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  1. Gravel

    Touch Me (2026)

    Where the fuck do you find these movies? Trailer has under 5k views, and yet somehow @kroenen is on top of it to post a thread.
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    So Los Angeles sucks

    Honestly, Los Angeles is a pretty shit tourist place. It's more of a "I like to go out to eat or enjoy nightlife" type of place. But everything's so spread out, it's basically a shit show. Honestly, the only "thing" I would recommend is the Getty. Maybe the La Brea tar pits, too. Otherwise, the...
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    Paradise

    Haven't started the new season yet, but this is literally how every one of these mystery box shows based on a really interesting premise goes. The pilot is awesome, and the rest of the first season really unfolds masterfully. But they weren't really sure what to do after that, or if it'd even...
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    That was wild. The comment section is also a gold mine. Edit: Watching this high the next day (well, right now). This shit fucking slaps. Hard.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Looks like time for our now monthly market overreaction to tariff changes. You'd think at this point the market would just learn to ignore it, but here we are. Doing the same shit. Again.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Man, hearing Rich nerd out on fucking Spiderman over and over just made my eyes glaze over. I felt bad for Jay who had to pretend to be interested.
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    Ashes of Creation

    I only joined it for that one game, and because we didn't have an FoH guild for some reason. I blame Tuco for us all joining them, even though I don't remember the series of events whatsoever.
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    Ashes of Creation

    Was PDX on that server? If so, I guess we probably crossed paths. Although I quit not too long after the sieging castles shit started because it was retarded.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I just meant the "boo hoo we're broke" part.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    So yeah, sounds pretty fucking scummy. But people will donate money anyway.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Probably piggybacking on Dawson's Creek who everyone would assume had a high net worth but spent it all apparently on medical bills. May as well ask for money whether you actually need it or not.
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    Rental Family (2025)

    I thought this was just okay. I feel like most movies today are way too long, but with this one the emotional connection between Fraser's character and the others just seemed to lack enough development to be meaningful. And I think that's just because there wasn't enough screen time to make it...
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    Westworld

    The only reason I know we watched season two is because I remember Kiksuya. Otherwise I remember the rest of the season being a big letdown. So much so that I didn't even attempt to watch season 3.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Probably my favorite guest they've ever had. Entertaining episode. His Morgan Freeman Seven answer was pretty funny.
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    The Pitt

    So I'm not 100% on this, but I'm pretty sure the prisoner guy is Skinny Pete. Just thought that was interesting.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Except MnM is purposefully going for a pace of gaming that's super slow, closer to vanilla EQ. You're basically describing a solution to a game that isn't being made.
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    Weather

    The fuck do you live, the arctic circle? It's in the 70s here today.
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    Factorio

    Which is strange since Earendel basically did both of them.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I got into the alpha and that's when I decided the game wasn't great. I enjoyed the hell out of the limited playtests and assumed once I got into the alpha I'd play the shit out of it. Yeah, turns out, the game is way too rough around the edges and when I had unlimited playtime for it, I decided...
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    Investing General Discussion

    How many people are going to keep investing to take advantage of a carry forward loss after being wiped out of their entire life savings?
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    "Please pay us $15 a month so we can finish the game in a few years."
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Man, talk about losing a big hitter. Although I doubt he's acted in anything in a while due to age?
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    Crimson Desert

    For fucking $70, there better not be microtransactions.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    It's funny, because he brings up meditate, and that's one of the best examples of clinging onto a system from 25 years ago without really considering why. Having abysmal mana rates means your group is sitting around constantly doing nothing. This works in 1999 because what are you going to do...
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    Crimson Desert

    If they can get the sound of smacking a tree with an axe down, I'm in. When is this one supposed to release?
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Yeah, the reality is that it's going to be 90% poopsockers after 2 months. This game is never going to get 5k paying subscribers.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    That's because the game isn't necessarily bad, but a lot of the design decisions are. And they have really dug their heels in on those bad ideas.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    And that kind of game just can't exist in 2026 because we live in the era of Wikis and Discord and instant communication and tests that last years where everything has already been figured out. There will never be another EQ because it was a product of a specific period of time, not because of...
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    We Dont Need No Stinking Priests - Spirituality, prayer, meditation, new age, gnostisicm, consciousness

    It's been incredibly positive. Just my outlook on everything has been more joyful. It's made me appreciate everything a lot more.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    The funny part is I bet the people who are in the "I want to wait for EA to play" camp are the same ones who will say they want to play this and be in the group figuring shit out, not realizing that the second that EA starts, the 100 people who've been consuming all the alpha content will...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I can't remember who's been posting it, but I think this is the misconception. You blame instancing for deteriorating the social interactions we remember from EQ, but I think the reality is the world changed. EQ was basically a glorified chatroom for a relatively new internet. But a quarter...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    And like has been pointed out over and over, that only works when you're the only game in town and it's 1999.
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Yes, although it's significantly smaller than my old one (posted here sometime in 2015). I haven't been to a gym in over a decade since building my own. Whenever we figuring out building a new house though, we'll make a much larger one again.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    They only speed up content by allowing all players to actually play the game. What you're arguing for is essentially restricting access to content for 90% of your players for "longevity."
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    From what I can tell, they're falling into an echo chamber trap. Essentially only listening to their Discord feedback and anyone jonesing for a game to play who will say whatever it takes to get an alpha key by watching their Twitch streams. And while it does sound like they occasionally read...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Glad people are finally coming on board. The game has lackluster interest while it's currently free. And that interest seems to be dropping off fast already. Beta was supposed to start like 5 months ago and is still pushed, but when EA finally starts and people have to pay to playtest this, I...
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    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    Finished my rewatch of Breaking Bad, and decided to fire up El Camino. For some reason I remember hearing it was terrible when it came out, but the reviews all seemed pretty decent for it in current year. It was a good "this is what happened to Jesse in that missing year" and him navigating the...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I think the disaster with AoC is causing some butts to pucker when they notice the commonalities between the two, and how suddenly all the criticism leveled on this game looks a lot more legitimate.
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    Rose of Nevada (2026)

    I'm a sucker for time travel, so I'm in. I even enjoyed the stupid drug addict one (Time Addicts?). My top two favorite movies of all time are BTTF 1 and 2, and my favorite book ever is Replay. This one has a weird vintage look to it. Not sure if that's cause I'm not used to seeing movies shot...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I'd like to see some kind of solution where instead of Google or Apple selling your digital information for a few cents, suddenly people are selling their own information as needed to fund their own "free internet" use. Solves two problems. I literally just thought of this on the spot reading...