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The Grounded trailer was funny. It looks like it could be a nice family friendly alternative to all the survival games out there. Hopefully it will also have a decent story to follow through. That is what sets Conan Exiles and Subnautica apart for me. I like harvesting resources and making a base, but I need to have some sort of narrative thread to follow. Avowed looks great and I am sure I will grab it day 1. Given that PoE2 did not sell well, I am glad they are continuing to use the Eora setting. People keep mentioning this as a Skyrim clone. That sounds great. Just like Fallout: NV was better than the Bethesda games, I expect this could be better than the Elder Scroll games. Realistically though I expect it to be a well written game in a universe that I enjoy. That's really all I need. There will probably even be memorable NPC's! Gorgon looks like a solid new planet for Outer Worlds and gives me a good reason to pick the game up again.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-ad-police-officer-attacked-2014-ukraine-protests-2020-7?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter&fbclid=IwAR1zGdkyQTl6Qi7bTNqJgRg2xF5g9hodGQ59cSOK8JvwFSpZ-JHmpvFNVVI Sooooo stupid.

None of the AC games are hack and slash games. They are all open world parkour exploration games. If you like to explore historical settings and climb stuff, then they all have something to offer. They've also all had RPG aspects, but Origins was the first to introduce levels. It actually made it a bit more grindy and combat orientated, so I'm not sure I loved it, but to each their own. I haven't played Odyssey. Honestly I'd just choose the game with the setting that intrigues you the most.

I watched the A's and Giants the last two nights. So happy to have it back. I think the fan cutouts are great. Therr are going the be some good shenanigans with those things.

The glory days of fmv!

A lottery ticket is a pretty inexpensive way to fantasize about striking it rich.

Yes? No? I'm not sure. I've played a lot of ESO, and I do like that my one character can experience pretty much everything. But I do feel it lacks the build up and anticipation of some other games. Honestly I have the same issue with Skyrim. I get really into one storyline, but once I finish it, I have trouble starting a new one from scratch. It's just a different feel.

ESO is a bit weird about endgame, since everything is scaled. When you finish the storyline for one of the 3 factions, you just start playing through the next faction storyline. Then you play through the expansion areas. Or you can go in whatever order you want. It's weird. There is a lot of content, but the sense of progression is a bit off for me. Not like LotRO, where you slowly progress your way towards Mordor. Which is like a 10 year quest.

My wife went through the same thing! Apparently pancreatitis is associated with heavy drinking of drug use, so some doctors just assume that is the cause. I wrote a letter of complaint about one ER doctor that treated her with hostility during one attack. The doctor was convinced she was just there for morphine, when really we were there to get specific tests done that her gastroenterologist had requested. It seems like it has become more common in recent years. We still don't know what caused it, but as long as she takes the enzyme, she avoids becoming diabetic. Good luck with the regimen, hopefully it will get better. Things also seems to get better when she got her gall bladder out.

I'm not sure how being a veteran should endear you to Biden or Trump. Neither served. Trump's kids didn't serve. Biden's son served, so I guess that is a plus.

Sorry to hear that, LC. My wife has pancreatitis. She takes an enzyme called creon with food to help her process. Did they take it out? She says the pain was worse than child birth. She has had a few flare ups over the years.

Life is a gamble.

One can always hope...

Hah, no. He'll do whatever the wealthy people that control the purse strings want him to do. Just like every politician.

Here is an example of defunding the police: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/01/lausd-board-votes-to-slash-school-police-budget-by-25m/ Now people are mostly in 2 camps on this. You have the one side that is like "F the police". Then you have the other side that is like "School shootings are going to happen!" Meanwhile I'm like, why the heck does the school district pay 25 million dollars to the police department? WTF?

Education is being defunded and no one seems too worried about that at the White House.

The journey of Matt Williams: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29451017/from-dc-oakland-south-korea-matt-williams-career-reinvention I'd love to see him revive a career in SF. Maybe if Kapler doesn't pan out.

The anti-vaxxer crowd is definitely digging the anti-mask movement.

I think he is talking about the woman in the Starbucks scenario. She claims it is sexism that the young man ended up with a bunch of money, or something. I've no clue otherwise.

Well that was predictable.

Here is another lady for Skarpie to defend: Yikes, she's got a note from her chiropractor.

Always good to know we can rely on our resident contrarian to defend people who are triggered by the offer of a free mask. Never change Sharpie. Growth is a sign of weakness.

These dudes are excellent. Hopefully the link works. It's from Facebook.

There is an entire entertainment industry built on defaming the US government, so clearly that isn't illegal in the US. 😝

I'll give you Tibet, but that was still 60 years ago. I had to look up the Vietnam one to even remember the details, and the India stuff tends to be more border clashes. You can throw Hong Kong in there for good measure, but it still pales in comparison to all the pots the US has its fingers in. Not that I'm saying they couldn't become a warmongering nation. I'm just saying they have shown little interest in sustained warfare throughout their history. Meanwhile the US has been mired in Iraq and Afghanistan for ages and has a global military presence. I'm not even making a judgement call on that, I'm just saying these are major philosophical differences in the way they operate.