What I heard about it makes me think I'll enjoy it for what it is, so I'm looking forward to it as a change of pace. 

That sounds right.

All fair. It’s a stupid, crass playground for smashing action figures together, but is absolutely fun to play as a game. Definitely going to pick it up again at some point. I should probably play Agents of Mayhem first, though...

French Bistro. I have the first story complete, so I should really give it a roof before the croissants get soggy. 

They clearly misspelled “assless chaps” and I assume they were stating their preferred astrological sign. Sounds friendly to me!

I’m a short walk away from likely a long stretch of cutscenes and credits in Death Stranding, which will be satisfying to wrap up. I’m hoping to make that happen this afternoon so I have the rest of the weekend for more variety. I have a physical lego set to finish up, and though I grabbed the Harry Potter lego game…

I don’t use any of the body fluid grenades, but I make sure Sam gets a shower and a dump after a good day’s work, and especially after trekking through the snow for a while. I always wonder why he sleeps first before showering; can't imagine how gross those beds get after he sleeps on them covered in tar. 

“There’s a scientific principle at work here, people! There was nothing wrong with it until you *observed* it! Now, sure, our underpaid marketing grunts should have noticed it, and we would have yelled at them if they had, but you found it, so *you* get yelled at! That’s just following science law!”

That means a lot, coming from you, a clear aficionado. 

Video game body English works, I tell you! IT WORKS!

I have no face buttons and I must leap. 

Woo! Keep on keeping on! And just remember this is a game that overexplains everything, one place or another. Be sure to craft plenty of multi rocket launchers when you get to edge knot city. You never know when you’ll need a few good rocket launchers, as we all say regularly.

Agreed! And all it really needed was the game mechanics to give those feelings. A vast majority of the plot really muddles all that... If it was just Sam and Fragile (and maybe Deadman, who I’ve really come to enjoy) trying to build a network of peppers with these mechanics, it’d be perfect. I have a feeling I won't…

Idon’t know how much I try to stay positive as I try to be not-negative. I’m prone to more anxious/worrying and depressive thinking at times, and I’ve found it more helpful not to try to prove myself that things are good, just to prove myself wrong, that things aren’t as bad. Once I have a less skewed perspective, I…

I mean, there’s always, uh... regulation? Not every single gray area needs to remain exploitable. 

Yeah. I started that one then noped out and reloaded to before it. Chiral Artist has a very high reward one if you make the journey. There’s a geologist one that I did non-premium because I could only carry 7 of the 8 boxes to zip line over. I scrounged around MKC and the Doctor’s stream and a couple areas for lost…

I loved playing Rygar as a kid. It stymied me at first, but it didn’t take long to learn more and make some progress, and then I was hooked. I know I beat it a handful of times since it wasn't especially punishing. Great memories. 

Oh, totally. I very rarely (ha ha) will get steak out and about. Maybe one or two places would I consider it. Braised short ribs, though? Or oxtail? The more technical beef cuts that take more time and attention? I’m there. Show me what you got. 

Citrus curds are fantastic. Also, passion fruit curd, if you can get some of them or some puree.

One of my favorite social things out there is guacamole braggadocio. Especially because it’s always from white friends who have varying degrees of culinary talent. It’s usually fine, if often underseasoned. One friend purees avocados with rotelle salsa, which... suffices with enough margaritas. Another friend does a…