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Imperial IPA's should taste almost like a scotch. Bit of a burn, but also sweet.

I've been watching Angel Reese on this Reebok show on Netflix. Shaq and AI bought Reebok, and she is the new star. It is awesome.

Huh. I don't know that I trust Owlcat to write a good Expanse game. But the gameplay looks interesting as a departure for them.

I mean it doesn't really matter, unless you are a Tesla shareholder or something. It is, of course, super newsworthy because everybody loves a reality TV spat. Our lives are not actually going to be affected by a lover's spat between the richest guy in the world and the POTUS. The recent jobs report is more important, of course. It's just not as entertaining. Meanwhile we are already watching the Trump administration walk back stuff. Sure, they aren't going to admit it. They'll spin it as if they are always winning. But they did finally bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US. There are a bunch of transgender soldiers opting to fight the ban on them in the military. There seems to be about a million court cases moving forward against all of this. That doesn't actually happen in a real oligarchy. Justice may move slow, and it may suck for a few years as all of this dust settles, but I'm pretty confident in the courts and institutions like Harvard holding their ground. I'll also back career soldiers against a temporary ****stirrer like Hegseth.

My daughter graduated from High School and is heading of to SFSU in the fall. It has gone by way too fast!

Speaking of which, Xenonauts 2 is super close to being done.

Considering what a monster BG3 was, I don't think Obsidian is interested in such a massive game. It seems like they are sticking to mid-sized games to minimize risks. They want to be open for another 100 years, they said.

Tyranny 2 is off the table because believe it is owned by Paradox. PoE3 seems unlikely because of sales numbers of PoE2, although it could be a small team working on it. A NWN product would be interesting. I'm not sure how much name recognition the IP still has. Also I'm not sure what the relationship with WotC and Microsoft is at this point. They own a lot of IP's already, so I doubt they want to deal with rights they don't own. I'm also not sure that Obsidian is really an isometric developer anymore. I think anything they do will be FPS or 3rd person. Unless it is a smaller team, aka Pentiment and Tyranny.

Dune: Awakening - I built a cozy starter home on a desert bluff. My swordmaster kneed some folks and is off to a good start. Although I've almost died a few times, which is more than I did in the beta. Got super close to getting eaten by a worm and then almost dehydrated to death. I think I'm probably just rushing more, since I've done this part already. Game is running well and my server isn't too crowded. Full release will be interesting.

I'd buy a Tony Hawk Obsidian game for sure.

My guess is it is not a unique IP. With Grounded, Avowed, and TOW, they are pretty set on their own IP's. So I'm guessing they are tackling something in the MIcrosoft library.

That looks a bit different than the Mel Brooks version.

Yeah, I love the setting of Starfield. I like the ship designer. There is some good exploration moments. But no argument for me on the majority of the quests. Bethesda has always struggled with story and characterization. I thought the corp storyline was fun. It was the only one where you didnt end up just killing a bunch of people.

Did everyone skip the lesson on balance of power in 8th grade?

Enshrouded updated their graphics, and it looks pretty good. I started a new world on the lighter difficulty, because I think I just like to wander around and rebuild all the cool stuff. The game has come a long way.

It was a trainwreck from the moment Perrin killed his wife in the first episode. I mean, they departed from the book on so many levels, why did they even bother calling it Wheel of Time? The characters were all a mess. I understand that the book gets messy as well, but the first one is a pretty solid introduction to the world, and they didn't need to manufacture a bunch of other garbage to make it engaging. Plus the Trollocs looked dumb. edit: I think the real shame is that Amazon has been hitting it out of the park on so many other IP's. Reacher, The Boys, Good Omens, Jack Ryan...all of them did a good job with the source material. Meanwhile WoT was basically my High School reading list, and they butchered it out of the gate.

And nothing of value was lost...

Today I reviewed habeas corpus with my students so they don't look like Kristi Noem if they end up in front of congress. I played the clip. It was fun to watch a senator ask a question that is on my unit exams every year.

My 7th graders know what habeas corpus is. It is a foundational part of my curriculum. We run through scenarios regularly in almost every unit that relate to the precedent.

I also like mature melons.

Havoc - Tom Hardy plays a detective in the new Max Payne movie. Wait, this isn't based on Max Payne? Huh. You could have fooled me. It had some good bits. Very crime noir and graphic novel-ish.

I had to play through a good chunk of the tutorial to figure out the systems. But the AI does seem to be way better than it was in alpha, so at least my people aren't too dumb anymore. I'm still playing it on the easiest difficulty. The platform style base is different. They've introduced asteroid bases and fleet options, so there is more variability, but it's still very platform-y.

I've been jumping around games a lot lately. 1. Hollywood Animal - This game lets you build a movie studio from the ground up. It is still early in development, but it is very well done. 2. Space Haven - You manage a spaceship and crew. The game just entered beta, I bought it like 2 years ago. It is pretty polished at this point. The way you build your ship reminds me of the spaceships I used to make with legos as a kid. I'm having fun with it and plan on continuing my playthrough. 3. Dune: Awakening beta weekend - If you like Conan Exiles, this fits the mold and gives you a brand new setting to explore. I'll be playing it on release in June. I am concerned about no single player option. I don't want to worry about other people, or worry about my stuff eroding when I take an extended break. I have a feeling Funcom will change their mind about that down the road. 4. Those Who Rule - Pretty nice Tactics type game. The story and characters are better written than a lot of the jrpg tactics games.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, as long as they are white.

Ok, I've got a pretty solid bit of time into Dune, and as I said, very much Conan Exiles in a new setting. I explored a research station and that was super creepy. My character has some cool equipment at this point. I haven't really struggled with the survival aspects. I mean, it's pretty self explanatory. Don't stand in the sun, drink water, don't spend 5 minutes in the desert. I've seen a few sandworms are they are suitably scary. I might play a bit more, but I don't want to spoil too much before release in June.