I’ll give an honorable mention to Terraria–largely because I had to explain it to someone recently and it was more difficult than I anticipated.

Yeah, you can just say “2D Minecraft,” but it’s more than that. It’s almost an RPG in terms of advancements and equipment development, and it’s very combat oriented. But it’s not really a sidescroller or a metroidvania type, because the digging and building plays a huge part.

Less genre defining, and more living in the liminal space between a lot of other genres.

LOOK AT ME BROTHER

The one thing that really sticks out is the chin.

I see what you did there

Yeah, it would be fun to see some of the smaller folk represented in particular. Dwarven Paladin, or maybe a Halfling Bard.

The fact that everyone has different characters that they love and/or hate suggests that the devs did a pretty good job.

The writing isn’t stellar, but there’s a wide range of character types, and one person’s favorite is another’s leaat. For me, Lae’zel and Astarion are insufferable (Lae’zel a little less so, but still annoying). But those are favorites of other people, so they’re presumably not objectively bad, it’s just a matter of taste.

My only wish is that there were one or two more, or at least that the others were introduced earlier in the game (hell no, I’m not changing my entire party dynamic in Act 3).

Power word: Flacid

Can you imagine what it would look like if they chose someone like Jon Stewart instead? How a debate like that would have gone? A guy can dream…

Not sure why he lost. He could have claimed to run it through an AI that was only trained on the one picture.

I’m saying she’s an academy award nominated character actor and producer

“Oh shit my oven isn’t working and I have company coming over…”

glances at dishwasher

“hmmm…”

It also gets a lot of research money. As a UW grad, I can confirm that the students are the absolute lowest priority though. If you’re not in a research-focused post grad program, you’re seen as a chore.

Yeah, at this point, it’s polite to arrange a call, especially if it’s probably more than a minute or two. And as you’ve noted, it’s also more successful than a cold call.

Star of the Barbie movie, now available on Blu Ray at your local retailers!

Have we forgotten that we also have Margot Robbie?

BonesOfTheMoon - posts a ton of content, not a troll either.

Sorry, the cheese has spoken.

My wife has ADHD. I feel you, fam.

Easy access to a few key functions is nice, IMO. Though helping someone on their computer and seeing half the taskbar occupied with two dozen system tray icons makes me vomit just a little, so I get it.

Being “up for” something is the same as being “down with” something.

“You’re shit” and “you ain’t shit” mean the same thing.

“Giving in” and “giving out” sometimes mean the same thing.

English is a delightful mess of redundancy and contradictions.

Shortly after getting a cell phone, I made a personal policy that most people don’t get a free pass to interrupt my life whenever they want (there are a handful of people on the short list, of course). I’ve had friends and family comment that I’m hard to contact by phone, and I’ve always pleasantly agreed (and explained politely if they seem interested). Even texts or other messages can wait until I’m at a good place to respond.

For me, having my phone on silent most of the time is a mental health thing. I know people that have their attention diverted every few minutes, and I have no idea how they survive.