Gorth

Some things are universal. Past, present and future, coming to a galaxy near you....

A mix of politics and business I suppose, but the sooner someone cracks down hard on AI companies, the better... the privatizing the profit and socializing the cost is getting out of hand. (not that Australia has a particularly good record on data security, but still) Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government we...Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

With a friend like Trump, you don't need external enemies to attack your cities. His pet national guard units and brown shirt cohorts (I think they call themselves "ICE" instead of "SA" now, but its the same thing) are doing their best to attack US cities considered hostile to the regime.

When AI is used as a tool under human control, the outcome can be nice (rather than just randomly generated AI slop). Some people are good at using it as a tool to realize their creative ideas!...

I completed the area added to Pathfinder WotR through one of the DLC's (A Sarkorian village). It was nice and fun enough. One puzzle was frustrating though, as Owlcat and I have very different ideas of what times of day are "Dusk" and "Dawn" 😒 Wasted 48 hours of in-game time to find out that Owlcats definition of dawn is around noon time and dusk is middle of the night like between 1 and 5 at night. (I would have though dawn being something between 5 and 9 and dusk being something between 5pm and 9pm, but that definitely wasn't it). A gate where you have to place a rune stone depending on the time of day being just as awful as Nenios quest (which I am completely skipping this time, as I will then live another year extra in real life)

I look at these guys, shocked at how old they are. Then I realize they are my age

Making progress in my current game of Pathfinder WOTR. Playing a sorcerer (undead bloodline) and Lich mythic class. I haven't met any of the "notable" enemies yet, but the game feels somewhat more manageable this time. I fell in love with a limited use ability (whose name I can't remember from top of my head), that for a short time lets me ignore opponents magic resistance. It almost feels like cheating 🤭 I am not as far as my first Lich attempt, as I haven't finished building my Ziggurath yet. Also not optimizing my companions according to any min/max guides, just using them for the heck of it. Cool factor being a thing. My succubus archer has a second job singing for the team (bard)

I've had Baldurs Gate 3 in my library for the longest of times now. I just never could get into it. I made a few attempts the last few months. But before I even get to a major settlement, I lose steam (no pun intended, just because I purchased it through GOG). I ended up playing Gary Grigsby's War in Russia instead (yes, an old DosBox enabled game). Then I gave it a second try with a warrior class. Ended up playing several (random map) campaigns of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 instead. After the third try, now with a cleric, I ended the same place, and started a new campaign of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous instead (I never got to play Lich to completion, this time base class is sorcerer instead of wizard). A very charismatic skeleton 😌 Edit: What I am trying to say is, I just don't "get" BG3

Is it as good as Jagged Alliance 2? In my opinion, not quite. Still a great game though (bought it years ago from GOG) and a steal at this price for fans of it's predecessors. I am still no fan of Master of Orion 3 though. Sadly, it was too much of a departure from the MOO2 formula, JA3 at least tries to stick to its roots

Omg, the number of hours spent playing Nethack in the 80's 😆 I wonder if that was the game that laid the foundation for my high blood pressure today? 🫣 (goes on a rant about when i was young, games were hard and had no hand holding, especially if getting the Tourist class from the RNG)

The National Party... putting the 'n' back in 'cuts'

I would have loved to hear a @Gromnir rant against such moves against the first amendment 😄

Geeks and WH40K mixes well in the world of AI Edit: For people who struggle making toast, the correct way of making Omnissiah approved toast

The trailer looks great, but sadly it isn't really "fan made" anymore. Games Workshop has been busy cracking down hard on fan work the last few years, realizing they can monetize it all behind paywalls 😔

This. A reason why plastic cards may become more user friendly than cash. Especially when grocery shopping...

One of the selling points of the original for me, was the soundtrack by Queen. Disclaimer, I haven't seen the reboot, not even a trailer, so no idea if the music is any good. There was something charming about Christopher Lambert speaking English with a French accent, pretending to be a Scot 😆

I don't normally watch tv, but then I noticed there was Netflix available. One particular series caught my eye, because I saw the first episode of first season of Lucifer years ago. Now catching up on season 1. It's just fun 😁

Who needs Creutzfeldt-Jakob when you have social media to do the job more effectively?

You mean, like lower the cost of living, more manufacturing jobs, getting inflation under control, making America great again and other lies? Edit: After all, it comes from the mouth of one heroes who survived 9/11 while staring death in the face!

One of the benefit of getting old. Unlike the time of the cold war (when i was young), I no longer care if the world implodes. Been there, seen it. Bring in the next one please 😂 Of course, those who still expect to live a long time yet, might get a bit peeved if it suddenly becomes uninhabitable 🤔

Which means cutting all trade relations with 100+ countries. Pol Pot would've been so proud 🥲

Grimdark Disco

Started watching something called Girls last Tour. Not fast, not furious, not sure what it is.... except interesting, which seems to be good enough for me. Slight Chibi version of Nier Automata vibes maybe?

You didn't mention which game? For now, I've moved it to the grounded 2 technical issues section. If it's a different game, please just say so and I'll move it there. The developers (and other players) check different sections for game specific bugs and nobody really checks the Obsidian General section for game specific issues.