you see where two weeks without football podcasts has got me!

Hello fellow young people. I am hip with the language of young people. What with your paralax skipping and invisible walls.

If it helps to understand why you came off as a dick, imagine walking up to a group of people having a conversation in real life about speedrunning, and saying the same thing.

I understand the business decision behind it. Makes sense from that perspective and there is a scenario where from a consumer perspective that it may work out. If they put 30-40 hrs of gameplay in a section that represents 1/20th of the original game, 60 dollars seems more than justfiable.
The problem then becomes…

Right on, brother! I hope I didn’t come off as a pompous ass, and the only reason I felt so passionate about the comment is because I bought Machi Koro early on and initially fell in love, only to realize after 10 plays that winning is less a strategy, and more a byproduct of great rolls. Doesn’t feel so good after a…

I’d advise against Machi Koro as it’s super random and relies solely on you getting the dice rolls you need to win. You can mitigate this (kind of), but not in any meaningful way.

I’ve been getting into a real board game binge of late and dune is definitely been on my radar. Being infamous for being hard to get due to licensing issues until now.

Your description here sounds very comparable to Root with the high level of asymmetry and chaos (‘barely even factions,’ you say? Root has an entire faction that is just 1 unit)... or maybe Root served with a side of Rising Sun. Or maybe your description is just highlighting the Root-ish side of it.

Check out Shut Up & Sit Down’s review if you want more in-depth info about the game. Because it is absolutely NOT for everyone. But for the right kind of players, it can be the absolute best.

In other positive news that’s saved us from multiple A.V. Club stories on how it was robbed. 

Man, the core six Dragonlance books will always have a place in my heart. I understand that it’s derivative (D&D in general is derivative largely of Tolkein’s work), but I love those characters so much. What I especially love is (you’re waiting for me to say Raistlin, aren’t you?) how they weren’t afraid to make Tanis…

hah, it’s a leg, actually. and no, i make video games, but i still manage to wig out my coworkers with it during the summer. shorts season is always fun.

Simpsons has been skating for almost 20 years

‘Shut The Fuck Up!
Dude, that’s President Obama’s daughter.
‘Oh, let me rephrase then...
”Malia Obama, daughter of a President,
SHUT.THE.FUCK.UP.!!!!!”

Yeah I kinda hated it for the first 15-20 hours. 150 hours later I still play it from time to time and love it. 

We are gonna stop Meowlathotep.

This should be a lot of fun to watch.

Writing nigh-unreadable novels?

I had no idea this existed... THANK YOU!