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I'm playing Boltgun. It's GLORIOUS carnage. Fast movement, excessive blood splatter, secrets, cover? Pfft, cover is for p***ies. It's basically Brutal Doom: 40K Edition.

The Celtics finally showed up for the conference finals. I'd say better late than never, but their chances of winning 4 in a row are rather slim.

Too soon for Total War: Bakhmut? I'll show myself out.

Crafting has been more damaging to video games than opioids have been to West Virginians.

Are there people out there that actually do that? I've seen people post stuff like "I'm going to buy THREE copies just to spite the haters" but I always figured that's nothing more than puffing their chest out or trolling. I think both extremes are really idiotic; the I'm going to buy this product I had no interest in just to spite the naysayers extreme and the I'm not going to buy this product I really want to show I stand with the team, or whatever extreme. If you purchase or don't purchase a product based on spite the only person you wind up spiting is yourself. My purchasing decision is based solely on whether said product appeals to me. I looked at Hogwarts Legacy and thought "that looks like a really fun game I would probably enjoy", that was my basis for buying it. Turns out, it was a really fun game that I really enjoyed.

The Nugs smoked the Lakers. I'll say this for the Lakers, they competed in all 4 games, they tried. They just didn't have the legs down the stretch of each game and the Nugs are flat out better. On the other hand, the Celtics looked like they straight up quit in game 3. Will they show up for game 4?

I guess that's true. I tend to think of Lego games as Lego games, rather than whatever movie franchise they're parodying games, but technically you're correct.

There is definite truth to that and, as @Lexxpointed out, the game being quite good tends to trump whatever ideals people may want to virtue signal. Given the recent string of rather lackluster AAA releases, gamers were just happy to get a legitimately good AAA game and a good Harry Potter game. Wait, is this the first good Harry Potter game? Has there been a good Harry Potter game before? I'm drawing a blank. There have been plenty of crap ones, that's for damn sure.

I'd argue that it's actually not a lot of people but they are very very very loud. As loud as they are, they are also clearly not very effective at mobilizing a boycott.

I never cared about the politics to begin with.

@BartimaeusJust how much stumping have you been doing? Holy smokes!

Similar idea, less exaggerated weight at the end to length of handle ratio. The steel mace is essentially the same thing as the gada that's been a training tool in India and Pakistan for a long time. The Persian Clubs that The Iron Sheik used to swing in the ring were a similar idea, though, again, less exaggerated:

First day of working out with the steel mace (also known as a macebell) and I am sore in places I didn't know I had places. Besides a great shoulder workout, the steel mace should also do wonders for enhancing my grip strength, which is an often overlooked area to exercise. I, admittedly, have slacked on it. However, I definitely need to pick up a pair of gloves because the knurling on the handle is chewing my hands up.

That and the Nugs are, quite frankly, a better team than the Lakers.

Look at you, hacker, a pathetic creature of meat and bone; panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine? Please don't suck, please don't suck.

LOL Lakers.

IMHO this is quite possibly the greatest fight scene in cinematic history: I doubt this is truly single take, I'm sure there was some digital massaging in there, but that's not the point. This fight is so visceral, so impactful, so desperate. It starts out fast then slows down as everyone gets winded, bruised, and battered. They suck wind, they struggle to get to their feet, they desperately reach for whatever they can find to use as a weapon. Compare this to the CGI fight scenes that are flashy and spectacular but damage seems to make little, if any, difference. Sure, they'll put some blood on the face of the actor, but when it's time to act, it's like they're 100% fresh, undamaged. I liken this to what I call the 4 tier of selling in professional wrestling. For those not familiar, selling is the art of making damage look real in rasslin'. Tier 1: No selling - This is where the recipient doesn't even acknowledge the damage. There are cases where this is appropriate (a monster heel laughing off the attacks of a jobber), but otherwise this is terrible. Tier 2: The Momentary Sell - Immediately after being hit with a damaging move the recipient shows pain and struggle, moments later they go back to acting like nothing happened. Most young boys and young girls fall into this category, as selling is not usually one of the first things wrestlers learn to do well, as well as veterans who are just not very good. Tier 3: The Convenient Sell - This is where the wrestler sells the move immediately after it was performed and after, but only when it's convenient. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that it was a move that hurt their leg. They will get up limping, show pain on their face. As long as they are on the defensive they will visibly have a hurt leg. As soon as it's time for them to get on offense, magically, the leg doesn't hurt any more and they normally perform any move that includes planting off the hurt leg. Most mid to high level wrestlers fall into this category. Tier 4: The True Sell - This is where the recipient sells the move immediately after the move and going forward in EVERYTHING they do, offense or defense. This is what the most elite of the elite do. They are weaving injuries into the story of the match. They will fall onto their face when someone whips them into the ropes because their leg gave out. They will falter when performing a suplex because their back gave out, with the opponent falling on top of them for a pin attempt. They will switch to throwing strikes with their off arm because their dominant arm was injured. There are usually only a handful of wrestlers on Planet Earth that are professional, committed, and smart enough to be consistent tier 4 sellers at any given time. Currently it's Bryan Danielson, Meiko Satomura, Iyo Sky, and...

In an effort to keep my exercises from getting too stale, I got a 20 lbs steel mace. It's a completely new weight to get used to, completely different compared to the dumbells, barbell, and kettlebells I already have, I'm excited to learn to use it. The idea is that because it's so end-heavy, so wildly unbalanced, the steel mace forces you to use stabilizer muscles you might not much use when training with traditional weights that are balanced and much easier to wield. Anyone here use a steel mace before?

@BartimaeusIt seems your stumping is paying off.

I watched the Super Mario Super Show religiously back in the day. If I remember correctly, that's the show where we got the Zelda cartoon that produced this gem:

An accounting mistake from the Pentagon? You mean the same Pentagon that has failed 5 audits in a row? The same Pentagon that can only account for 39% of its 3.5 trillion dollars in assets? Who'd a thunk it? Over 2.1 TRILLION dollars in assets that cannot be accounted for. Where are they? What happened to them? Did these assets even ever exist? What was the money actually used for? Truly a well run and managed organization with definitely NO corruption within it, that Pentagon.

Nugs remain undefeated at home in the playoffs. Lakers made them work for it largely on the back of quite possibly the best game of Rui Hachimura's career. However, in the 4th a previously ice cold Jamal Murray got red hot and carried Denver to victory. Can anyone beat the Nugs in Denver? If the Celtics make the NBA Finals they wouldn't have to since they would have home court advantage, otherwise either the Lakers or the Heat would have to beat the Nugs in Denver at least once to stop them.

I mean, when someone gets up on a raised platform of some variety to make a speech, I fully expect I will be spoken down to... ... /puts on sunglasses Literally.