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Kxmode wrote on Feb 10, 2022, 21:04:

TheBigVlad wrote on Feb 10, 2022, 20:56:
Very much looking forward to the final season of BCS. I wonder if Bryan Cranston will make an appearance. On the one hand, they have to know that many people will be wanted and expecting it. On the other hand, it's not going to be easy to fit him into a scene without it feeling like simple fan service. Personally I don't care either way if he shows up, but if he does I hope they are very careful about how they do it.

Would a prison visit be acceptable?

How would that work in the timeline? I guess they could do a time jump at some point in BCS to Breaking Bad time. I have no idea. I suppose that's the only way they could do it. I mean, in the post-BB stuff in BCS (the B&W stuff), Walt is dead so it would be hard to fit him in there.

Cutter wrote on Feb 10, 2022, 12:45:

Greentiger wrote on Feb 10, 2022, 12:36:
Nice to hear this. As a business, I think it makes total sense, to keep their game in illiberal territories, and I'm happy they took this stance. With Justice ACB signaling they will "review" the gay marriage ruling after the current Roe v Wade case, it worries me that it will be stuck down here in "freedom loving" America/'Murica.

Gay marriage can't be struck down, it's unconstitutional. If the SCOTUS were to reverse it that means the Constitution no longer applies to US law and America is really over.

The Constitution isn't some magical document that blasts lightning bolts at anyone who violates it though. Get the SCOTUS to interpret it in the "right" way and boom... same-sex marriage is banned in some states again. There's no reason at all why that couldn't happen. Probably won't though.

Very much looking forward to the final season of BCS. I wonder if Bryan Cranston will make an appearance. On the one hand, they have to know that many people will be wanted and expecting it. On the other hand, it's not going to be easy to fit him into a scene without it feeling like simple fan service. Personally I don't care either way if he shows up, but if he does I hope they are very careful about how they do it.

The Half Elf wrote on Feb 10, 2022, 19:00:
Can we give the Zombies a rest for 5-6 years?

No, because good zombie games are few and far between. I'd like to see zombies infect every game genre in existence, particularly in a post-apocalypse setting.

Betrayal of Krondor was fantastic but what made it so great was the well-written story and the rich world the game took place in. Call of Saregnar sure has the look right but I'm skeptical of whether it can deliver a compelling story or not. Well, there is a demo, so I'll give it a try this weekend I suppose.

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 3, 2022, 04:00:
Completely aside... why the flying monkey poo is the main char called Aiden?
Watchdogs flashbacks intensify.

That is literally ruining every game moment for me lol

Because Aiden is a badass name, so you know the main character is a badass right away. Come on, he can't just have a regular name like 'Steve' or 'George' or something.

Bummer about this and the bugs, but it's not enough to cancel my pre-order. Don't care about story at all, and it looks like they improved the most important bits (parkour, zombie killing, etc) over the first game so I'm pumped. I suspect the worst bugs will be fixed in the day 1 patch. If it's unplayable, I can always refund anyway. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Destiny 2 is about as generic a looter shooter as you could get. I played it but couldn't finish it out of boredom. It is still pretty popular though so maybe I'm just missing the appeal. I can't imagine what they mean by "expand Destiny beyond gaming". The world doesn't feel suitable at all for a TV series or film.

Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 1, 2022, 00:32:

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 1, 2022, 00:30:
Minecraft was a good investment -- they made more than that purchase price in merchandising alone in just 4 years (2015-2018).

Didn't realize Minecraft merchandising was that big. Even so, when the deal happened I figured it would be a good buy in the long run.

Neither did I until my young nephew started to get heavily into Minecraft. When it came time to shop for presents, I had a whole plethora of Minecraft-related toys to choose from. If you could imagine it, it existed.

Jim wrote on Jan 30, 2022, 21:31:
I preordered Dying Light 2. They did a really good job with dying light and after launch support so I am pretty confident about this title.

Yea, same here. Getting burned on pre-orders isn't really an issue now as long as you order from some place that offers refunds. I want to play it day one and I'm buying it from Steam, so no reason not to pre-order.

1badmf wrote on Jan 27, 2022, 21:18:

TheBigVlad wrote on Jan 27, 2022, 20:06:
Oops, I did it again:

Wordle 222 2/6

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I don't know how I got 2/6 twice in a week now. I should buy lottery tickets.

got it in 2 as well. they seem to be staying away from the wheel of fortune strats so i went with more uncommon letters for my first guess and got enough confirms/eliminations that i knew i was right before i hit enter for my second.

