Recent content by Phelps McManus

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    Murderbot

    Show is faithful to the books including being too short. Skarsgard is not as snarky as Free but he really nails the social awkwardness. The way they weave in the Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon is great!
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    Kingshot and other Base Building + Strategy Games

    That is good to hear. You are a few weeks ahead of me, but I am in a similar situation. I was top 20 power in the #4 alliance, but we just recently merged into the top alliance (displacing a lot of riffraff). Now I am #65. Our State just opened up the Fertile Lands today to give you a sense of...
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    Kingshot and other Base Building + Strategy Games

    Are you still playing this over a month later or did the P2W finally get you? The All Out events that encourage whales to grind on everyone else really kills the community. After each one is a huge reshuffle as alliances die and merge.
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    Satisfactory

    I am excited for priority mergers and hypertube junctions. They also added belt throughout counters similar to Dyson Sphere Program.
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    Stellar Blade (April 26th, PS5)

    Stay on topic, please.
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    Ghost of Tsushima

    This was an amazing game that I would never have considered playing if I hadn’t read this thread. Thanks, forum bros. That ending… I haven’t been hit that hard since RDR1. I enjoyed the DLC. Seemed like a solid backstory and they took some of the main island mechanics to a higher level.
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    Barbie (2023)

    That guy sounds like he knows exactly what gay terminology he should use.
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    Final Fantasy 16

    Lol wow! That escalated quickly.
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    Skyrim

    Could you link to that post?
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    A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

    Watched this with the family, and we also liked it. Same vein of humor as the original and zero modern wokeness.
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    Best phone games?

    Thanks for this recommendation. I have been playing this quite a bit. Very easy to pick up and put down after just a few rounds as you progress through a random "roguelike" board or through the somewhat tedious stories.
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    Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds - summer 22, preregistration open - iOS & android

    This game should have been called Ni No Queue-ni! Please clap.
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    Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds - summer 22, preregistration open - iOS & android

    That reviewer has some odd aversion to the AI, which I actually enjoy. My toon farms things while I go through the 100 menu options and upgrade stuff. When I am done, I can kick in 4 hours of “AI mode” offline farming each day, which I use to grind collectibles or gold. I have never manually...
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    Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds - summer 22, preregistration open - iOS & android

    I like it so far. Day 6 and Level 40 is when it started getting a little grindy. The main quest mobs are 47 and the game warns me I need 20% more CP (rating) to advance. I am fine running repeatable side quests and collections for stat increases though. They do a good job of notifying you when...
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    Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

    Goodreads I listened to the audiobook. The story and narrator were both fantastic. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys science (real science, not the Following kind). I went in expecting a variation of The Martian, but there are large twists early on that make this story unique.