Matte paintings as in physical paintings on glass aren’t used anymore, but the same basic techniques are used all the time in a digital environment. If the camera isn’t going to move too much, or for objects in the far background, making them as full 3D cg geometry is usually unnecessarily expensive.

It’s worth noting that you shouldn’t be surprised if Plan B fails regardless of your weight. It is much, much less reliable than other forms of birth control.

There’s some evidence that Ella is better for heavier women than Plan B, but their hasn’t been enough research to be certain.

The animated Hobbit film has its charm, and the Jackson Hobbit films definitely have their flaws, but that is not the scene I would have chosen in order to compare them. Jackson’s Smaug was great.

Man, at 2.37 percent, I’d be seriously tempted to take extra money and invest it.

Unless you’re really, really aggressive about maximizing rewards (e.g. constantly opening new accounts to take advantage of signing bonuses) the credit card companies are still coming out ahead due to merchant fees.

Film VFX and CG Animation have had hair, or hair and cloth, specialists for decades. It’s not surprising they’re starting to crop up in games as the methods start to converge.

The Albuquerque airport has a quite good sit down New Mexican restaurant located, unfortunately, just outside of security. There’s also a counter-service New Mexican food place inside security that, while not amazing, is a big step up from most airport food.

In the Southwest terminal of OAK, there’s a branch of…

The freezer life of meats is a quality thing, not food safety. Frozen food over a year old likely won’t taste good, but it’s perfectly safe.

It’s a somewhat unusual case, but there is a streamer I follow I’d happily pay that much to. He runs a creative channel on game art/development that is more educational than classes I’ve paid far more than twenty-five bucks a month for. Two or three “lectures” a week where he works while explaining his process, and…

There’s a reason they haven’t done that; it’s a recipe for motion sickness.

At no point did he talk about saving the planet. As you point out, the planet is fine.

The issue is ensuring the planet can still support life in its current forms (including humans).

Perhaps no problem in your life. As someone whose partner’s experience with non-barrier birth control has varied between “bad” and “literally almost died,” I’m intensely aware of a problem in need of a solution.

Of the bluffing games in this collection, I’d recommend One Night Werewolf over The Resistance. They’re both good games, but quite similar, and I think the former is a bit more interesting.

Of the bluffing games in this collection, I’d recommend One Night Werewolf over The Resistance. They’re both good…

Dixit is very much not a two player game.

Dixit is very much not a two player game.

In the early days of the Steam Workshop, people made some serious money off of it. Like, mid-six-figure sums.

It looks pretty much exactly like Wargame:WWII.

There are conflicting reports. Some say he ran from Marathon to Athens (roughly 25 miles), some say he ran from Athens to Sparta and back (150 miles each way).

All those things have also been done as sports going back to antiquity. If you only take up archery once the war starts, you’re gonna be in for a bad time.

It had 240 full time employees working on it, plus over 1,200 contractors, for a total of about 1500 people: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/09/10/the-witcher-3-cost-81-million-to-make/