I think it’s really an untapped market though. Actually good products made for nerd women, why not? M.A.C. had a skincare line based entirely off of Disney Villains, and the makeup was good. There’s definitely room out there for good Pokemon makeup.

Is it sad that the $45k price is not as bad as I thought it would be? I just assumed it would cost more than college. The local trés chic private high schools around here cost over $65k.

10/10 for the name Chutney

He has slept on many a hotel room floor, that’s for sure! There was one out in Hawai’i and he didn’t even bother going. Just flying there was too much.

I agree with you there, I wouldn’t want to share rooms with workmates either. But I think there is something about graduate school, where you’re part-colleagues, part-friends, part-schoolmates that blurs the lines. Also... grad school induced poverty. Most grad assistants make barely $20k, minus University fees and…

My husband routinely has had to share rooms at academic conferences because we are poor grad students and he can’t afford his own. Sometimes those rooms include women, and by some great strength of God he manages not to screw around with his female colleagues. He even eats dinner with them and everything! He says it’s…

I also enjoyed the “fuck it, I’m using fire/ice/electric arrows” type puzzles that allowed you to bypass the “right” way to do it.

Meat + Salt is life

I cheesed him by going near the cliff where he’d get kinda stuck and have no trees or weapons to pick up, so I slowly bombed him to death. He could only occasionally throw little pebbles at me.

I also randomly ended up out there early in the game with no hearts and was surprised by the challenge. One of the best parts of the game!

Yep, same. That one confused me.

Yeah they’re usually called [Ancient Name] Device and you use the tablet/controller to control it. I haven’t found it too bad, honestly.

That’s what I did. Stasis’d the panel, shot it once, all set.

I just stasis’d the moving panel, put the bomb on that side of the launcher, and launched to victory. No timing required.

I think that’s the genius of it. The game is so simple, yet so well done. The whole game revolves around an attitude of “sure, why not?” It will effect more games in the future, I think, not because of technical innovations but thoughtful design and concept implementation. They don’t just allow you to try things, they…

Yep. I played the whole game without going on reddit or reading any stories about it, or Youtube videos. I just wanted to figure it out on my own. The discovery was half the magic.

I agree with that. The mom may have her reasons for not buying him one that is neither because she’s a meanie-pants or because she’s too poor for one. And he has gotten really creative out of it!

I don’t know about that. Guy’s apparently always gotten exactly what he wanted per his own comments, to the point that not getting video games right away is torture and a need. Can that lesson be learned so late?

We only ever got consoles/games at Christmastime. If I were 11 again and wanted a Switch, I would have to wait until December to get one. (Or as you say, go throw papers or mow lawns myself.)

Oh man, I worked part-time for an ESL company after college. Didn’t last long there, what a racket.