We’ve been watching the free HBO shows and I have to give Succession my highest recommendation. It gets great reviews, so this isn’t some bold new taek, but WOW is it compulsively watchable. It knows when to deploy some humor to leaven some of the exceedingly dark moments, but I also GREATLY appreciate a show that…

The demo utterly soured me on buying the game. I don’t think I’ve been this thankful for a demo since, like, Dragon Quest XI

This made me laugh

This is the best possible news. I was always interested in the Souls games but never wanted to pay for one since there’s a 50-50 shot they just aren’t my cup of tea. Glad I’ll finally be able to try one out

Allison, I normally like your work, but saying carrot greens have no use to you is just . . . bad. They’re amazing chopped up and treated like an herb salad (great with falafel or thrown on top of a bowl of minestrone), they can supplement other greens in a salad (once made a carrot-and-radish-green salad with what…

IIRC they turned over all their financials to their manager, who promptly scammed them. There’s times to be mad at the industry as a whole, but that ain’t it

Anybody lauding Dishonored 2 gets a star from me. It’s a fucking masterpiece of level design.

Piracy Funds Terrorism is still an absolute fucking banger

I’ve got a specialty store near me that stocks a decent variety of canned fish from Spain and Portugal, and OH MY GOD it is AMAZING. The cockles were like little clammy capers, bursting with flavor! The tuna is large and firm, and holds up to anything you throw at it! And the smoked trout is actual filets of trout,…

Those are GORGEOUS. Thanks for linking

I was irrationally furious about that

Is this the most obvious CP of all time?

I really enjoyed Vandal Hearts when I played it, up til the point where I realized I’d put every character into the role they SHOULDN’T have been when they leveled up. Like, my Hawkknight should have been an Archer instead. IIRC, they didn’t really signpost that, so a huge chunk of my game was basically ruined.

The “Don’t Cry Out Loud” sequence was about ten years ahead of its time. It’s SO dark and SO fucking funny

Tried the demo for it, fell in love with it

Hmmmm, I don’t know if I agree with that Blink v Far Reach comparison, because the speed in which you teleport with FR is basically teleportation. While Emily’s powers can be used in the service of getting kills, they’re not directed that way. But, for instance, Corvo’s ability to disappear bodies into ash can’t be…

HUH. I hadn’t thought about that. What do you mean when you say it makes doughs wetter? It seemed like the WW flour needed more liquid to reach the right consistency

I actually preferred the Emily playthrough, since IMO her powers lend themselves a lot more to a Low Chaos playthrough; SO MANY of Corvo’s abilities are about hiding dead bodies. My NG+ run was High Chaos with Corvo, and it was SO MUCH FUN just ripping through guys, sending rat packs out and teleporting around.

Interesting; I’m the exact opposite. I put original Dishonored down after the first half or so and never picked it back up, but I SPRINTED through Dishonored 2 as Clean Hands Ghost Emily, playing individual stages a couple different ways to get a feel for them. 3 months after that, I played High Chaos Corvo NG+ with…