I intend to go hard on Civ 6 between emails. That game can extend “one more turn” into several hours if I let it.

When you blog about video games for a living, every other job seems unjustifiably oppressive.

They’re hoping to get a softer landing at their backup job when the world realizes there is no need to pay a human for 250 word blog posts and links to better websites.

FF13 is trash. The paradigm shifts make it more like Guitar Hero than Final Fantasy.

FF13 literally plays itself. You can make it do that. You might have to turn that off for boss fights, but that’s kinda it.

This. Of course there’s no downside to being cautious, but people seem to want to panic. And the media is all too happy to oblige them while harvesting their clicks.

“I was the one who ended it with her as she told me she no longer loved me.”

Every day I pass a PETA billboard that features a fish. I am not convinced that PETA or most vegans actually give a shit about the feelings of a fish. If every animal was as cold, slimy, and inexpressive as a fish, PETA wouldn’t exist.

I can’t decide if I want this. I’ve never played AC before. I’m intrigued by the lack of pressure, but I’m not sure I’d be motivated to do anything without that pressure.

You’re in a good spot when you can learn to say “that’s not my job” with confidence. If you can’t say it outright, you can make Not Your Job your last priority and make that known when people follow up. I’ve done that with a number of menial administrative tasks my boss has foisted upon me just because she can’t be…

Also, don’t listen to other people who insist they are overdelivering. Just worry about yourself. If you can manage to do your job just fine during the 9-5, someone in the same position who claims to work nights and weekends either 1) has terrible efficiency during the workday, or 2) is lying.

If I’m emptying the pan to serve, I immediately fill it with about half an inch of water and let the residual heat cook off the junk. Then I rinse it and scrub off the solids with a plastic brush, and then dry and oil it.

The discipline thing hits home. My dad was not a “explain why it’s wrong” kinda guy, he was more of a “yell and scream and make you feel worthless” kinda guy. So while I did better as a result, it was out of fear—and worse, I stopped trusting him. I didn’t go to him with problems, I didn’t tell him the truth about…

Ditto for sandwich orders at places that use such things. Dictating sandwiches is always a mess because your average sandwich artisan doesn’t want to listen to an order that’s more than three words long.

If worrying about this bullshit is a priority for you, congratulations on your pretty easy life.

Amtrak reduces prices from Unspeakably Extravagant to Merely Unreasonable.

Maybe I’ll get this in 15 years when the entire game is on sale for $20.

This series has been a blind spot for me. Should an old RPG junkie who misses turn-based combat get the first two on Switch?

I feel energized by the Borderlands 3 announcement and will roll a Zane to possibly replace my Moze main. Moze was fun, but at the endgame I kinda pigeonholed her into Deathless and she doesn’t do enough damage. Plus Iron Bear got reduced to an Oh Shit button and his long cooldown makes it hard to really care about…

You tip on 115% of the meal for making the server do the extra work of clearing the plate.