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I'd rather the As won this series, as the prospect of having to face Scherzer and Verlander in the ALCS isn't particularly appealing, not to mention having to pitch to Miggy.

Look behind you! A three-headed monkey! The woman is Patty, daughter of famed pirate Silverbeard, scourge of the seas, or some such nonsense. The guy might as well be named Guybrush Threepwood, as Piranha Bytes never names their protagonist (Ooh, the mystery!)

The Sawx are continuing to pile up the runs, forcing Joe Maddon to go deep into his bullpen, which could prove costly down the road. I love the fact that the Fenway Faithful are STILL breaking out the "Myers, Myers" chant. They've been letting him hear it all game long.

Sadly Hoyer's done for the year - torn ACL. Not sure if it's an upgrade or stopgap, but the Browns can pick up Freeman for nothing now. They should definitely scoop up Freeman. A bag of rocks soaked in oil and lit on fire would be an upgrade over Weeden. I think Freeman can still be a decent QB, he just needs a change of scenery in the worst way. Well Cleveland certainly qualifies in that regard .......

Sadly Hoyer's done for the year - torn ACL. Not sure if it's an upgrade or stopgap, but the Browns can pick up Freeman for nothing now. They should definitely scoop up Freeman. A bag of rocks soaked in oil and lit on fire would be an upgrade over Weeden. I think Freeman can still be a decent QB, he just needs a change of scenery in the worst way.

I didn't watch - what did Myers do (or not do)? It looks from the box score that Matt Moore simplyimploded in the 4th and Maddon left him in for the 5th as well. Kind of reminded me of AJ Burnett yesterday for Pittsburgh - that was just brutal. The box score doesn't show any errors (inexplicably) but the Rays defense made several colossal mistakes in the 4th inning. At that point in the game the Rays were up 2-0 on 2 solo HRs. Moore was cruising up to the 4th. Laser Show was on 1st when Papi hit a deep fly ball, Myers called for it, then, for whatever reason, stepped forward and the ball dropped behind him on the warning track for a double (I'm still not sure how that wasn't scored an error). The moment that happened, I knew right there that the Sawx were going to win that game. You can get away with mistakes like that in the regular season, but in the playoffs they will kill you. Next up Napoli popped out. Following that was another double that drove in 2. Moore got another out, then a grounder that should have ended the inning, but Moore was slow to cover first and the runner (Stephen Drew, I think) was safe, Johnny Gomes scored on the play. That broke Moore's back and the floodgates opened. There was another double in the inning that was misplayed that allowed an extra run to score. In all 10 batters came to the plate that inning and Moore barely made it out of the inning (he didn't survive the next). Sawx went up 5-2 and Lester went into I'm Got This, I'm Shutting Them Down Mode.

Just download the Risen 2 Mod Starter. You can find, download, and install mods right through the Mod Starter. It works much like the Nexus Mod Manager.

I imagine that right about now Guard Dog is hiring a hitman to off Wil Myers.

The lowest possible spec (i3, GTX660), without doing any research (laziness), I would imagine I could build myself for $750-ish. I imagine Valve could do it for somewhere in the ballpark of $400-$500 right now, likely significantly less some 4 or 5 months from now. I would never go for a build with a Titan in it. That card is a beast, but it's ABSURDLY overpriced. The top of the line components always are, but the Titan takes that to an extreme.

Dang, even the lowest model would be pretty beastly. A GTX660 can max most games at 1080p even when paired with a i3, and can run the most demanding games on medium-ish settings. Even the lowest spec should be able to hold its own against next-gen consoles, and by the time these come out for realsies, with manufacturing cost having fallen, and with Valve presumably being able to buy in bulk much cheaper than a regular consumer, they may be able to match the PS4 price on the lowest spec and not lose a dime on each machine. The top spec machine would wipe the floor with either the PS4 or the Xbone, but I can't see that costing less than $1200, even several months from now. A i5-GTX760 pairing would likely be the most effective performance to price pairing.

