If you’re looking for more modernized version of HL, Black Mesa is great. It’ll probably go on sale for $5 or less during the holidays.

Same reason why executives absolutely *must* make tens of millions of dollars I guess.

Why hire a new CEO at all? Why not just replace the position with AI?

Funny how when Executives lose their jobs there’s always another person to replace them even in these AI firms.

Booted with prejudice. Tough shit.

Huh...Abby Howard. I remember watching her on Strip Search.  I’m glad she’s managed to prosper.  I might have to check this game out at some point.

I blinked at that sentence as well, but I think Passant is just stating that the nature of the laser transmission requires greater precision at the receiver end as distances increase than would otherwise be needed for radio communication and that this precision is complicated by the light lag in a way that is less of…

But were you enjoyably unsettled?  Don’t ignore the other qualifier!

I think this is going to be a crash an burn for most resellers. I def see a reason someone would want this but I cannot see a reason most couldn’t wait a bit for it to get restocked. 

All I want is a 200 page instruction manual hand-written by Elminster and Volo.

An ancient Chinese secret astronaut?

Her hair has a bunch of grey in it. She in no way looks late 50s. It is very noticeable that she is not that old, but some people do age much better than others.

Wash: “Psychic powers? That seems like science fiction.”

I voted for ‘The Kodos Dynasty’.

eh. Iron Man “only” made 585 million. None of the phase 1 flicks did insane monster business, until/except *Avengers*.

Seems like a stretch.

I don’t think they’ll do this, because the MCU rarely listens to me, but ... I would like an early-60s FF origin, just like in the comics. Then about a half hour into the movie, they head off to the Negative Zone and get trapped. Then they show up nowadays, having been a mostly-forgotten superteam from 1963.

If they come from another universe, then they can come from whatever “era” the director wants.

I just looked it up- last year there were 16,900 people who went to the emergency room from propane grills last year. So, the turkey fryer injuries probably have a higher injury per use rate, but they appear pretty similar. And no one is saying “don’t use a propane grill, not worth it.”

Statistically, it is indeed ridiculous. NFPA estimates about 5 people die to frying Thanksgiving turkeys/year, and another 60 injuries on average. Compared to 330+M people, it is insignificant. However, to die while cooking turkey is also ridiculous, so I get why one might want to put the PSA out there.