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“A new secret cheat code has been found in Neir: Automata that lets players skip the entire game after only beating the first boss.”

They did. It’s the main game. Hell, the most recent revision means fast tracks you to top level so comprehensively I wonder why they bother with it at all. Just create characters at max level and let them go through old content when they want.

Depends on the paywall, but if it’s one of those “view 5/3/1 article(s) before we start blocking content”, then yes, generally, unless they’re using fingerprinting techniques the browsers haven’t blocked yet.

Greenlight still working out well for you?  It does seem to have the best feature set, but since I’ve only got one kid, the $5/month feels a bit steep.

(Late comment since I’m trying to pick out one of these for my kid...)

If a former partner is accessing your accounts, I’d actually recommend creating a brand new email address (and maybe phone number, using Google Voice or something) to replace your current ones until you have two-factor enabled.  It’s possible that the harasser has access to those accounts as well if they had time…

I mean, they’ll probably have one ready, but if they’re smart, a “Peppy” Coke flavor will be announced shortly.

The only thing that would have made it better would be Ashley and Laura tying for Best Performance, to really work up the haters.  I was really afraid that both of them being nominated would split the votes of those who liked the game.

I saw an article recently (I thought it was at 538 but I can’t find it) that said that the American Chestnut tree nuts were good and tasty (and even a staple food for much of the country) but it got killed off by a fungus in the first half of the 20th century. They’re only now breeding/grafting/engineering resistant…

Lashana Lynch played *Maria* Rambeau in the first film.  Monica is her daughter, played by Akira Akbar in that movie.

The io9 article that mentions the same interview explicitly says the charges were withdrawn without a settlement.

Is it just me, or does she look like she could conceivably play a middle-aged Princess Leia in that video still?  Lot of Carrie Fischer in that shot.

If I understand correctly, the judged ruled that he couldn’t claim that his rights under Title VII were violated, because Title VII is written to protect people *who are pregnant* and not parents in general. Since he didn’t actually carry the child, Title VII doesn’t apply.

I’m sure it would be fun to play if launching it didn’t crash my computer so hard it literally shut down.

The universe of players who want to play SpiderMan remastered on the PS5 who don’t want to buy Miles Morales SpiderMan is...well, probably larger than I want it to be.  But they’re all racist SOBs, so fuck them.

I heard it first at least 20 years ago.  I hear it come up every time she’s in the news, always described as a “little known fact.”  

Google’s habit of retiring perfectly functional products to roll them into other products I don’t work is really getting old.

Were people really surprised by Joel dying?  I avoided all the spoilers, but I’d concluded months ago that Ellie’s rage could only really be based on someone close to her dying, and I trusted Naughty Dog not to introduce a girlfriend to kill her in the opening arc.  Even with clips like this out there, I figured Joel…

Difference between refrigerated trucks and having to freeze, insulate, and provide cooling for individual boxes.