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Damn, Ray Emery passed away. I loved watching his style of goaltending.

Geez, these politicians are dumb. At least Ron Paul caught on pretty quickly when he had the Bruno interview.

Yesterday we went to California Grand Adventures and had a pretty good time. The new Guardians of the Galaxy ride (formerly Tower of Terror) was excellent, they really went above and beyond on the design of the place. Sometimes the best part of these Disney rides is just walking through the lines. Today I'm doing laundry and grocery shopping, then probably going for a long bike ride. Tomorrow we drive out towards Yosemite.

Hero-U is simply everything I hoped it would be. We really need more adventure-rpg games. But it helps that the Coles just know how to write. I wish I could expect more of these in the future, but the Coles seemed pretty exhausted by the process.

No to all 3 questions, but I doubt it needs big numbers to be a success.

Two most likely routes are to become an established writer and then use your status to connect with a studio, or learn at least basic development skills so you can create your own work. There are lots of tools out there that require little coding. RPGMaker is an easy way to get comfortable with making a game, and has a fair amount of flexibility to implement a story. Probably a good starting point.

Mine would probably be an exploration based mmorpg based on real world locations with low magic and lots of history based lore. Probably with a medieval time frame. Also I would like Shadowrun with Jagged Alliance 2 strategy and character interaction. HBS came close, but I want more strategy, team development, etc.

Well my RV is over a decade now and has its fair share of issues, but I still love it. Speaking of which, we are on a trip right now. Not quite epic enough to create a big thread, but I did bring bikes for the first time and went on a great long ride to the beach today. Also got lucky with a jeep for a rental car.

I've also got a good game of Hero-U going. The game is super charming. I'm probably too well behaved to make a good disbarred bard at the moment.

I have a few bottles of oxycodone lying around the house. They are a hassle to dispose of.

Honestly I would never bet against the incumbent. Bush had some pretty low numbers going into his second election, and Kerry was a fairly inoffensive candidate, and Bush still won solidly. Oprah could probably pull it off. But that is just because the absurdity of it all will cancel out the effect.

Well I am certain that complaining about a comic book movie was worth losing a job/career over. I mean, you can't just let these things slide.

Community college professors are more insecure about their jobs, and so they justify it with more work.

I think Prey is middle rated.

If we're being honest must be code for something just being your opinion. I consider Wicket a better comparison to Jar Jar.

It's probably a mimic, look out!

We are clearly not on the same page. Users and game journalists bring more to the table than just their opinions. You stated that you watch videos in order to make informed decisions on game purchases. Those videos must be coming from the publishers, journalists, or players. You are calling them 'completely useless' and 'terrible terrible' but you are still relying on the content they are providing. I don't think there is anything wrong with being critical of their opinions, but your hyperbole comes across as contradictory.

You still rely on their content.

The response people had to Jar Jar was pretty over the top. He was basically held up as the symbol of destroyed childhoods when the prequels came out. Made me think of this.

Prey is still probably the best game I played through recently.

no, I watch youtube videos of people playing the game without commentary How enlightened of you. Of course, I imagine those videos are made by reviewers and users, so maybe you do have a wee bit of reliance of game journalists and users in order to make your decisions.

Kind of brings into focus how toxic fandom can be. I love me some Star Wars, but I can't imagine driving someone to such a place because I am not a fan of their work.

Kind of a strange list, because I would think the change percentage would be more important than just the migration numbers. For example the LA area is number 2, but it still saw a 4% increase in pop due to birthrates. It's also expensive as heck. I liked Memphis a lot when we did our tour. It was nicer than any of the cities we stayed at in Texas, Louisiana, and Missouri.

I don't read reviews. Game journalism died in 2002 as far as I'm concerned. If you mean user reviews, then I don't even consider those worth existing. So basically you go into every game purchase without any information other than what the developer and publisher provide? That doesn't seem like a more informed way of going about things. I just tend to look for reviews that I can identify with. Most of the people here fit that mold, and rarely lead me astray.

On the topic of cycling, I've been working pretty hard to get better at it. It's kind of like a video game right now. I'm still pretty low level, so I keep grinding away at hills trying to get stronger and more proficient. I do this one group ride that is just way more advanced than I am. I basically keep pace with them out of town, then we start the first climb and I slowly drop to the back of the pack. As soon as they hit the descent, I lose sight of them. If I work really hard I can catch them at the top of the next hill because they regroup, but then I get dropped again. It's pretty intense. They average around 24-25 mph around the whole route (40kph) while I'm closer to 20 mph, so I've got a lot of work to do. Still, I'm loving the challenge.