Agiel

Playing the <<Darktide>> beta at the moment, and when given the opportunity I knew I had to take it; I present to you the Imperium's smartest Ogryn:

I should note that I had posted this video with the intention of the clip of emphasis being the second portion from the <<The West Wing>> episode appropriately titled <<The Midterms>>. The quote by Bradley Whitford was always the one that stuck with me from the show, even if the past half decade or so may or may not be a testament to this (and the rest of the show) being an over-idealised picture of American democracy.

Since that Jeffrey Dahmer documentary on Netflix is the talk of the town at work I decided to re-visit Macabre's <<Dahmer>> biopic concept album:

<<Vermintide 2>> now free to keep on Steam until November 7th, and a free map on the 8th:

If we're being frank, <<Princess Mononoke>> had far more nuance:

In honour of the release of the Enhanced Edition I got off my lazy bum to come up with this: As many players noted how incongruous it was that casting a spell that consigns the souls of its victims to flames of eternal woe doesn't shift alignment one iota. I initially wanted to draw Daeran and Sosiel in place of Arushalae and Seelah, but then remembered that they too could cast Hellfire Ray.

From what I've read from the community one of the big reasons many players preferred motorcycles was because the handling of those were far more tolerable than that of the cars. That, or, let's be honest, how can you play a cyberpunk game without zipping around on the Akira bike?

This is one of the foibles of Cyberpunk 2077's design that I found most perplexing. When using the crafting system to upgrade your weapons and clothing the materials required went off of when you acquired them, and _not_ their item level. This would discourage upgrading relatively low-level items that would carry you through the early game and instead incentivise constantly cashing out equipment as you leveled up.

I decided to download this mod to amp up the Malorian Arms 3516's damage and crit chance to be more in line with other end-game handguns, as maxed out it's decidedly less impressive than even a Legendary Overture. Plus the reload animations for that weapon are too good to pass up.

In the same boat. Recently completed my third playthrough about a month prior to the update coming out and was content to play with Cyber Engine Tweaks cheats to pump up my stats and Street Cred to use the Gorilla Arms, Double Jump, and legendary Sandevistan Cyberware early in the game. If I ever decide to re-visit it before the expansion is out I will likely only go as far as completing all the available gigs before the prologue heist.

Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the conflict was the use of AGM-88 HARMs by Ukrainian MiG-29s, more specifically was how those MiG-29s were re-engineered so quickly to be able to "talk" to the missile and employ them, something that stumped a great many serious defence watchers. This video provides perhaps the most plausible explanation of how this was done:

Extended gameplay video:

As many commentators noted this may join the ranks of several impressive vertical slices made by Chinese developers that wind up in limbo. If it manages to come out I hope to see some character customisation so I can play as Golden Swallow and Xiao Long Nü.

As mentioned before, for extra giggles load up on Polar Rays on your blaster of choice (or equip a spontaneous caster with the Ring of Boreal Might) and you can one-shot those paralyzed mobs. A not insignificant number of high-level mobs like Balors and Vavakias had gone down with this method in my playthrough.

I don't think your playthrough is complete until we've heard your impersonation of Cat from <<Red Dwarf>>:

Finished <<Stranger Things>> and the most immediate thing I can say is: "Man, Duffer Brothers...

The Gripen is certainly a very capable jet, and especially so given the price-point (its limited range is offset if it is used in its intended role of home air defence and close air support at the line-of-contact). Such that a _notional_ hostile power with something approximate to the Su-35 will not willingly tangle with them with anything short of an immediate 3:1 advantage (and given recent months, that number will probably be closer to 5:1). However a few events over the past few years have somewhat undermined the case for the Gripen: 1. The cost of the F-35 has gone down dramatically as a result of the long-established law of economies of scale. As production has ramped up ways of improving efficiency and reducing scrap are discovered in manufacturing and suppliers gain confidence in maintaining long-term partnerships with primes and provide bulk discounts for their products. When the Liberal Party of Canada basically campaigned on their preference for the Superhornet in replacing its fleet of CF-188s Justin Trudeau had hoped that the DND would come to the same conclusion that a type that was not dissimilar (debatable) would ease conversion for its pilots and ground crews. The result: The test pilots and the DND came back and concluded that the F-35 indeed was the best aircraft for the money for the RCAF's purposes. With respect to Saab and other producers of 4th-gen fighters the difference in terms of user interface going from one generation of fighter to another may as well be like going from steam-gauges to a modern tablet. 2. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the western mentality of what counts for "minimum deterrence". Even before the influx of equipment like Javelins, NLAWs, and Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Ukraine was still regarded as a reasonably well-armed country and it was assumed (by myself included for a good long while) that like a porcupine what could be gained from a claws and fangs-out fight with it was simply not worth the blood and treasure. Well, we've all seen how that turned out:

It'll take practice but you can get there. For aerial refueling as mentioned in my post use a fixed point of reference on the refueling plane while keeping the basket in your peripheral vision and above all keep it _smooth_. Before my first ever one-plug refueling session many KC-135s, KC-130s, and S-3s were shot down in frustration.

"Texaco 1-1, this is Enfield 1-1. Switch is safe (Master Arm switch set to 'safe'), nose is cold (radar set to 'Silent'), looking for 8K (pounds of gas)" "Enfield 1-1, Texaco 1-1, proceed to pre-contact at angels 20 at two two zero." Line abreast with my wing-man. Wing sweep set to "Bomb" mode, which fixes both the flaps and the wing sweep to 65 degrees Refueling probe extended "Ready pre-contact." "Cleared contact." the KC-130 announces as it extends the refueling drogue. The Tomcat briefly shudders in the burble of the Hurc, but quickly recovers... The golden rules for aerial refueling - 1. Pick a fixed reference point on the refueling aircraft and keep the basket in your peripheral vision as you approach, but never "chase it". 2. Use minute movements on stick, rudder, and throttle as you approach and make corrections. 3. Approach slowly, but above all else keep it smooth, lest you fall into a feedback loop of oscillating corrections that will force you to back off and attempt another approach. 4. If you have to back off and take a breather, wiggle your toes! "Little left." The RIO (Radio Intercept Officer) advises as he leans right in his seat, walking me into the basket as I fixate on the refueling pod the hose is being unreeled from. "Keep her steady." "Contact." the KC-130 announces. "We're plugged. That'll put out our thirst." the RIO exhales triumphantly. "You're taking fuel." "Fuel thirteen thousand... Fuel fourteen five-hundred..." The RIO reads the fuel gage over the next several minutes for what seems like an eternity as I struggle to keep the aircraft steady. "Transfer complete." the Hurc declares. "Disconnect." I back out of the basket and while the Hurc retracts the drogue, ready to unspool the hose again once my wingman is in position. Taking position besides the Harriers we were escorting while my wingman tanks up.

If history and tradition was a guide for textualism Old Scratch might have a case for the out and out Satanists to have pentagrams painted with blood and women dancing naked in the forest as protected forms of worship:

My firm belief that efforts to curb the "counterculture" du jour typically begets an even greater hostile reaction, from the satanic panic and Evangelical Revolution of the 80's came the satanic Norwegian black metal and Swedish and American death metal of the 90's.