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Gotta justify the 130+ hours I've spent playing it. In all seriousness, in spite of all its flaws I still played it for quite a while. It got tiresome near the end, that's for sure, but ultimately I've gotten enough out of it to not consider my time - and money - completely wasted. It's a nice showcase of lost potential but when I think of all the bad games I've played in my lifetime it's nowhere near gems like Ruins of Myth Drannor or Superman 64. I probably did spend way too much time playing terrible games. I mean I actually completed Ruins of Myth Drannor.

The only videos about games I watch on YouTube are Joseph Anderson's. It's refreshing to see an author and skilled player give games an evaluation. That makes his approach different enough to be worthwhile even if some of his videos are long. Really. Long. Well and Summoning Salt's documentaries, but these aren't reviews.

We Euro-Peons have Star Trek Discovery and Titans on Netflix. And the Reboot reboot but that probably doesn't matter unless you want to be entertained by a wave of so terrible it's awesome. So that's probably a Netflix trailer for Titans on Netflix in the UK. Whelp, I'm paying 200€ for my cable service. Per year. No premium channels though. And absolutly no US network TV obviously. Sky is offering some castrated versions of NBC Universal channels (E.g. Syfy and 13th Street, etc.) for the lovely price of way too f*cking much per month.

Mass Effect: Andromeda had terrible animation glitches and was generally lacking in quality control but it wasn't a bad game. Certianly not a good game either. Perfectly average with a dose of hilarity and some tired faces. Forcing BioWare to use Frostbite was a terrible decision. Apex Legends was built with Source, and surprise, it works well. Square pegs and round holes and all that jazz.

Add MacGyver and a few funny one liners to the new Discovery episode and it would have made a decent Stargate SG-1 episode. Star Trek... not so much. Just Netflix and Amazon Prime - and Amazon Prime more for the free shipping than watching videos, really.

It looks and plays a lot like Mass Effect: Andromeda without cover mechanics. I'm just two missions in, tried to do the third then it disconnected me. Loading screens are long so I quit for today. On the bright side completing the download made the game much more responsive and after a while even the flying becomes fun. I haven't played Destiny (2) beyond the tutorial so I can't reliably answer that question, but I expect the story missions to be somewhat similar in structure and the endgame's probably going to be a Mass Effect multiplayer style grind judging solely by the menues and unlockables.

I'm not sure yet. EA let's you play the game when it's downloaded 43% but that really just unlocks the tutorial mission with terrible performance issues. Played like 20 minutes and then the game went: Plx download fully for this content, kek, kthxbye. For what it's worth, it plays like Mass Effect: Andromeda with a full flight option that feeks as responsive as a hundred year old after too much weed. I'll fiddle with the mouse sensitivity some more but so far I'm just glad I didn't pay for the game. I mean, subscription costs aside.

Time to try Anthem since there's a 10 hour trial with Origin Access anyway. Just started the download, 30 minutes remaining. Apparently playable at 43% - so I'm guess I can try in 12 to 13 minutes if things stay the way they are.

If clippy starts singing sea shanties I'll buy an extra license.

Chatted with an old friend about the days of yore and some of the pranks we pulled at school. Our usual English professor was off promoting her artwork for two weeks and we were assigned a substitute that had just graduated. Our classroom had a row of lockers that were different from the regular ones that every other class had (in our school classes generally stayed within their assigned classroom, so the lockers were always inside the actual classrooms instead of in the hall). They were several times broader but only half the height. But most importantly that made them large enough to fit a small student inside. As luck would have it we had a smallish guy (let's call him Bob) in our class who also happened to be flexible enough to not only easily fit into the locker but be able to get in and out without help. Bob agreed to wait inside the locker until the substitute teacher called for someone to clean the board, then open it from inside, get out, hobble to the board like a deranged hunchback, wipe it clean and get back in. So, in the middle of class she called out for a student to clear the board, someone got up, knocked twice on the locker, which opened to reveal a really deranged looking and drooling Bob that hobbled towards the chalkboard, wiped it down, bowed, and hobbled back into the locker. Well that led to one hell of a bewildered look that transitioned into angry screaming and her not showing up for any of the other classes. Eh, and some reprimands. Edit: Looking back I'm beginning to understand why our teachers despised my class. Our department supervisor once said that he's got two problems. Us and a sore on his arse and the latter was likely to go away in a week.

...and the earth is flat, right?Oh you're one of those flat earthers? Strange, I've never met one. There are only two types of people who believe carbon dating is mental gymnastics: Young earth creationists and flat earthers. So, which one are you?

...and the earth is flat, right?

