Sorry, I’m stuck at the beginning here - what in the world does “it moves beyond anime overindulgence into a glorious pimple popping of plot” mean?

Portland OR has, bar none, the most clueless pedestrians of anywhere I’ve ever been. Probably once or twice a week I will nearly kill someone because they just moseyed out into traffic between cars, ran into the intersection, you name it. And it’s not that I’m not a safe, careful driver - I am - it’s that people…

A few years of French saved my ass in Montreal, if only because people appreciated the effort enough to go above and beyond with whatever I needed help with.

This sounds right, disappointing as it is. I played the demo and at first I loved the over-the-top anime camp, the levels of customization of the robots, and the slowly-building narrative. I slowly learned that that’s all there was after my sixth or seventh identical mission. Controls were sluggish, weapons were weak…

Hypothetically speaking, if I were going to fly with marijuana, I would simply roll it in with the rest of my prescription medications in my carry-on bag and remind myself that the dogs are sniffing for bombs, not drugs.

Anyone buying an old Ferrari knows it’s going to cost money to maintain. If you’re going to buy an old Ferrari, you could do a lot worse. NP.

You’re approaching the problem with the music, I think - it’s not just that it’s bad, it’s that it’s INTRUSIVE. The sound design itself is bad. I guess I got spoiled on the Xenoblade series, where, even though there are some stinkers in the soundtracks as a whole, there’s very fitting music individually laid out for…

I really want to like this, but Hyundai was such an unbelievable nightmare company to deal with when I tried to get my original Veloster bought back under Lemon Law that I just can’t do it.

Auto finance guy at a credit union here, this is correct, along with what BDog said above.

The mnemonic device I use is “In Ether words,” and “for EGsample.”

I realize this is probably a bit silly given my heavy reliance on Google Photos and that they already have my fingerprint, but I absolutely do NOT trust Google with my facial recognition data. Guess I’ll try to keep my P2XL running as long as I can.

Correct. I still spin their self-titled record regularly. Really, really talented band.

As far as niche, inaccessible descriptors go, “metroidvania” is nowhere near as bad as “roguelike” or “roguelite.”

Pentley. There you go.

Yup! For example, if memory serves, they had all the source code (or were able to re-engineer it) for Final Fantasy IX, but they lost most of the art assets, which is why even on the remakes and ports the FMVs and backgrounds are so low-res. I think this was in large part due to, again, if I’m recalling correctly,…

Portland is Ground Zero for Crack Pipe Subaru prices - I remember last time I was shopping here, I found an 05 Forester XT, on its fourth engine in 20k miles because it had tons of mods and no tune, listed for $15k, firm, “no lowballers, I know what I have,” - but this is a really special one. I bought a 1997 in…

... People think the VQ sounds *good*? It sounds like listening to Chewbacca screaming to be let out of a hot shipping container. Come on. Have some self respect.

I don’t doubt its quality or Tim’s abilities, I’m sure it’s wonderful! I just simply don’t have the time to watch a 45 minute video, much less a 6 hour one.

Yeah, I went through the steps and got a note saying I’d receive my $25 in store credit after the fact. No thanks.

Could someone sum this up for me in writing? The subject matter really interests me but I don’t have time to watch a 45-minute video about it.