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  1. ShakyJake

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    Here we go! Played a friend's Atari VCS sometime in the very late 70s. Probably 79, maybe 80. Parents bought me one shortly after that. Got a ColecoVision the year it was released. As a kid, used to go to Sears and K-Mart to play on the Commodore computers they had on demo. I found them so...
  2. ShakyJake

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    Yeah I'm shocked at how many geezers are up in this thread. Brings a tear to my eye.
  3. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Let's see, all you need is the Orphic Hammer, kill Orin and you could immediately go to the final battle. All those random quests can be skipped.
  4. ShakyJake

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    I mean, the music wasn't 'redone' for the Roland. Back in 90s, if you had a Roland SoundCanvas in your PC, DOOM, Duke Nuk'em, Descent (I say Descent because that also had a fantastic soundtrack), etc would sound like the videos above "out-of-the-box". If all one ever had was a SB16 you just...
  5. ShakyJake

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    Hmm..... here, I had ChatGPT to explain this far better than I could.... if I'm understanding your confusion that is. And, by the way, Roland didn't specifically have anything to do with DOOM or Duke Nuk'em. They just had their own MIDI sound cards, same as many other companies that offered...
  6. ShakyJake

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    Anyone play DOOM and Duke Nuke'em 3D with a Roland Sound Canvas back in the day?
  7. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    I told y'all not to buy this shit.
  8. ShakyJake

    Silo

    Don't give away anything, but is the show faithful to these "short stories"? Or is it going in a different direction?
  9. ShakyJake

    Poker Face

    These types of shows require writers that have a creative imagination. Sadly, they've all been fired and replaced with DEI retards.
  10. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    You sure about that? I've never hit 12 in Act 2. I'm usually hitting 10 somewhere in the Mindflayer Colony, which is right before the final Ketheric fight.
  11. ShakyJake

    Silo

    Well, this IS based on a series of books. I assume the author has a vision for how it all plays out and isn't / didn't wing it from one book to the next.
  12. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Where Raphael appears as you try and exit the House of Hope, I had a friend pack that area with an excessive number of smokepowder barrels -- all long the walls next to the pillars too. He set those things off in a chain reaction and killed everything. Hilarious.
  13. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Were both employers aware that you had two jobs? I think that's a big no-no for us. There was talk about how one of our devs may have had a second dev job and it was insinuated that meant insta-canned.
  14. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Also, throw darkness around the portal. Archers can't hit it. Sleet storm the area. Easy encounter.
  15. ShakyJake

    The Luckiest Man in America (2025)

    So would y'all recommend watching the episode first then the movie or vice versa? This sounds super interesting. There was a History series many years ago called "Gaming Vegas" or something.... Could be wrong on the title...but dramatized real life individuals that figured shit out in Vegas and...
  16. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Correction: to play Mario and Zelda. Two very overrated games.
  17. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Wyll will come along too. I've had all three of us in Avernus. There is a reference at the Reunion Camp of finding blueprints or some such to fix Karlach. So there's a hint that she couldve been fixed in a DLC (which I guess will never happen). It's a shame we won't see any new content besides...
  18. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Never went this path. Is she at the Camp Reunion?
  19. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Personally, my preference is Mizora.
  20. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    First time I saw this I thought, "Is EVERYONE horny in this game??"
  21. ShakyJake

    Thunderbolts* (2025)

    The original poster called out Will for "not understanding writing" is just wrong. His Ryan Drake series may not be Tom Clancy-level, but it’s solid, gripping, and well-crafted. He clearly knows how to build a story with good pacing and believable stakes.
  22. ShakyJake

    Thunderbolts* (2025)

    Will Jordan is the author of the Ryan Drake series, a collection of espionage thriller novels centered on Ryan Drake, a CIA operative and former British soldier navigating high-stakes missions, conspiracies, and personal conflicts. The series, published under his real name, includes the...
  23. ShakyJake

    Thunderbolts* (2025)

    Wrong.
  24. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Can't do that in BG3. You memorize it once, but you can up-cast to higher level slots. Regardless, never noticed this before and I've used it plenty of times to set up for cold or lightning attacks.
  25. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Is Create Water busted now? I can cast it once then it says can't cast again until long rest. This is the actual cleric spell, not the staff.
  26. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Just completed an evil durge playthrough. Man that ending was some dark shit.
  27. ShakyJake

    Andor

    Has the same opinion as Critical Drinker.
  28. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I don't know, he received a talking to. I guess he tried extra hard. It helped, but he still stank.
  29. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Yeah, we had this fat fuck that was so fat he couldn't properly wipe his ass. The smell was so horrendous we had to get HR involved.
  30. ShakyJake

    Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

    These types of games were cool in the pre-MMO landscape, but I fail to see the appeal today. A massive world with just you in it? Feels pointless.
  31. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Are war priest charges bugged? Something ain't right.
  32. ShakyJake

    Investing General Discussion

    If you remember, we had a huge run up during 2022 and quickly rejected off the 200 MA. We're quite a way from the 200 right now.
  33. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Our division maintains two products that perform effectively the same function, both acquired when we bought out two competitors about 12 years ago. One acquisition was a surprise due to legal hurdles, but we got both, so now we have two products. One’s a hit in the U.S. market, while the other...
  34. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Ah, but romance Gale and you get to become a god.
  35. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    As I've said before, Astarion has the best story arc in the game.
  36. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Okay, have fun then!
  37. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I have a retarded friend that gave up on the game -- "it's too hard" -- because he was picking shit willy nilly. There are tons of builds videos out there.
  38. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Also, I noticed the Mario Kart World dropping frames in the demo.
  39. ShakyJake

    The White Lotus

    All of the seasons are structured this way.