reached the underground railroad portal. I'm very close to the lab and the warden himself. The BATTLEmage is working really well. I've gotten more mage abilities to make me a tad more balanced, but they're still mostly to enhance my melee combat skills. One is an energy burst around me that does damage and can knock enemies back and down. I got the modifier for it that makes it much more powerful but more expensive and with a 5 second cooldown (whereas the regular form had an almost instant cooldown) so I can't spam it. Still, the damage is great and can kill lesser enemies outright. It's an AWESOME ability when I get swarmed by a bunch of smaller enemies. Plus, the skill has a very quick, but still noticeable animation that interrupts and slightly slows down my melee attacks, so I felt it was better to do one big powerful busts every 5 seconds than spamming weaker bursts, constantly slowing down my melee attacks. Another ability is a shield that absorbs 100% damage and reflects a small portion of it back to attackers. It only lasts 3 seconds and has a rather long cooldown (almost 30 seconds, which I can reduce with more skill), but it's extremely useful in certain situations. Just straight up taking an axe to an enemy's face is still the meat and potatoes of my character's combat tactics, though.

The T Sizzle Crotchception may be the wackiest catch since The Helmet Catch.

Platinum Games is working on their next project (no announcement yet) and we may be getting more Bayonetta in some form soon. http://techraptor.net/content/bayonetta-incoming From that phrasing it may not be a sequel, but a spinoff or crossover. 2D beat em up/platformer and fighting game (possibly a crossover) seem like natural choices. Imagine Bayonetta X Guilty Gear with Guilty Gear's art style? Anyway, I'm down for more Bayonetta in whatever form and frankly pretty much anything from Platinum Games

AT&T Lily

Things I learned from the Carolina/Arizona wildcard game: Holy **** Ryan Lindley is terrible. I already knew he was terrible before, but I didn't know he was this terrible. I'm talking Brandon Weeden level terrible.