Man, I actually feel better. Being a huge Souls fan, growing up on Castlevania and hearing so much about HK I bought it. It’s...alright. I, too, think the map thing is just kind of dumb. The knockbsck is annoying...I dunno. I’m not very far in, I’ve got most of the map addons, killed a few bosses and...went back to…

Don’t bother. You’re never going to get people who (claim to) like “hard-for-the-sake-of-hard” games to ever acknowledge yours or anyone else’s criticisms as valid - their e-peens are too intertwined with the challenges presented and to suggest fault lies with game would cause shrinkage. More importantly, it suggests…

I love that people play different types of games for different reasons. It’s a wide open tent!

Exactly. I play games for fun. Life is frustrating enough, I don’t need intentional frustration baked into my leisure activities. And if your game is going to be super hard, there needs to be something more to it to justify it. Take God of War or Horizon Zero Dawn, for example. Those were challenging as hell, but had…

It wasn’t “eh, this just isn’t for me,” it was that I get zero enjoyment out of games that are, as I said, stupidly difficult just for the sake of being difficult. Which lead to the game constantly derailing every time things started to get going (JUST LET ME EXPLORE THE NEAT LITTLE BUG WORLD DAMMIT). Add to that the…

I’m so torn on this one. It looks fantastic, but after being so profoundly disappointed with Hollow Knight I’m gun shy. And I usually hate the whole roguelike “die, reset, repeat” thing, and procedural generation is never as satisfying as clear level design. BUT...I’ve recently been enjoying the piss out of 20XX, so…

Already, Magic’s profile wall is inundated with congratulatory comments and scammy ads for CSGO and DOTA 2 items. Truly, a parade befitting a king.

What’s the definition of butter? I’m pretty sure peanut butter doesn’t fall under it.

The stages of Trump Scandals must be observed!

The last one is key, as well as having the cast support. I know some folks were trying to compare this to Roseanne, but:

There’s just so much here. Part of the reason this situation feels so odd and unprecedented is because, as the letter alludes to, this is an extremely nuanced situation that is being handled in the court of public opinion- a court that is famously bad at handling nuance.

I’m hoping that they squeeze book 4 into only half a season, as it’s undoubtedly the weakest of all the books, followed by what is arguably the strongest.

Yeah but... using a railgun as a makeshift thruster. You can’t argue with that sort of awesomeness. 

They really just have to nail the Murtry and Elvi casting, especially Murtry. Hopefully get someone who’ll give him some nuance like they david Straithairn did with Ashford. And Mimic Lizards. Just give me Mimic Lizards and I’ll be happy.

I think they do kinda have to add stuff from the 5th book, good as it is there’s…

Yeah, it’s a bit annoying, but given the ongoing torrent of unremitting garbage that Twitter trolls and Sad Puppies have thrown at her, I can’t blame her for having an aggressive autoblocker.

You can see it without being logged into twitter - did you try logging out and clicking on the link?

Nah, the majority of us are still gonna pull for whoever wins the Cavs-Celtics series. Last night was just a reality check for those of us who deluded ourselves into thinking that the Warriors had any chance of not winning another title this year.

As a fellow Steph... Not hater, but definitely not a fan, rest comfortably in the fact that he is the opposite of LeBron in the durability department. His career will not have staying power. Which is what keeps me from being a hater. He’s a bright shining light who will flame out sooner than later.

Counterpoint: While remarkable to watch, it is infuriating when Steph goes into “can’t miss” mode. And his “shimmy” is one of the most obnoxious little celebrations in all of pro sports, and makes me want the Warriors to lose even more than I already do.

No.