Bravely Default’s subversion of the JRPG tropes was outstanding, but the more I thought about it, the more I was convinced the game’s strength wasn’t possible without its weakness. I’m a rebellious bastard, “screw you game I don’t have to do what you say”, and forced the boss fight early so I missed out on some stuff.…

Except telecommuters are naturally not part of the corporate culture. Google provides dining halls and gyms and recreational areas because they want devs to spend all their time surrounded by other Google devs, talking and thinking about tech.

So, Mario is a vampire.

I always thought of it as what it could be used for. There was no store, no way to redeem gold coins, other than being awarded an extra Life for collecting 100 of them.

Each coin was worth 1% of a single resurrection. Those little coins held a not-that-tiny power over death itself. I always wondered if that meant Death…

Because what is a Metal Gear game without Johnny.

Great, now all I see is SF V: Trevor edition.

And one more: My wife’s grandparents died at 100, a month apart. Married about 80 years. Sweet old couple that shared a vodka lemonade before bed, and split a beer in the middle of the night, every night.

Their kids didn’t get along great, though. During the funeral, after my father-in-law gives the eulogy and the…

I come from a long line of large people — scottish blood, farmers in the Carolinas. Only through careful diet and exercise do I stay under 200lbs. My grandmother was always huge, but she spent the last 2 years of her life sickly and near-bedridden, but she still ate like a farmer. Bacon, eggs, ham, sausage gravy, and…

Kaylee: “So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this?”
Inara: “Just the one. [sighing] I think I’m slipping.”

As a straight guy married to a girl who mostly likes girls, thanks for bringing up that this isn’t that rare.

Also spoilers here — in my play through, the Baron went off to rescue his wife, failed ,returned to his keep defeated, sinks into depression and hangs himself. Disappointed the article doesn’t mention the ending to that story, or even the Baron accepting responsibility for the botchling. Just another story in a world…

I could totally see the joker tattooing “HAHA” all over someone else though.

Sit down, work with an artist to carefully develop a design, then knock him out and tattoo HAHA all over the artist.

Sexless In Seattle

"Like sex, it's much more fun to do than watch."

Really good comparison there, I think. Sometimes you want a marathon session with a partner...sometimes just a quickie. Sometimes just a little action alone. And sometimes you don't want to be active and veg out instead. Not a fan of pewdiepie but there are other…

Heavensward - towards the heavens. Synonym: skyward

Author Neal Stephenson really wanted to make a game with realistic swordfighting. He raised money (crowdfunding!) and they set about making the game.

A year later they terminated the project. According to the guys making it, it wasn't fun.

Reference: Clang!

A number of the Naxx heroics have their hero ability on autocast. Guaranteed to cast at the beginning of their turn, every turn.

Thanks, no problem (also — I have no idea how to respond to someone who apologizes on the internet). I don't think your response was disproportionate. While my suggestion was somewhat in jest, my goal was to highlight just how quickly such a situation could escalate. The moment a child is involved, the stakes are…

Joking and trolling aside, everyone involved - Stuck, the ex, the ex's kid - is in an exceedingly messed up situation of their own making. The Ex put a guy in the situation with the means and motive to call DCS and ruin lives. Stuck, meanwhile, gave his Ex the power to claim all kinds of shit. Say she and her…

Poe's Law in action.