Apparently there are these things called book stores where they print web sites out on paper! Who knew?

I'm sure Valve is quaking in their boots at the thought of being "pressured" by Ubisoft. Much like the way an elephant fears pressure from an ant.

This really isn't about Outlaws though; that ship has sailed. It's about AC Shadows. As Ubisoft publicly announced their return to Steam, reversing that decision would show they aren't confident that AC Shadows will perform. And now they realized they've put themselves between a rock and a hard place; people are going to be hitting the refresh button on the Steam DB site and yapping about every up and down move. Hard believe they couldn't see this coming; there must be unbelievable levels of copium floating around the Ubisoft HQ.

Here's the tag line for the NYT article: "Jason Schreier’s 'Play Nice' tells the story of Blizzard Entertainment from its fratty, debauched ’90s heyday to the height of its corporate glut."

Condescend much?

My favorite review of this game referred to it as "elder abuse" based on the 80-era cast. As you can imagine it wasn't a terribly positive review.

Am I the only one who pronounces it "Sexy"?

They fail to mention that you have to go through five menus and three loading screens just to get into bed. And if you have a relationship with one of the other characters in the game, you must always get into bed fully clothed.

Wikkit haaht!

And if you'll excuse me, the meter has run out, so I need to re-paaahk ma caaah.

Agent.X7 wrote on Sep 8, 2023, 13:09:
Of course now I have to take melatonin to make sure I don't wake up after 3 hours of sleep, but I've dealt with insomnia for most of my life, so, eh. Worth it.

Something to consider: I found that taking ZMA (Zinc Magnesium Aspartate) before I go to bed vastly improves my quality of sleep. I occasionally take melatonin, but I don't like the groggy feeling I get when I wake up.

Agent.X7 wrote on Sep 8, 2023, 13:09:
Adderall.

Of course now I have to take melatonin to make sure I don't wake up after 3 hours of sleep, but I've dealt with insomnia for most of my life, so, eh. Worth it.

Sing it brother. The past year has been brutal with the shortages though. I just switched my son to Vyvanse and am considering switching myself.

Also, I learned the hard way not to take Adderall after 6PM or I can't fall asleep until 2AM.

It's a better name than the Mulva transport, though not as good as the Delores torpedo (hat tip to Seinfeld.)

Interesting way to refer to it as "tackle football." What do you refer to the other version as? Ted Lasso football?

I think there's a real opportunity to rebrand both. Perhaps:

• Bluetooth (handsfree) football and Kevlar rugby
• Brooklyn-ball and Brexit-ball
• Out-of-touch-ball and touchy-feely football
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I'd be shocked, shocked I tell you, if there were any review-bombing on OW2.

Incoming in 3... 2... 1...

After that scintillating article on air quality, I'm eagerly looking forward to the NYT's next article, "Playing with Puppies and Kittens can give you Cancer".

There's a third option - get one of the counter ice makers. I got one of the Igloo ones for ~$125 and love it. Prime Day is coming up, so keep an eye out for deals on one.

I've had similar fridge woes, and newer fridges seem to be MUCH more prone to breakage than older ones, and if it's a circuit board fault (as it was with ours), you can go for days while waiting for a replacement. They truly don't make them like they used to.

Reactor wrote on May 27, 2023, 22:49:
Apparently this is rubbish…

Confirmed. I was hoping for beautiful vistas and instead I got passengers yelling at me because I couldn't figure out how to open the train doors. French passengers.

I'd say it was prognostication. Since the company is no longer sending the person a paycheck.

Good thing they never saw me play Lemmings.

Blue, check out The Waluigi Effect. It's primarily an analysis of ChatGPt, but it has some good examples of creating "personas" that have particular voices. You could probably take that as a starting point and create an OotB persona that eschews games and espouses the virtues of Manstovia.

Prez wrote on Mar 29, 2023, 22:57:
The layoffs we have seen in the last few months, however, are due to corporations either not caring or being embarrassingly clueless as to the very obvious signs as to what was coming. The extent of the layoffs we have been seeing is due to corporation negligence and indifference to its staff, and that pisses me off.

I'd agree with you if it weren't for the mention of IP impairment. Most peoples' eyes glaze over when they see accounting lingo, but it feels like EA is using the layoffs as a smokescreen to write down the value of crappy acquisitions that they overpaid for.

Thank you Blue for bringing us all such joy over the years. It's an honor to be a subscriber and to repay the favor.

I actually do remember downloading and installing qtest - my main thought at the time was "do they know there are more colors than just shades of brown?"