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  1. BrotherWu

    What are you playing?

    I'm playing on "Easy" and started in Egypt for the "For the Sake of Glory" bonus, which is faster repairs on mechanical stuff. I think I am nearing the end of the second month and I have almost enough beam weapons for everyone. I think I am just missing a gunner beam weapon. I still find...
  2. BrotherWu

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    The longer this UFO/UAP shit drags on with no irrefutable evidence that there is something to some of these sightings, the more I am inclined to believe there are prosaic explanations for everything. I just don't see how, in a world where almost every person on the planet has a camera in their...
  3. BrotherWu

    What are you playing?

    Started up a new game of XCOM using the The Long War mod. It's a good hurt.
  4. BrotherWu

    Investing General Discussion

    Hey guys. Wonder if someone can give me a few pointers on where to start on resources for doing some direct investing. The wife and I have fully funded 401ks that are in pretty good shape, a 529 for the kiddos that is on track, low APR 15-year loan on the house which is worth about $1M more...
  5. BrotherWu

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    A gift for your Steam friends.
  6. BrotherWu

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    The top sellers on Steam right now is pretty pathetic.
  7. BrotherWu

    Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 2022

    Been trying to get the fucking LOGIN button to work for like 20 minutes. About to punt this fucker back to Steam.
  8. BrotherWu

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    Yeah kind of interesting that this is where they drew the line in the sand. I jumped back into the game about a week after having not played in about 6 months and found that it really hasn't fundamentally changed. Everything they implement is half baked. I hope streamers pick it up and shit...
  9. BrotherWu

    Embers Adrift

    This was my impression. And it was fucking dark the whole time. And couldn't find any nodes to try out mining.
  10. BrotherWu

    Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 2022

    I was watching a streamer play this yesterday. Been a long time since I purchased a CoD game and I don't think I have ever spent 70 bones on a game but I just may pick this up. It looks really good. I'd really prefer a good BF game that isn't commandeered by blue-haired tranny pansexual...
  11. BrotherWu

    Battle Brothers

    WarTales is a similar game and I liked it better. Check it out.
  12. BrotherWu

    What are you playing?

    StarDew Valley is multiplayer now, I believe. Farming, Dungeon Crawling, Economics Sim.
  13. BrotherWu

    Embers Adrift

    Dude I played EQ starting in the beta and absolutely loved it. I guess I will give it some more time but holy fuck there is nothing interesting or compelling in this for me.
  14. BrotherWu

    Embers Adrift

    WTF you guys? This game is fucking awful. Jesus Christ it's boring.
  15. BrotherWu

    Embers Adrift

    Other than some of the infrastructure issues NW had when it started up, did you guys feel this positive about it when you got in? I.e. did the design flaws not really show up until later? Just wondering if you guys are still in the honeymoon period. Either way, it sounds like it's pretty easy...
  16. BrotherWu

    Embers Adrift

    I gotta be honest. I'm surprised you guys aren't shitting on this. Might have to give it a look.
  17. BrotherWu

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I thought there were some interesting and fun aspects of the game but I gave it up when I got to my first instance quest and I couldn't do it because no one else needed it since they don't allow alts. Also the economy is a little fucky. (edit: replying to you guys talking about NW)
  18. BrotherWu

    Medieval Dynasty

    Nope. :)
  19. BrotherWu

    Medieval Dynasty

    I started a playthrough recently, having not played it much in the last year and they've done a nice job continuing to improve it. There are still some things that could be rebalanced and thought out more to make it more interesting. Some examples: - You have to babysit some of the...
  20. BrotherWu

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Barb Shaman reporting in. Who needs SoW?
  21. BrotherWu

    Dark and Darker

    This is the most interesting thing to show up on my wishlist in quite a while. Too bad it is a year out. I'd probably buy into a closed beta on it. Seems like they may have been surprised by the positive reaction to it and hence have extended the test? Either that or they are still trying to...
  22. BrotherWu

    What are you playing?

    I just, for the first time in my life, picked up what I consider to be a higher end gaming PC and I need something that really shows off its capabilities. So used to playing older games on my potato. Problem is I have a hard time getting into some of the guided story games like Elden Ring...
  23. BrotherWu

    Dark and Darker

    Looks interesting. How is the PvP?
  24. BrotherWu

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    If you guys are into multiplayer M&B, take a look at the Bannerlord Online mod. They have been killing it with updates for quite a while. They're far more inspired and productive than the retards at TaleWorlds. I'm a huge fan of the series and I have gotten a lot of play time in the EA but...
  25. BrotherWu

    AI images

    This will probably be a short beta for me.
  26. BrotherWu

    AI images

    Angry bob ross in armor going on crusade
  27. BrotherWu

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I come bearing gifts. Please forgive my transgression.
  28. BrotherWu

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Now that they have pulled it, I kinda want to see how bad it is.
  29. BrotherWu

    Depression

    I haven't seen much about long-term side effects. I'll do some research on that. My doctor made them sound pretty safe. Only thing I noticed was that I was a little twitchy when I first got on them and it felt like I had a condom on when I was having sex. Thankfully that went away.
  30. BrotherWu

    Depression

    Not sure what this means. I haven't been diagnosed with depression, but I did have a random panic attack a couple of years ago, which led into a period vague anxiety/dread. It was really strange how it came out of nowhere but the doc put me on an SSRI, which reduced those symptoms that had...
  31. BrotherWu

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

    I've spent most of my career in automotive, some medical/iot/automation. Python/Ruby for testing/data processing. A little C#/C++ here and there. 95%+ in C. I've used Dictionaries in Python a few times so I am familiar with the concepts; it just seemed a bit much and a bit open-ended to...
  32. BrotherWu

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

    As a Firmware guy, the question they gave me was: Implement a hash SDK in C without using arrays. lolwut I've had to use hash tables once in my entire career and that was in Python for testing.
  33. BrotherWu

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

    Jesus that bitch has some crazy eyes.
  34. BrotherWu

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

    The stuff I have seen was a little more involved than that. When I interviewed with a chip manufacturer for a pre-silicon team, it was 4 hours of programming exercises with 4 different people. It sucked. Side note, after I told Amazon to pound sand, they came back and said they could give me...
  35. BrotherWu

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

    A year ago it would have been a humble brag but right now salaries are all over the place, even remote- anyone with decent skills, good communication, good work ethic, etc. should be able to make 150k+ base with a little searching. The Amazon range is admittedly pretty high for remote work...
  36. BrotherWu

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

    Amazon recruiter contacted me about a 300k job. Big tech is really going big on salaries in this environment. I agree to talk to them about it and they send me a package that includes like 2 hours of coding exercises and who knows how many (3-4?) hours of recommended prep work. Fuck. Off...
  37. BrotherWu

    Icarus (Survival, Rocketwerkz)

    They are adding a lot of stuff but I don't see getting around the fundamental tediousness of the game. I got my hours out of it but I probably won't be coming back. Also, I'd really like to see them focus some effort on optimization.
  38. BrotherWu

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    We seem to have a lot of EA games that show great potential and then the shitwaffles can't finish them.
  39. BrotherWu

    No Man's Sky

    Is I lookin poor to you bitch ass?
  40. BrotherWu

    No Man's Sky

    I bought this game for PS4 at release and put it away due to the shitshow. Now that they have achieved the greatest redemption story arc in the history of video game companies, and my PS4 is in a landfill, is it worth buying for PC at half price?