Except when he gets bitchy - in a very bad way. Then he starts to remind me of a low-rent, dumber version of Marcel, who is the only Top Chef contestant I have ever truly hated on a visceral level (in his season). Ironically, a few years later he was a guest ‘helper’ on Top Chef Junior and was really nice to the kids,…

Agree that Malarkey is way less of a jagoff as a commentator than as a contender.

Stephanie was clearly annoying cannon fodder in her season. Hearing and seeing her this season was effing great, and I am glad they let the chefs all talk about themselves and their journeys since their seasons. She went from ‘I just dont care about this apparently not-great cook with a crap attitude’ to ‘I want to…

Brian Malarkey was close enough to a total jerk that I actively rooted against him - and I generally root for not against.

“this is going to sound like some ridiculous “Maybe it was a little TOO perfect” complaint, but the almost total lack of interpersonal conflict made it maybe a bit boring at times?”

“And isn’t that when Top Chef is at its best? Not when the barbs are flying or the fish is smoking or Tom is disappointed (though that issome high drama), but when everybody is operating on the level that got them on the show in the first place, succeeding in their ambition and cheering each other on and making it…

Found it on Steam - looks very cool, but not on Switch. Bummer. I dont have a PC or Mac gaming rig.

And, COVID-19 is just not-deadly enough that many people will fool themselves into thinking, “well I am not old or infirm, I will likely be fine, as will my kids... most likely” and therefore downplay the risk despite the risk to the more vulnerable. If pressed, they may also factor in conspiracy theories (“the problem…

I would gladly pay for a Switch version of any of the first 4 Fallout games. Maybe the FPS-style titles wouldnt work well, but the original isometric game should be easy to port, or even just re-do.

I am glad Oscar Isaac is a big enough deal that he can say stuff like this and still work.

Well duh! She died, got brought back, husbands last name is ‘Franken’, gettit?

I may be doing this wrong, but thats my approach - would *I* pay the stated price for this vehicle. I will generally play along and assume I can use it, just to give some ‘benefit of the doubt’. This would be a $5k or less NP. Anything more (ie not ‘fuckit’ money) and it better be a pretty on-target ride, which this…

Your general point is taken and valid - but Chris McCandless is an example of extreme, idiotic underpreparedness, and your comment was specifically referring to a story about him, so no real ‘twisting’ involved.

He was only eating the damn stuff because he ran out of other food and was unable to actually find any on his own because he lacked the skills and gear - which is why you dont read about lots of Alaskans back in the day dying the same way. He was uniquely unprepared, selfish and stupid.

Fuck that. Read the damn book and do some homework - Mccandless was a dipshit who walked into an unforgiving environment with nothing but a .22, some rice and a ‘spirit of adventure’. He was stupid and died because of it, and the damn book made him so sympathetic - and it discussed his lack of preparedness - that other…

For TLOU and TLOU2, they are open world - is it possible to simply skip or walk around all the ‘set pieces’ unless you choose to engage, like BoTW?

Dude, I have read and enjoyed your stories.

When they go lower... you keep looking into the hole they are in and wonder, “how much lower? Surely no lower than that?”

I hesitate to ask, why was this problematic?

Just her? Was it a solo sex scene?