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Hopefully Carolina scores about 30 points in garbage time just to **** over your FF team.

Holy **** the Panthers suck! The worst part about the NFC South is that one of these awful teams is going to get in by default.

Absolutely, the harrasment was despicable as were the death threats. It should be noted that the threats have never actually been linked to GamerGate and that GamerGaters even identified and tracked down the man responsible for the threats against Anita, she just decided to ignore that information since it would damage her narrative. And those people came to be many and go under the banners of GamerGate and NotYourShield. It absolutely is disappointing that these Social Justice Warriors would engage in so much harassment, bullying, advocating bullying, hurling of racial slurs, etc.

The next step is obviously Mountain Dew flavored Doritos. Also, I can't help but see this as another piece of the puzzle toward the Demolition Man future where all restaurants are Taco Bell.

No, this is not a joke. Yes, this is for real. Status of Activision Call of Duty Doritos Flavored Mountain Dew double XP promotion unconfirmed.

That ass whoopin' the Packers put on the Bears... Damn.

My best chapter performance in Bayonetta 2 yet. 3rd climax difficulty (hard): 5 pure platinum verses, 2 platinum verses, and 6 gold verses, with nothing below gold The harder difficulty can actually help you get a better score if you're good because enemies tend to be more aggressive, giving you more opportunities to trigger witch time and build your magic gauge for powerful umbran climax attacks that massively raise your combo score. There are still certain enemies in later chapters that give me particular trouble, but I've gotten the hang of the patterns and timing of a good chunk of the bestiary. I'm still light years away from truly mastering the game, though. I'll get there eventually.

Well, I thought episode 3 was the best yet. Still not particularly good, but at least it's progress. At least they're starting to work in some semblance of an overarching plot and not just having a self-contained procedural every week. Or maybe that's just the optimist in me that wants that to be the case? If nothing else, it was good to see Papa Midnite introduced into the show. The pacing of the show needs a lot of work, though.

Things I learned from today's early games: The Cowboys are a playoff team with a healthy Romo, they are not without him So much for the Steelers sudden and shocking resurgence KC just finds ways to win The Dolphins are impostors 6-10 may win the NFC South

Not to mention that stylized graphics almost always wind up being significantly less taxing on the hardware than striving for photorealism.

The delicious irony is that a significant portion of these moral crusaders and defenders of justice are some of the most bigoted people out there. That doesn't really come as any surprise as history has shown again and again and again that those that engage in aggressive posturing and preaching so often are doing so to compensate for and draw attention away from the skeletons in their own closet. One of the most wonderful byproducts of this whole GamerGate consumer revolt is so many of these crusaders outing themselves as the hateful bigots they are to the world. Many of use have know or suspected as much about some of these people before, but now everyone can see it for themselves. This ordeal has put pressure on them, and it's much harder to effectively wear a mask when under pressure as people naturally and instinctively revert to their innate behavior and personality in such times.

Welcome to Isla del Keyrock A lush tropical paradise that's equal parts the ideal vacation destination and the residence of your dreams. This veritable utopia is overseen by the wise, beautiful, talented, magnanimous, and just Carmelita Tavarez. Rest assured that any and all rumors of executions and extortion are completely and utterly false, your benevolent ruler would never ever eeeeever consider stooping to such shameful acts.

Ricky Rubio is out 6 to 8 weeks with a severe ankle sprain. Man, the injury list is growing quickly this season. Maybe Ricky can spend those 6 to 8 weeks figuring out how to shoot the basketball? Wishful thinking.

Given the nature of the comment referenced, your ire was quite understandable, Nonek.

I finished up the story in Bayonetta 2. There are several chapters to do after the final story chapter called Witch Trials. They are basically a series of Muspelheim or Alfheim-like arenas where you fight increasingly more powerful foes each verse one after another. You can't use any items in the witch hunts, so it's all about taking the least amount of damage you can each verse in an effort to get to the end. It seems like they are 6 or 7 verses each. The first witch hunt was a piece of cake, the second one was tough, but I got through it eventually. I'm on the third one now and it's kicking my ass. The first 2 verses are easy, but the third verse is a pair of Pains (essentially demonic tank robots) and I'm terrible against those enemies. It's going to take some time to get the dodge timing down on them. Beyond that, I'm going to start running through the story chapters again on 3rd climax difficulty (hard) so that I can unlock the chain chomp. I also played The Talos Principle public test all the way through. It took me about an hour to figure out all the puzzles. I'm pretty impressed, I like these kinds of puzzle games. I look forward to the full game, whenever it arrives. Lastly, I fired up Tropico 5 for some relaxing banana republic dictator sim goodness to offset the frantic fast paced action of Bayonetta 2. One thing I really love about the Tropico games is the music. It's hard to not have a good time when they play music like that.

Some screenshots from The Talos Principle public test. I made sure to not include any puzzle solutions.

I'm definitely a bigger fan of Gabriel Era Genesis than Post Gabriel Era Genesis, but they absolutely did release some good stuff even when they went heavy into pop.

I'm an advocate of no bounds in comedy. No subject is off the table, including things like murder, rape, the holocaust, Jonestown, etc. That said, if you're going to incorporate one of these subjects into your jokes, you better make damn sure that the joke is very clever and very funny (Mr. Tait's comments fits neither of these criteria IMHO) to make it worth the potential wholly justified backlash you may receive for it.

In my opinion Genesis' output from the early to mid 70s can go toe to toe with any band's output in a similar stretch of time. They put out some amazing stuff during those years.

I'm Polish and while my family isn't Jewish, I did have family die and suffer at the hands of the Nazis. Needless to say, I don't find holocaust humor to be the least bit funny and Mr. Tait, whoever he is (should have I heard of him?) should be ashamed of posting such things whether it was meant in jest or literally.

I downloaded The Talos Principle public test (essentially a free demo) on Steam and gave it a quick spin. It's kind of Myst-y with religious and philosophical undertones, from the brief bit I played. It's cool to see Croteam put out something that doesn't involve shooting hundreds of aliens, plus I really like weird puzzle games where they essentially drop you somewhere with no instructions and just let you figure out what it is you're supposed to be doing on your own. I think they're using the same engine from Serious Sam 3, probably with some tweaks and upgrades.

Not my type of game but it does look cool.

Still one of the top 3 best prog records ever:

You get to pilot a freakin' mech in Bayonetta 2, because of course you do. The best part is that after you beat this chapter it becomes available to buy so that you can use it whenever you want.

Cosigned. I definitely don't agree with everything Liana K says, but that doesn't stop me from agreeing with other points. Heck, I agree with some points Sarkeesian makes, I just think she also misrepresents things and sensationalizes and overall does more harm than good.