This was in the US - smack in the middle of the capital, actually, not too far from the White House. You'd think people would be used to foreigners a few blocks from the World Bank, IMF and IFC, but...

I’ve known more than a few who’ve met neither criteria; almost universally, the reaction was a variation of starting to explain, then stopping, sighing, followed by muttering something along the lines of “stupid Americans...” under their breath.

No, he’s absolutely Ugandan.

Exactly.

How does that old saying go again?

Or, you know, they could just do what they actually want to do, make tons of people happy in the process, all without hurting anyone or affecting anyone’s profits in the slightest.

That reminds me of the time I was called racist for not referring to a black friend of mine as “African-American”; never mind that he’s from Uganda.

The Republican Party: How to Channel Fear, Hate and Ignorance into Political Power, and Get Rich off of Corporate Bribes along the Way.

And a whole lotta strange. AAA games would be so much better if, during the alpha phase, they would consistently bring in someone like him as a consultant, and have them dictate a few dozen changes to add some color.

Since I was a kid while the symbiotes were a big part of Spiderman (both Venom and Carnage), I’ve always loved them for their badassitude, and I feel like this movie will appeal to my 8-10 year-old self quite a bit. There’s just something very cool about a sentient hero/villain outfit that’s melded with your mind, is…

Of course this would happen: just days ago, I idly commented on how, even as the great classic RPG houses have all either slowly been run out of business, or absorbed and turned into generic AAA factories, at least we still have Obsidian and Larian, and inXile sort of (CDProjekt is its own thing), with Obsidian in…

Just goes to show, the average Thai person probably knows only slightly more about Western history than the average Western person knows about Thai history.

I know, I’m a big fan of most of Telltale’s stuff, but I still took a hard pass on that one.

Yeah, just catching up with all the unwatched anime on my home media server would take roughly 575 days... assuming no sleep, work or bathroom breaks.

Not bad.

I’m not a stream watcher, but great choice - reminds me that i really need to finally finish the ‘Sora’ series so I can start playing ‘Zero’, ‘Ao’ and the ‘Sen’ series.

Don’t worry, I hear the elite bishie-bot strike-force is already under construction; the cho-aniki vanguard is still undergoing redesigns though, along with the shota-assassins.

In the good future, yes; in the bad future, also yes, but it involves a lot more tentacles.

This is exactly why I started using random word combinations for usernames a while back - sure, going by SquirrelMuffins or RobotKittenLasers may seem odd, but I always have the perfect excuse: The dice made me do it!