By the way, this is a ten-key-less model, so steer clear if you’re a number puncher.

By the way, this is a ten-key-less model, so steer clear if you’re a number puncher.

It’s one of the best casual-to-hardcore games in a decade. It’s got that “this concept is basic... I get it... no fancy explainers” simplicity that Mario Kart does for just grab and pick it up and go, but it’s also got an incredibly high skill cap for people who really get into it. And since it’s got reasonably solid…

Just so long as you don’t want HBO Max, Peacock, or any other new streaming service not subject to a pre-existing contract that refuses to pay the new Roku tax... 

Just so long as you don’t want HBO Max, Peacock, or any other new streaming service not subject to a pre-existing…

Between my gaming habit and my WFH life now (5 months and counting, with my company advising us we should plan for another 5 likely) I had zero problem justifying new monitor arms, an upgraded (144hz, finally) second monitor, and a seriously nice desk chair. Every one of them has made my quarantine substantially more…

I always had an aversion to LEDs. My first accidental LED was blue glowing case fan 8 years ago; I couldn’t find firmware settings to turn the light off, so I literally went in with a pair of snips and cut the LED lead.
Then one day I was in the market for a new mechanical keyboard and virtually all of them were LED…

Was it the Drop Vast? Because when it comes to budget value ultrawides, it definitely should have been the Drop Vast. 

*nodding along with each new component* ... yup, that’s probably about what I would have built if I had superstar money.

This has been a pain in the ass as a scuba diver. It’s quite literally force of habit for me -- it’s just how I indicate that everything is good when I can’t talk for some reason. Ugh. Fuckers ruining everything. 

Look, they didn’t have to be obnoxious about it, but I’ve definitely waited for my side of cheese to arrive (which often does not get remembered with the meal, because it’s something I’ve asked for extra) after I have to ask for it a second time before diving into my fajitas. But when you’re asking for something…

(1) Sue both Jane Does;

I’d love to do that honestly. I never open Origin, but I do have some origin games I own, including a bunch of the ones they just listed... would love to have them in my Steam library especially since there’s not much to do these days besides get through my game backlog

Incredibly underrated. Every time I see someone squeezing lemons by hand I get the urge to drop-ship them a hand press. I’ve done it three times now... 

It should have been top two. But I am legit torn as to whether I could cook better with (a) a good pan and a bad knife, or (b) a good knife and a bad pan.

I disqualified Allison the moment she said the Lodge skillet was perfect. I wrote a whole screed here about all the reasons Lodge’s skillets are frustratingly bad and should only be used if it’s literally the only one you could afford, but that’s not really the topic or the point so I deleted it.

You can’t relegate the defending champion after she demolished the pasta draft just because she didn’t go back to back. And she annihilated the pasta draft!

... how? You would need to squeeze the peanut butter into those things, it’s not like peanut butter pours. 

melting a good sharp cheddar is just about the most disrespectful thing you can do to it

But what are the rest of the 15, and why did you rule them out?

But what are the rest of the 15, and why did you rule them out?

What you’re doing is something I’ve done for years since discovering the Bitter Handshake, the (then) signature creation of the (then) head bartender at (then) Mistral Kitchen in Seattle.

When I ordered mine, my brother-in-law who at the time worked for Whole Foods prepared foods department, insisted I get a cut resistant glove. I basically never use the mandoline without it.