Powder Mage was a really, really fun series. I listen to all of my books these days, and that series was a great listen.

There’s an Emperor’s Blades offshoot/prequel with the main death-priestess from the trilogy. It’s good!

Licanius is very good!

Locke Lamora is great!

SNES and N64 games routinely cost $60-$80 at release. It wasn’t until the PlayStation and CD based console games that the $50 MSRP was established.

You are an excellent writer, Stacie. Thank you.

This game was an absolute blast to play, just like the first one. The microtransactions were a total non-issue.

Publicly admitting to intending to defraud MoviePass is probably a bad idea. People do get sued for that sort of thing. (Yes, it’s super rare, but still.)

Kanye’s “music” has always been shit, and he’s always been a piece of shit.

Yeah, I sit 10' away on 65" 4k tv . Playstation 4 standard, not Pro. No problems with the text size

I hope it gets better, but in the first few hours I mostly find the combat tedious and not fun. And this is coming from a lover of dark souls. The complaints about basic enemies being damages sponges are completely fair. I also find that the dodge and roll mechanic just doesn’t “work” the way I expect it to, but I…

Grits, oatmeal, cottage cheese. All of these foods are way too gross to be eaten without adding so much sugar and fat that you might as well eat ice cream and potato chips instead.

I almost never wash any produce. The work it takes to actually remove pesticides is insane (the quick rinse most do does basically nothing), and I couldn’t care less if my organic produce has some extra bacteria or dirt.

You sure as shit cannot count on people to self scan their ID and boarding pass. I don’t care how easy/effortless/seamless you think you can design that system, people will fuck it up again, and again, and again.

With pre-check and Clear you are through SFO security, from the time you approach the Clear folks to the time you pick up your stuff from the conveyor, in less than five minutes. It’s magical.

Tim is my favorite thing about Kotaku.

I’m bummed about the inclusion of so many puzzles. I hate puzzles getting in the way of the action and narrative.

Also, “sitting 8 feet away from a 42-inch television”? I hope you didn’t spring for a 4k, or even a 1080p TV in that size, at that distance. You’re deriving no benefits over 720p resolution sitting that far…

I love this show so much. “Giddy” is exactly the right term to describe how I felt during the Beebo/Mallus fight. Goddamned delightful.

Who is this person? Why is she famous? This is the first I’ve heard of her.

I completely understand everything you’ve said and recognize that it’s all objectively true.