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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ****ing Portugal escapes elimination.

**** YES!!! **** YES!!! **** YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! DEMPSEY!!! USA! USA! USA!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What a strike! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL USA! USA! USA! USA!

A lot of really sloppy play on both sides so far.

Ironically, the unofficial patches, which are supposed to make the game more stable, cause horrific stability issues for me. The game runs like a champ without them, though.

Oh wow. What an absolutely horrific giveaway by Jeff Cameron. Portugal 1-0. You could not possibly play defense any worse than that.

It's almost time for the big game. I've been saving some beer just for this. Go Stars & Stripes! USA! USA! USA!

What a lovely goal for Algeria. Absolutely beautiful long pass and a quality composed finish. Well done. Edit: And Algeria score again just a minute or so later.

I'm playing Skyrim for the first time in about 2 years. Luckily, Skyrim runs on Linux via wine pretty much every bit as well as on its native Windows right down to performance being on par, so I can push the game to maximum settings and I can add graphical enhancement mods. I've been messing around with different mods and am currently using Skyrim 2K HD (higher res textures than the official high res textures), Ultimate Lighting Overhaul (SweetFX settings, more subtle than ENB replacers and far less performance hit), Pure Waters, Pure Weather (as a bonus, makes nights much darker), Splash of Rain, Apachii Sky Hair, Quality World Map, Auto Unequip Ammo (this should have been the default behavior in the vanilla game, why leave the quiver on the back when you don't have a bow equipped?), Caliente Better Bodies Mod with nevernude option (I want bodies to look better, but I don't want a bunch of naked women lying around after I strip corpses of their armor). Anyone got any suggestions?

The last 5 minutes of the match were exciting, but the first 85 minutes were sitting through an elementary school dance recital level boring. It kills me that Belgium get rewarded for parking the bus for 85 minutes then deciding to have a go at it in the last 5 minutes, but they scored and won and advanced, so kudos to them, I guess. Boy did you luck out!

Good lord Belgium and Russia just had a dreadful match.

Germany does indeed still have the metal On a serious note, Germany was my pick to win it before the tourney began and Colombia was my dark horse. I see no reason to change those picks. I also said England would go out early, but that wasn't so much a prediction as stating an inevitable fact, so no reason to pat myself on the back for getting that one right. Jaded, Y U No Like Colombia's lightning quick counter-attack?

Shouldn't Medounjanin have gotten a red for that instead of a yellow? Clear path to the goal with no defender (other than the keeper) between the guy getting fouled and the goal. No attempt to play the ball whatsoever, just simply grabbed him. Isn't that, by definition, worthy of a red card? Edit: Bad offside call. Bosnia should be up 1-0 right now. Edit 2: Nigeria up 1-0. The Bosnian defense has been badly beaten several times already today. This time they paid for it.

They're the team that's looked the best so far, I'd put Colombia second. That said, there's plenty of precedent for teams starting out weak and playing themselves into great form throughout the tourney. As long as that guy is on the pitch, Argentina will always have a chance to beat anyone.

That was a fun match.

Klose does as Klose does. Edit: Apropos of nothing, but Schweinsteiger has got to be the most German name physically possible, no?

LOL Germany.

I feel sick to my stomach for them. ****ing Messi ripped their hearts out.

Argentina playing like dog**** in the second half and Iran is gaining confidence. The Iranians might do even better than walk away from this with 1 point, they might even get 3. Edit: And Messi scores in added time. I feel horrible for Iran. They so deserved to come away with a point here. ****ing Argentina bailed out by Messi. Nice to have the best player in the world on your team, I guess.

Wow, that should have been a penalty in the box and Iran should have had a PK.

Frustrating first half for the Argentines. While the game was overwhelmingly played in the Iranian half of the pitch, as expected, Argentina failed to find the back of the net, or even generate many good chances, for that matter.

Yeah, to me it just doesn't make sense to do that with a story-driven game. I feel story-driven games are very ill-suited to early access. I mean, it's great InXile is essentially getting some free beta testing and there are people out there willing to help iron bugs out and provide feedback, that's fantastic and I tip my hat to those people, I'm just not willing to do that myself for a story-driven game. It's like reading a book with only the first 1/3 of the pages in it, then having to wait several months to read the remaining 2/3 pages. Sure, I could do it, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but I'd rather read the book straight through, or at least have the option to. That's not to say all games are ill-suited to early access. I've participated in the Grim Dawn early access since before it was even officially early access (it was only available to backers at certain tiers and up) and I was happy to do that. But that game is a loot em up, which, in my opinion, is a perfect fit for early access since the story is very much secondary in a game like that, it's a game driven by combat and loot. Plus it's a game where you're going to run through the same content again and again anyway to either try out different builds or to try to complete sets/get certain drops.

Holy ****! Honduras scored a goal in the World Cup! I didn't think I would live to see it. Edit: Well, Honduras' lead was rather short lived.

Nintendo sold me on a Wii U (granted, I was nearly sold on a Wii U even before E3). Otherwise... meh.

That would be something is Spain, England, and Italy wind up all failing to get out of the group stage.