Don't you mean Preprosperous?

This may be Prosper's best thread yet.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter ended at $776,084. With PayPal (somewhere in the 35k region right now), it made the 800k stretch goal adding another chapter and transformation. With PayPal staying open for a while, maybe 900k Hero Mode is still possible? /crosses fingers //crosses toes ///ouch!

Saints Row 4 first person view mod: It's in alpha state right now and rather buggy, as you can tell from the video, I'm sure, but holy smokes this looks fun. Super speed, super jumping, and gliding in first person view? Yes, please!

I'm expecting Thi4f to be every bit as true to the series roots as Torture Porn Raider. With any luck, it will have just as many QTEs. On the bright side, instead of deciding what to do yourself you'll be able to just push the cool button to have Garrett do cool stuff.

I also am quite skeptical of this. Space Tsars sounds great, but it also sounds insanely ambitious, even were it not on a highly restrained budget, but for 500k? Best of luck to them, I hope they can pull it off.

It just dawned on me that the Cleveland Browns are currently the AFC North division leader. The ****ing Cleveland Browns.

With 14 hours left Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has reached the 700k Costume Swap stretch goal.

Yeah I enjoyed the Risen series, it may not be a Gothic but it still has that " open world map that you need to explore to find things" vibe about it. Also there are some good non-critical quests that force you to explore the islands Piranha Bytes world building is truly impressive. They have an uncanny ability to cram a 14 story building's worth of exploration into a seemingly 1 bedroom loft's worth of space and yet make it look natural. There's a real wonder to coming around a seemingly plain looking corner that seems not to lead anywhere or even have much room for anything, and suddenly there's all this cool stuff for you to explore. Imagine if they had Bethesda's budget to work with?

Roaming around Ticaragua in Risen 2. The graphical mods aren't a huge change, but you can definitely notice the higher res textures when the camera shows a close up of a wall or a door, and the speedtree draw distance mod makes the pop-in significantly less jarring. Risen 2 really is a pretty game. Don't get me wrong, it's not Metro: Last Light or The Witcher 2, but it's visually pleasing nonetheless. The character models aren't the greatest, particularly with all the armor/clothing clipping and the nappy plastic hair, though they do get bonus points for Patty showing off camel toe, but the landscape/scenery is gorgeous. The lush tropical islands of the Risen series are definitely more pleasing to the eye than the landscapes of the Gothic series. Even with this not being Piranha Bytes best effort, it's still an enjoyable game. A lot of RPG developers with much larger budgets could stand to learn a thing or two from this German developer.

The most noteworthy thing about Daikatana was that after all of John Romero's boasting it flopped harder than an Italian footballer. It wasn't as bad as the press made it out to be, but it wasn't anything special either.

So, no real chance of playing that non-violent? That was my real hope for GTA Online, being able to play a non-criminal, and just cruise around with people on bikes, or play golf with people, or whatever, and stay away from murder-fest 2013. If it's all just people shooting each other, I have zero interest in it. Of course, as long as there's no PC version, it's all a moot point anyway. You can play non-violent, I just don't see anything to do. I wanted to do co-op or stuff. But all the missions are deathmatch, race, or objective where you're still shooting at each other. There's supposed to be tennis and golf, but I'm not sure if that unlocks later, it's not showing on my map. And again there's racing, but I don't care for that at all. I wanted to do heists and car chases. I wanted to assault gang turf, take on the military base, or other criminally co-op things. But nope... deathmatch or race. Early days young grasshopper, early days. Give Rockstar time to add meaningful content outside of killing people. They have just finished one of the largest and successful single player games in history. Allow the poor Dev's a little break There is no PC version (yet?), therefore they don't get a break. Get back to work and crank me out a PC version, you lazy bastards!

That it will. Chances are, win or lose, I'm going to wind up drunk.