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I put a ton of hours into Battle Brothers over the last week, so I'm trying to back away from it a bit and not burn out. I tried to play Ark again, but I think I'm just not into dinosaurs and I need a little bit of story to keep me interested in these crafting games. I also picked up OOTP Baseball XX and started off as a manager in single A. This games has improved a lot since the last one I played.

I used the term marginalize, as GD did. But I mean, if you really aren't paying any attention, here is a bunch of examples of him going after Fox News, which is the one press outlet he tends to attack the least: https://www.businessinsider.com/times-trump-criticized-fox-news-anchors-2019-11

This thread title is confusing.

Trump is already doing everything he can to marginalize the 1st amendment, so forgive me if I don't stress out about the potential 2nd amendment consequences of having a democratic in office.

I was pretty surprised how toxic her campaign turned. Early on I thought she had the best chance to beat Trump. I still think she would have done better than someone like Biden, who will basically pull in the same votes as Clinton.

Some examples that come to mind of people who did this, with little connection to the gaming industry, are actor Vin Diesel and MLB Pitcher Curt Schilling. Worked out well with the former and nearly bankrupted Rhode Island in the latter, so I'm going to say it is still a pretty high risk investment.

So today is launch day. I was hoping to install it this morning before heading to work, but they've got a pretty vague window of when it will be available and I keep getting an error on the Epic store. Apparently it is coming to the Xbox gamepass too, but I can't find much out about that. Ah well, hopefully I can play it by tomorrow.

I always felt the best way to become the idea guy without working your way up the ladder or having a boatload of cash is to write a decent book. Once you've established your own IP that way, you can shop it to companies to develop further. But yeah, ideas are cheap.

I'd post the Billy Madison meme, but that would probably get me a warning.

The Irishman is slow and plodding, but also has some great moments from great actors. I figure Scorsese has had power of final cut for along time, but I get the impression Netflix gave him even more than is typical, because this thing needed a bit of trimming.

Oprah!

Bill Gates for Green Party

I'm kind of excited, but also a bit worried about how stable this game will be at launch. But mostly excited.

I'd love to get a definitive number on what Kaep was expecting to get paid. People love to throw out how much better he is than a bunch of career backups that have jobs, but most of those guys are making near the league minimum. The controversy is clearly a factor, which is crazy, since teams take chances on domestic abuse, dog fighting, and murder suspects. Guy takes a knee against police brutality and he becomes untouchable.

I'm going to go run in the rain for an hour with some friends before eating some turkey with family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Huh, I didn't even realize Prey didn't sell well. I enjoyed it and it seemed like it had some good buzz about it.

That was my initial impression of this whole vaping phenomena. Just the fact that it doesn't make everything smell horrible seems to be an improvement over traditional smoking. But then you hear about exploding pens, toxic oils, and a massive spike in dumb teenagers doing this, and now I'm not so sure. The research isn't really there yet. We've got a pretty solid laundry list of all the crap that cigarettes will lead to, but vaping is basically rolling the dice with your health.

Have you guys tried raking?

Not a biased source at all. 🤣 I guess vapers can rest easy knowing the damage they do to their lungs may take years to pop up, rather than just months. Victory!

Battle Brothers is great at making you think about what an acceptable loss is. I mean, you are going to lose some brothers. Sure, you could reload and try to redo the whole battle, but are you really that attached to Gunther the Gambler? He had a pretty good run before he got that arrow to the throat, and some of your other guys were pretty stellar in the fight, and it would be a shame to wipe that out. You can recruit a new guy in the next town.

Yeah, VR has been around for ages and still is more of a novelty. Maybe someday the tech will get there, but right now it makes too many people sick and has too many limitations.

https://time.com/5737636/vogue-mexico-cover-muxe-trans-women/ I was surprised I had not heard of this cultural group. People tend to push this idea that all this transgender stuff is brand new, but you have this indigenous segment of a population that has been around for centuries. Also a bit disappointed that this isn't making the Vogue cover in the US.

I've got a really bad case of the Battle Brothers bug. This game has me hooked badly. I just started my second company. My rookie campaign went pretty well, I helped a house win a war of nobles, but I had lost almost all of my original warriors over the campaign. They all died honorably, except for that one guy that tried to run from the Yeti-like creatures. In his defense, his broken arm never healed right, and he struggled to hold his shield properly. I decided to end the campaign after the war and give another scenario a try.

I am guessing Skarpie hasn't spent enough time on Hollywood Blvd. 🤣

Yeah, I was surprised by how many potential jurors got some serious skeletons in their closets. I mean, people really kind of overshare when the judges and lawyers ask them questions. You can probably just say there was some drug abuse in your family without going into the exact details. Also, you can't judge a book by its cover, because some of these people looked very put together and were like, "I was arrested 5 times but never formally charged."