Happy Birthday to Mrs. Blue.

Holy F***ing S***, Blue! I'm glad you're alive and well enough to give us an update. However, please get yourself checked out thoroughly. Adrenaline and shock can mask a lot of injuries. Airbags are great but they can throw you hands into hard surfaces breaking bones that you may think are just bruises.

After that, GET A LAWYER. I cannot stress this enough. The insurance companies, including your own, are going to do everything in their power not spend one more dime than they can get away with. We talk here all the time about the psychological tricks that go into making games addicting. It's nothing, nothing compared to the tricks insurance companies pull to get accident victims to just 'give up' and settle for a lowball offer.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jun 3, 2021, 10:30:

SabreT wrote on Jun 3, 2021, 08:58:
Hate circle jerking time boy's !!!

Hate circle jerking time boy's....what? If you're going to use a possessive pronoun (which in and of itself is problematic), there must be a gerund after it to denote what is being possessed.

Though that seems an awfully specific boy to call out. What did that poor kid ever do to you?

Дайте SabreT отдохнуть. Английский трудный.

I guess merch sales on the site weren't as lucrative as his continuing 'Help Me Steal' grift.

Dreagon wrote on Jun 2, 2021, 16:11:
Is it just me, or is this game slowly turning into a 60's style acid trip?

Nah. But if you land on a planet named Woodstock, avoid the brown stuff.

Kxmode wrote on Jun 1, 2021, 15:32:

Cutter wrote on Jun 1, 2021, 13:06:

Usul has called a big one! Again, it is the legend!

Looking forward to the Dune reboot.

I'm looking forward to the reboot as well. When it comes to a 4K version of the original, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still...

Krazy Kat wrote on May 30, 2021, 17:53:

afka Rossini wrote on May 30, 2021, 17:36:

Krazy Kat wrote on May 30, 2021, 15:33:
That launcher is a complete mess.
Took me over 10 minutes to start Civ VI and maxed out my hard drive usage.
edit - I just created a shortcut to CivilizationVI.exe on my desktop. works fine.

I just created a shortcut that points to C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Binaries\Win64Steam\CivilizationVI.exe and it still brought up the launcher. I also tried it with CivilizationVI_DX12.Exe in the same folder and got the launcher again. Did you point to a sub-folder that looks much different than mine?

Mine was in "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\SidMeiersCivilizationVI\Base\Binaries\Win64EOS\CivilizationVI.exe"
If it's a Steam thing, there is another workaround.
link: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/mlompp/psa_how_to_bypass_the_launcher_in_steam/

Your link got me squared away. No more launcher. Thanks!

Krazy Kat wrote on May 30, 2021, 15:33:
That launcher is a complete mess.
Took me over 10 minutes to start Civ VI and maxed out my hard drive usage.
edit - I just created a shortcut to CivilizationVI.exe on my desktop. works fine.

I just created a shortcut that points to C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Binaries\Win64Steam\CivilizationVI.exe and it still brought up the launcher. I also tried it with CivilizationVI_DX12.Exe in the same folder and got the launcher again. Did you point to a sub-folder that looks much different than mine?

roguebanshee wrote on May 30, 2021, 13:36:
CivVI has had a 2k launcher for so long that there are threads from 2018 telling you how to skip it. They may of course have updated it to be a more generic 2k launcher than just a CivVI launcher, but it's not new.

I play Civ VI almost every day and it seems like the launcher changed from Firaxis to 2K with the April 2021 update. At the very least the look changed dramatically.

P.S. I don't know if it's the launcher or something else from the April update but Civ VI is now crashing so much I've set it to autosave after every turn.

The Flying Penguin wrote on May 26, 2021, 14:56:
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Don't hold your breath. Knowing what we know about Trump, all the raw footage from that show is probably under NDA.

I'm sure Bezos could find the money for any financial penalties in his couch cushions. And then there are always 'leaks'. Perhaps to a prominent newspaper like the Washington Post?

Supposedly the MGM library contains "The Apprentice" including all outtake footage.

Biden knows the current Republican party no longer negotiates in good faith. I think this compromise is aimed at Joe Manchin. Once he can gets Manchin on board, they can get something passed via reconciliation.

Mr. Tact wrote on May 13, 2021, 12:56:
I knew it would happen eventually, but I am so disappointed to see the NFL season lengthened. It has been 16 games since the 78/79 season, which basically means ever since I have paid any kind of real attention to it. *sigh*

They can hardly keep star players on the field for 16 regular season games. Since they added Sunday night and Thursday night games, I've reached the oversaturation point. I don't look forward to the weekend games like I used to.

I can only think, for most games, week 17 is going to be just as 'exciting' as week 4 of previous pre-seasons.

Kevin Hart as Roland? Wouldn't he be better cast as Claptrap?

Jeebus! I got a full on flight-mode adrenaline rush just watching that video. I was relieved to read all three, including the cameraman, were OK.

Does anyone who's played NieR have thoughts on the game? Also, is there any meaning behind the version number? My1337 reading skills have failed me.

WaltC wrote on Apr 21, 2021, 14:14:
[ about how Biden got elected...]

I'm glad that got cleared up. Because I thought it was half Black, half Latino and half Asian Jewish Militant Islamist Aliens with Space Lasers using Star Trek style transporters to sneakily beam boxes of ballots marked for Biden underneath tables while the vote counters were on break.

Steelcamp wrote on Apr 14, 2021, 18:12:
More on Vaccine: I got my 2nd Pfizer dose last Tuesday and ended up in the emergency room the next morning. low BP and passed out.

Dang! I hope you're feeling better.

A woman passed out in the after-shot waiting area when I got my first Pfizer dose. It was at a university hospital so she was quickly surrounded by over a dozen doctors and interns. When they wheeled her out on a gurney, she looked alert. I wonder if that was BP related and/or if it's a known side-effect.

In any event, I got my second Pfizer shot on Apr 7th. Other than feeling somewhat cruddy for a couple of days, it was way better than my experience with the Shingles vaccine shots.

In space, no-one can hear you bark.

Not to be outdone, Star Citizen announces it's new Double Devil class ship available for $666,666.

Cutter wrote on Mar 29, 2021, 13:46:

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 29, 2021, 13:12:
Yeah, already seeing stories about increased covid hospitalizations in some US states.. *sigh* Folks, it isn't over yet...

It's like Lenny Kravitz says

It ain't over till it's over....

Lenny also could have said

It's like deja vu all over again.