I believe the writer’s intent was not to state that cats should simply not be petted, but that petting the cat is a complex negotiation. One does not simply pet a cat: one gingerly presents a lowered open palm, waits for the cat to initiate the Cautious Introductory Sniff, and hopes it follows with the Purr Of…

It’s a high bpm chiptune with a lot of fast arpeggios. The song is nothing special or offensive, or involving actual guitar. It’s just sort of there as rhythm and context I guess.

But does Piers Morgan cause or cure cancer?

Haven’t baked pies in lotro, but presumably it’s not an activity that demands your full attention. It’s a simple thing you can do while watching tv, listening to podcasts, etc. Doubleagent, the guy who habitually levels to max level in warcraft without choosing a faction by picking flowers in the panda starting zone…

Seems reasonable to me. I’d rather live in a world where fuck-ups can redeem themselves than one where they cannot. Even the sort of insignificant fuck-ups who cheat at old, bad FPSes.

Brass is better at conducting heat than plastic so the actual internals should be cooler as a result if the airflow is the same, and it looks like it is.

Ah, so it’s $3.3 milliard.

I’m sure there is a family of hungry investigative journalists and cub reporters who will sleep with full bellies tonight because of his generous purchase.

Teague’s own take on the movie and specifically the criticism of the movie was interesting: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/movies/our-friend-matthew-teague.html

In addition to being not-a-story, D&D has an issue of being not-a-world. There are multiple settings, and the popular ones are intentionally made to not have a strong narrative focus. They have a smörgåsbord of dozens of monocultural nations, intended to make it possible for players to pick the ones they like and…

I’m not an expert but I think football has pretty strict youth rules. Internationally, FIFA does not allow transfers for under-18s except under limited circumstances, and requires that any minor associated with a club academy be registered with FIFA to prevent national transfer shenanigans. The national details vary…

I’m struggling to think of an equivalent anywhere else. Physical sports are right out.

Ah yes, the trivial simplicity of a soulborne game with an infinitely farmable healing item like, say: humanities in DS1, lifegems in DS2, divine blessings in DS3 or blood vials in BB.

Easy. The evil one is played by Vanessa Hudgens.

There was, briefly, Eatsa if you lived in the right parts of the US. I was acomputer engineer working next to the Rincon Center in San Francisco and I’ve been a vegetarian for 20 years so I was pretty much The Target Audience for their little vegetarian automat startup. Ordering my preferred bowl of quinoa from the…

Imagine such a baby game that it tells you when you irrevocably break the main quest, instead of just letting you find out several dozen hours later.

It’s not a terrible idea to direct players to choices that both look good and work in-universe. The “restricted” palettes in BG3 still offers a ton of different shades. It’s just that by default Drow are desaturated, Githyanki have green and yellow hues, etc. You can then use the unlock to allow the full range of color…

You can, today, pay €60 to download and play Baldur’s Gate 3. It doesn’t really matter that it’s got early access in front: that is, by any meaningful definition of the term, a release. Early access is merely a promise that it will be improved on, which is a concept with a lot of wiggle room, especially if you haven’t…

Yes, to be clear I’m not saying that her handling of the situation is a good thing (not that I think you think that I think it’s a good thing. I think). I just think it’s understandably human to not want to believe your son is a pedophile.

While Andrew seems like he’s probably a creep, she is his mom. I can understand not disowning your son when he’s credibly accused of something horrible; we’re built to love our kids. Even the ones raised by nannies and boarding schools.