Around here we just call that shear ice and stick to using "black ice" just for the roadways. It looks like the definition of 'black ice' kinda splits the different, as the Meteorological Society refers to it as dark in color but also so thin as to be nearly transparent. That's why I only made it a Point of Order and…

According to North Korea itself he had been in a coma for months, maybe as long as a year. They just got sick of taking care of him and wanted him gone

It can be two things

This game would have been so different if Peter had just remembered the question part of DD2. All else being the same, including the DD3 bet, and he would have been pushing having a runaway instead of Jeremy on the cusp of one.

J!6 Point of Order: Black Ice is not transparent, quite the contrary its actually very dark as its formed from exhaust, its just not visible because roads are dark

Start of Jan was the first "hard" date we had gotten. There were early talks of it making it in time for the 50th anniversary but that was always a long-shot

The proliferation thing is especially stupid to claim seeing as how the 80s finally saw some effective treaties at countering that problem. Even for a GJI! list its painfully poorly thought out

If they were sending it to Netflix everywhere that would make sense, but All-Access is a nothing platform that will need a LOT more than just Star Trek to get going. There's an article up about how SeeSo is failing for NBC and that had a bit deeper of a back-catalogue with its Monty Python episodes, streaming is…

Banishment to a streaming service, a change of showrunner and now a 9-month delay from its original release date, is anyone else getting increasingly concerned about Discovery's prospects?

From the lead yes, from the other two not so much.

I liked the concept of it but it suffered from an all too common problem where you're either a lot faster than helmet girl or a lot slower, you keep sliding out of her protection through no fault of your own. Granted, its also the easiest to hit what you need to shoot and has far less annoying shots coming back at…

Snipers are really limited in use and the only one I ever used was Marller (sp?) because you start with her and she's fun. Plus her final potential is absolutely bonkers good.

A lot of keeping on with what I had been playing. A nice thing about Utawarerumono is that as more visual novel over RPG I can set its text screens to auto-scroll and take care of my son while quick reading through the game. It requires far less direct attention compared to something like Dishonored which helps a lot,…

Because the level cap in VC is kinda low, only 20, if you haven't felt underleveled yet you're probably fine as you're about to cap out. The Elite classes really highly how much better Stormtroopers and Scouts are than anyone else, Stormtroopers get those flamethrowers which are really nice against infantry and Scouts…

I actually like Teen Titans for the permanent cards it lets you hang onto and the Superhero abilities being far more balanced. The original deck made it really easy to get stuck with a super hero who wasn't going to do anything for you. If you want really challenging you can try the Naruto version which has an…

Spiders are surprisingly nasty to low level parties in 5th ed. They're poison lets them hit a lot harder than most things at their CR

The way Pandemic is set up every player draws cards at the end of their turn to advance the diseases, so regardless of the number of players you're still burning through the deck at about the same rate which keeps overall length down. Also Pandemic is notoriously brutal, the game going on forever is the last thing…

well now I feel extra silly

I spent all of FJ thinking "it can't be Eddie Redmayne, Alan Turing was working in the 40s" all the time forgetting that he also played Stephen Hawking. Whoops.

I had 'permanent' myself, since permanent ink is a far more common term than indelible