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Former Giant Bomb duder Drew Scanlon tours a Ukrainian missile base museum as part of Cloth Map:

Been listening to Deathspell Omega's new EP, <<The Synarchy of Molten Bones>> and a portion of the lyrics of the title track struck me: Are they talking about a synarchy of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? Though I suspect whatever Putin's net worth is it far exceeds that of Trump.

Wonder if Ancel will be back on the stage for that caveman game with the giant snake lady in the Sony press conference.

Notably no applause when Bethesda announced the return of paid mods.

Would be something if Bethesda announced a "Fallout: New ___" game made by Obsidian in their upcoming press briefing. Whatever Obsidian was working on it must be something special if it managed to lure Leonard Boyarsky from Blizzard.

After beating West Point in the Army-Navy game fourteen years in a row, they must have gotten tired of winning.

Hell yeah! New Metro game!

Or in the case of a carrier aircraft, fully proficient in landing only after at least a hundred touch-and-go landings and several dozen carrier traps.

A Cold War favourite of mine:

Emphases mine.

Re: Trump and "loyalty":

*Dun*dun* *Dun*dun* *Dun*dun*dun*dun*dun*dun*... *Cue scream* Unfortunately I missed the screenshot key when the Mk. 48 torpedo detonated.

I think Trump's priority is somehow retaining the votes he won in 2016 for the election in 2020 (should he make it that far). Though I'm hesitant to use the tired phrase "if trends hold" since lots can happen in 42 months (see the introductory portion of David Frum's article in the Atlantic for the picture of "things that may be") it looks increasingly unlikely that those who didn't vote for him in 2016 will be swayed given his performance thus far short of Democrat primary voters dropping the ball for their nominee (I remain convinced that in spite of Sanders having some modicum of charisma and having a message that resonated with voters that he would have lost even harder to Trump).

Preacher may diverge from the comics in spots, but at the very least they got Herr Starr right: However I'll be tremendously disappointed if he doesn't get the scar on the top of his dome at some point.

Coming out apparently "any day now."

Some time ago a buddy of mine once opined that Ubisoft should have looked to the Revenant for inspiration for their next effort in the series if the modern setting was no limitation in light of Primal. I suppose now that we have a better idea of what the game is Ubisoft met him half-way on the concept, and they may yet do a spin-off that takes place back in time.

Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden dead after getting hit by car while training on bicycle. http://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/39972058

Arkane should re-score the game with late 70's/80's style synths and then I'd totally be on-board for the $60 price of admission.

Saw Alien: Covenant on opening night and I think I've given it enough time to stew. For me it vacillated between a 6 and a 7 out of 10, but ultimately I give it a 7. I didn't come into it with nearly as much hope I had for Prometheus back in the day, so that helped. Fassbender definitely kills it as both David and Walter in this movie, and as Walter he makes an outstanding not-Bishop... However as someone who had dug deep into the lore for the franchise (so far as to have a copy of the Colonial Marines Technical Manual when I was a kid) a few things gnawed at me... That finishes my thoughts on Covenant. This weekend I also saw <<Blame!>> on Netflix, which is a fairly solid adaptation of the original comic. Very rarely do I see any anime that has come out since the middle part of the last decade since they tended to veer too much towards overly sappy and sentimental for my tastes, but this one is overall pure post-apocalyptic cyberpunk joy. Think the Dark Tower meets Akira and you have a reasonable idea of its themes and tone.

I myself was partial to Jim Webb, whom unlike Trump was physically brave, having served with valour in the Marines in Vietnam, and _actually_ gets the plight of rural America, not to mention that decent and competent foreign policy and military thinkers like Mattis and McMaster would have taken a shine to his outlook on foreign and defence-related affairs. I honestly think were it him on the Democratic ticket against Trump we could have seen a 538 electoral sweep.