Yep that's what I do. I make sure to put in a couple of common vowels along with a few uncommon letters on the first try. It's worked pretty well so far.

Oops, I did it again:

Wordle 222 2/6

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I don't know how I got 2/6 twice in a week now. I should buy lottery tickets.

MeanJim wrote on Jan 26, 2022, 20:39:

TheBigVlad wrote on Jan 26, 2022, 17:40:
Those emails Blue is getting sound exactly like emails from the Trump campaign, which I unfortunately have witnessed firsthand, due to having wacko family members.

I think I've mentioned my email situation here before. I have a gmail address that is my firstname.lastname@gmail, and apparently other people with my name seem to think it's theirs. I've had one person put it on a resume and I got his job offers, numerous accounts created at weird places and orders placed, so I know where some of them live. Some places give me crap trying to get accounts closed and my email removed. I've gotten less patient over the years cleaning up after these idiots, so now I log in using the recovery or password reset and change the email and password.

The latest dipshit has opened an account with TD Ameritrade, and they will not remove my email address. I contacted their support services to explain that someone accidentally used the wrong email address and they should remove me and contact the account owner, but they said they do not make account changes over email and the only way they to remove my address is to contact them through their secure message center, which requires logging into an account I don't have, or calling and doing it on the phone, which I can't do because it wants proof I'm the account holder. The only thing I know to do is file a complaint with the FTC because according to the CAN-SPAM act; Commercial emails must include a clear and conspicuous explanation of how the recipient can opt out, and opt out requests must be honored within 10 business days. You can’t charge a fee, require the recipient to give you any personally identifying information beyond an email address, or make the recipient take any step other than sending a reply email or visiting a single page on an Internet website as a condition for honoring an opt-out request.

I'm in a similar situation. I have a firstinitial.lastname gmail address and I get emails intended for others with my last name all the time. It's a little annoying but I usually just ignore them unless it's obvious that it was hand-typed, in which case I may politely respond saying they got the wrong address. Mostly I get order confirmations, sign-up confirmation emails, etc. I feel like I just have to ignore them because, as you say, getting companies to remove your email address from the account they have set up isn't easy if you can't show that you're the account holder. I'll have to look into the CAN-SPAM though act because I don't know the details, but I assume it just applies to unsolicited emails, which now that I think about it, is exactly what I'm getting lol.

Sepharo wrote on Jan 26, 2022, 22:34:

Steele Johnson wrote on Jan 26, 2022, 15:41:
"HBO Max Hits 46.8M U.S. Subscribers."

I'm surprised all those people can tolerate the HBO Max app. It's one of the worst out there for content navigation and streaming. You'd think a company with the money they have would put a little towards software development.

Seems just as terrible as all the rest imo

I don't know about the HBO Max app specifically, but on a browser the HBO streaming quality was consistently bad for me and would frequently downgrade to what looked like 360p. My internet speed is fine. I remember watching Chernobyl and having to refresh the stream every 5 minutes or so after the quality plummeted, just so I could get another few minutes of 1080p streaming before it crapped out again. Netflix had far better quality.

Those emails Blue is getting sound exactly like emails from the Trump campaign, which I unfortunately have witnessed firsthand, due to having wacko family members.

After my amazing first win in 2 guesses a few days days ago, I'm having trouble getting under 4 now.
Wordle 221 4/6

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Huh... so Warzone is an actual game that exists. I thought it was just a new game mode for Call of Duty 18 or whatever iteration they're on now. I learned something today!

mag wrote on Jan 25, 2022, 18:15:
The invasions are the best parts of these games! You are the content for the product I purchased, I demand you let me invade and kill you. Or whatever, gank me with your 3 co-op friends, that's fine. But I demand random asshattery!

I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but you sound like those jerks who were upset at the lack of PvP in Diablo 3 when it came out. Like... the whole point in PvP in Diablo 2 was to gank people, that's it, and people were upset that you couldn't do that in Diablo 3. It was pretty funny reading the complaints at the time.

Double post.

I like survival games, but whatever game they are making will definitely be a more basic survival game more focused on narrative, like Grounded. Not a sandbox survival game like 7 Days to Die, or Ark, or Conan Exiles, or... the countless others out there. I'd love to see a huge, well-produced sandbox survival game but I don't think that's likely at all.

It will also likely force multiplayer, which means limited base building and a whole host of other issues. I'm curious about this new project, but not hopeful.