I think the Starter Set adventure, Lost Mines of Phandelver is uninspired on purpose. It’s made to have new players say, “Oh, goblins, I know what they are. Orcs! Got it. A dragon!” Then it moves on into very D&D stuff like a mini-beholder and a drow.

Yeah, getting a new player to also learn the UI of an online game is a bridge too far for many.

1981-1978=3, but I suppose I was more likely 2 and some change now that you make me think harder about it.

I’m so happy I already played this mission. Having to go through it with this article echoing in my head would have been even worse.

In the interest of not piling on to Major, I want to point out to you that I’m 38 and was 3 years old when this happened; I have never heard of the incident. It’s stretching the definition of younger folk that don’t know about this.

I got the middle-quality $20 bread knife at Ikea and it changed my life (in a minor and mostly inconsequential way). For the cost of the upgrade I absolutely think it’s worth it.

Only eggplant turns that nasty color out of the oven, so I’m going with eggplant parmesan, baked beyond edibility.

Too many uppers, can’t sit back and relax.

Screw you for posting a link to the climbing gear. I’m trying to go internet-free on my first playthrough; I might be playing too much, but I’m pretty sure I heard that link whispering at me. NOT TODAY, TEMPTING LINK!

Yeah, I’ve been to Luxembourg, which is roughly the same size as a single county of California. Sure, they spent the first half of the 20th century being a minor impediment to various German armed forces, but they exist quite well these days.

Per-capita, Iowa had the most Civil War casualties. Just like today, it was a small state that put it all on the line. Now this shitweasel gets voted in, more than once.

This motherfucker represents my hometown. The fact that I’m tempted to move back to Iowa and run for the House shows how bad things can be. (Don’t get me wrong, Iowa is a *very nice* place to live. I’m just an urban addict.)

My first time in Kakariko, I kept waiting for a load screen when I opened a door. Then, I went to buy something and asked out loud, “I’ll take ‘em all? How many do they have?” when I realized the number of carrots in the basket was the store’s inventory.

I really hope the bad suits aren’t because he only buys American. Like, sure I got an Indochino suit for $350 and it looks great but the name of that company is basically AsiaAsia. Please, let there be American tailors that do good work.

Synergistic idea: get one of those USB-powered LED strips and put it in the trunk with your jumpstart battery, possibly inside your pop-up trunk organizer. The LED strip is flexible and puts out a lot of light, so it could come in handy under the hood.

Synergistic idea: get one of those USB-powered LED strips and put it in the trunk with your jumpstart battery,…

If I’m listening to anything on the FM side, my radio remembers where it was at the next time I start the car up. If I happen to be hate-listening to Hannity or some other ignorance-based radio program on the AM, my car will start out on 89.9 FM, playing classical music (that part is obviously a coincidence, but…

Other responses? The one (I think) he’s talking about says that we just hate the R’s a little less, as a nation.

I’ve gotta say, thanks for getting me to take a second look at the photo and so I was able to see the painting in the background.

I’ve been spending a few days commenting on articles like this: don’t forget that a portion of the pissed-off constituents that are showing up are still-fired-up teapartiers that are mad that Obamacare hasn’t been repealed yet and that Hillary walks free.

When I was a kid, one of my friends threw a Genesis controller full force against the wall and it just exploded (I want to say Sonic, but I can’t be sure). At the time I was still running 8-bit at home and he destroyed this marvel of technology! Three buttons! I couldn’t believe it.