Yes, they did. When put into context with the rest of the Star Trek universe, no, not at all. Section 31 was Starfleet's Alpha Protocol back in Enterprise and it still is as of Deep Space Nine. It makes zero sense that it's an official part of Starfleet Intelligence ten years before TOS. Nor does it make any sense that the UFP would have an officially regonized and sanctioned Tal Shiar equivalent. To quote your wife: As for S02E05:

Behold! The work of nightmares. They laughed. Sneered. Called me mad. So what if a hundred souls died in pursuit of having the ultimate power at my command? Let's see them laugh now, when The Wrath of the Heavens burns them away. Mwahahahahahah! Or, in other words, I've been playing a good deal of Sunless Skies. Managed to craft what seems to be the ultimate destructive force in the game. Fashioned from nightmares. Literally. Ah, the joy of Failbetter Games.

When I think of Archer all that comes to mind is One Night In Sickbay. Not dissing Scott Bakula here. He did a fine job, given the circumstances. Most of the crew did, except maybe Jolene Blalock. If Disney hadn't created a new canon TFA would have been set around the time of Legacy of the Force. Darth Caedus (Jacen Solo) would lead the Galactic Alliance against a group of freedom fighters. Han, Luke and Leia would all do weird things that make no sense and excacerbate the situation instead of helping it. It even features a superweapon being destroyed. Centerpoint even worked similarily to the Starkiller Base by firing hyperspace laz0rs if needed. Eh... uhm... eh. Oh, right. Chewie would be dead. Can't have that.

You're right, it's not a good argument insofar as Star Trek isn't an established product that needs to fulfill certain criteria to be called such. I still think the analogy works well enough to showcase the issues fans have with Star Trek discovery and that they're not simply drinking your coffee black vs. taking it with cream and sugar type issues. Maybe cheese and vegan cheese might have been better. But it wouldn't have played as well off SM117's original line. Some style over substance must be allowed. Rule of cool and all. I'm fairly lenient when it comes to changes if the final product is worthwhile. Or at least becomes so, something that happend with e.g. Stargate Universe which arguably made even a worse transition from goofy fun sci-fi to a character based drama with a sci-fi background (because the new Battlestar Galactica was hot at the time). Fans didn't like it because it was too different from the other Stargate shows. I liked Stargate Universe and the new Battlestar Galactica (up until that final half a season at least). STD is... bad Star Trek and bad TV. By all rights I shouldn't even be watching this. I still do largely because I'm a little Sheldon when it comes to watching TV shows especially if they feature season or show spanning storylines and it's on Netflix anyway. I don't think Kurtzman knows anything at all. Everything he did resulted in being a jumbled mess with flashy visuals and Discovery is no different. Maybe they could hire Orci and Lindelof to help him for any further seasons, wouldn't that be aweseome? edit: With my recent Star Trek rewatching (currently in the middle of TNG) I've learned two things: TOS holds up really well, production values nonwithstanding of course. TNG's first two seasons no longer seem so bad after Tillybabble and Archerboredom.

The divisive fanbase of a given franchise says "My coffee is made with 2 sugar and 1 cream, if someone else makes it any other way then it's not real coffee!" in their ignorance which stirs, it's even worse when a the franchise is succeeding on terms they do not particularly like. Star Trek Discovery is the perfect example of this. No, not at all. Star Trek Discovery is black tea sold as coffee. People who like coffee (regardless of how they enjoy it) rightfully complain about it not being coffee - even if it also contains caffeine and can also be taken with cream and sugar if one so desires.

Tonight I dreamt that ShadySands and I were dealing a drug similar to Meth except that it also severly prolonged life and granted enhanced reflexes and strength. We were trying to get some people out of prison and since I have no idea how Shady looks like my brain just substituted his avatar. Meaning, essentially, that he was represented by Captain Sisko. Lessons learned: Don't read the forums, play Sunless Skies and watch an episode of Breaking Bad before going to bed.

Me too. 21 years ago, with this: Back then I didn't understand why a large portion of metal fans disliked Hammerfall. These days, yeah... I get it. I still like Hammerfall but it really is pop music with distorted guitars. Heh.

I've replayed Link's Awakening only a few weeks ago. The game is probably as good as ever, I don't really care for the updated visuals but depending on the price I might just grab it for the updated music. That game had some great pieces even on the original Game Boy...

The best one of these was in Tides of Numenera where you can skydive to your final death right in the first minute of character creation. Too bad the rest of the game didn't quite live up to it.

Thanks, now I'll be listening to Candice all night long... edit: And also back to cheesy power metal (which of course is awesome):