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Looks like they cleaned up the combat a bit, nice. I think I might start a new character, my old one is still trapped in some air ducts.

I let the turrets do my fighting for me in Prey. I also realized that there is no reason not to just run away most of the time.

Geez, I made $5.00 an hour at Big 5 in 1997. That guy was making a fortune!

It's not running, so it needs a lot of engine work. The interior has a fair amount of mold, there is a minor dent along the side, the passenger window is broken, and the brakes are out. That's all I know about at this point. My father-in-law is a mechanic, and he wants to work on it, but it will probably be a number of years before it is restored. His goal is to have it ready for my daughter in 7 years when she can drive.

The new Hitman really is the best one since Blood Money. I've been loving the missions. So many choices! Today I massaged a banker to death and killed a general as the prisoner he was interrogating. I've also been playing Xenonauts, but I think the aliens are winning.

More car related stuff, today we moved this beauty off my in-laws property and now it is on the side of my house. It needs a lot of work, sadly.

Not sure where you folks are getting MMO or GTA. It looks like Harry Potter meets Skyrim.

Brilliant casting, but is that make up or did he gain a bunch of weight?

After spending a week in Arizona, Utah and Nevada, I was super happy to come back to the Bay Area. It cools off at night!

When you have 11 million people breaking the law, it's easy to just blame those people. But the reality is probably a lot more complex than that. It is akin to me blaming my students when half of them fail a test. I can easily justify that they didn't study enough or whatever, but in reality I created a bad situation as the teacher. The US has put itself in this situation and needs immigration reform more than a wall and mass deportation. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

Illegal immigration and undocumented workers are two different things, though, although there is going to be quite a bit of overlap. When you are talking about people taking your jobs, undocumented workers is a more descriptive term. Honestly illegal immigrant is a bit of a misleading term. Do people that crossed over legally but overstayed a visa still count as illegal? Illegal immigrant is fairly loaded as a term, it makes it sound like being in the US without a visa or citizenship is a criminal offense. It is a civil one. The term really applies more to a person caught in the act of trying to cross the border. But it has become common place and broad in usage, and that doesn't really bother me. As was mentioned, it tells me a lot about the person using it.

Don't think I have anyone on ignore. People sure are touchy about forum posting here, though. Sometimes I put people on ignore because their posts are so great, the extra anticipation that comes with revealing how they respond is delightful.

All that is true, but there are limits, and children have successfully sued to end parental rights in certain situations. But yes, redneckdevil is quite correct. With that power comes certain responsibilities, of course. You legally have to provide an education for your child. You can't just keep them at home and brainwash them. You have to jump through a bunch of hoops to do that.

The original wasn't some masterpiece, but it was fun to watch the Breakfast Club crew turn dark. This one might be better, but it also might just be a cheap thriller.

Probably good to note that the health care problems in the US are a relatively new problem, and have been driven by numerous factors. It was a lot easier to say no one is entitled to health care in the US when it was relatively affordable. But it isn't anymore, which means we either need to find a way to drag those prices back down to a reasonable level, or figure out a better alternative. If we can do the former, I'm all for it, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. We do have a number of successful models to look at in other countries though.

Amazon Prime had a new Tick. I enjoyed the original, but this one is a bit more serious in tone. It seems to be focused more on Arthur than The Tick, which works, because it is hard to match the gravitas of Patrick Warburton. The pilot was decent, I'll give it another look.

Here you go: The podcast is on a bit of a break. I'm sure I will get back at it in the next few weeks as I get bored over the summer.

Today I bought a Hyundai Veloster. It is super fun to drive.

Having babies wreaks havoc on people. I gained about 20 pounds, and I wasn't giving birth. The good thing is in a couple years those adults will hopefully recapture that whimsy by sharing all those references with their children. Hopefully.

Which is a shame, because it did a lot of things right. It had some big flaws, but it also did some creative stuff that made it the closest thing to an engaging shooter MMO I've ever played.

That's terrible. He was the best part of True Blood. Way too young.

Square Enix needed 5million sold copies of FFXV to break even... That means, it cost at least 300 million to get done... Ah my bad, I couldn't read your link and thought you meant cost to consumers. I'd definitely agree AAA game budgets are out of hand.

I don't really think AAA games cost that much. They've stayed fairly competitive in price over the last few decades.

I know, right? I totally would have added reality TV star to Trump's resume.

We are all leftists in Sharp's world. How frightening!