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  1. Gravel

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

    There's a difference between not being sexualized, and turning a female's curves into a box shaped abomination.
  2. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I'd say once you get about halfway through that will fade. Not to say the game gets bad, but the novelty eventually goes away. Still a solid game (I gave it an 8/10 after finishing), but it's missing something after that front loaded bang it has.
  3. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Glad someone else said it. Crashes aren't quick.
  4. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    He should focus more on not putting out shit.
  5. Gravel

    Ted Lasso

    Second season was kind of a disappointment. Hopefully it's just a second season slump.
  6. Gravel

    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

    Not that I think movie journalist opinions are worth a shit, but this sounds...bad. I didn't even realize there was one coming out, although I've mostly checked out of the MCU. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230214-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-the-worst-marvel-film-yet
  7. Gravel

    The White Lotus

    I enjoyed season one just because of how awkward everything was.
  8. Gravel

    2023 Official Stonks Contest

    Thanks LLR!
  9. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Yeah, lots of people have pointed that one out. Burning someone, throwing an anvil into their face, turning them into an explosive barrel, launching them into someone else in an explosion killing them both...somehow better than just instantly killing them?
  10. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I mentioned it a few days ago, after guessing it might happen, but you unlock a new "feature" (really kind of an alternative to existing features) in the next to last quest. It's one of those things that you basically never get to play with unless you decide to do it after you finish, or stop...
  11. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    It's definitely wonky. Most people finally unlock talents and have 15+ to spend. Features aren't unlocked until what feels like way later than they should. Leveling 1-25 (maybe even 30) is super fast and then stalls out.
  12. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I didn't think you gold people got gaming weekends?
  13. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    That's what I keep pointing out. Market will rip in either direction based on contrary indicators. Maybe the algorithms are just so complex now that they're taking shit into consideration people don't see anymore? Either way, I've got no interest in trying to time it.
  14. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Luckily this isn't a game where you need to spend a ton of time micromanaging it. You can basically plant a few things, brew a few potions, and be good for hours and hours. The yield is high and the cook times low. The gear upgrades seem to take a lot longer, but by that time you really aren't...
  15. Gravel

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    There's been shitty calls on both teams. This has been the same shit that was happening years and years ago when I stopped watching jogger ball.
  16. Gravel

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Just slid to burn the clock out for what would've been a game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Now that's some selflessness.
  17. Gravel

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Degeneracy on display. Haven't watched a Super Bowl (or NFL game) since 2016 I think, only doing so because we're at someone else's house. Halftime show just talking about taking dicks and other jogger shit. And...was that a Kanye song? Do they normally perform other people's songs?
  18. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    We first went to Disneyland around 2015 I think, and went to Universal only a year or two later (California). The massive difference between the two was the interactions with their staff. Disney really had a magical formula. And apparently that's one of the big glaring things that's absent now.
  19. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    After a while the broom controls feel good. My only issue with them is finesse when you're hovering. And I figured out it's because depending on where the camera is will reverse the controls, and not oriented to your character/broom. The balloons definitely became harder with max upgrades...
  20. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Huh? Didn't realize each house had their own quest. The Ravenclaw one wasn't very exciting. The Playstation one sounds like one I want to do, too. I need to look into modding it so I can try it out instead of waiting a year or whatever it is. Ravenclaw, not really much of a spoiler, but doing...
  21. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    You know, I just realized...no patronus. At all. Not for you, not mentioned by anyone else. Just absent completely. Kind of disappointed. I remember before the game came out, a bunch of you trying to get the one you wanted on the fan site, which is then imported into the game. Guess it was just...
  22. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Tried to warn you.
  23. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Decided to go ahead and finish since I read a partial spoiler with all the spoilfags trying to ruin this one. That said, it didn't really ruin anything for me. Have lots of thoughts on the end, although since most people won't finish for a while, no one will probably read them. I'll keep...
  24. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Are you getting the chests that show up on the minimap? Those camps usually just have one, and they give out stuff for RoR or wands.
  25. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    There's also apparently one to unlock the cage at some poacher camp, and if you clear it without the sub quest, it just becomes un-completable. I think I may have actually encountered it like an hour after reading that. Not sure though, but I made sure not to unlock the cage either way.
  26. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Found the other half of our 1890's openly lesbian, somehow married, couple.
  27. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    39 hours and had my first crash. Was just cruising around looking for balloons and landing platforms. I feel like I've flown around the entire map and I still have eight platforms left. What the fuck?
  28. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    This. I figured the chime was for anything popping up, but it's literally for the field guides, and you can use it as sonar.
  29. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    About 38 hours in and I think I've got 4 main quests to go. Saw someone say they did it all in 18 hours, with like 2/3 of the side quests. No idea how. I guess they didn't get lost in the castle as much as I did. I'm at 2/3 of the challenges done. Feel like there's a boat load of stuff to do...
  30. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I've had other students on missions during fights make comments, but I don't think there was a detriment to it ("Oh, you use dark magic?"). At least not yet.
  31. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I've really started enjoying doing levioso into descendo. I use 12 combat spells at this point.
  32. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Speaking of atmosphere, the game feels super alive. Every single place in the castle has something happening. I eventually just kind of tuned it out so I forget, but it's constant. There's a thread with a bunch of examples, but it's hard to overstate how many NPCs are doing things. And different...
  33. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Yeah, it's a really good game. Probably top 5 open world RPGs. At least so far. Definitely game of the year type of game. Even the collection type stuff is really well done and fits the lore of the game. My complaints are things like it not being as optimized for PC as I'd like, and the menu...
  34. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    32 hours in now and another new feature. Or add on to a feature I guess.
  35. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Might have found my replacement for the Ravenclaw cloak.
  36. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Holy shit, literally just had a "Not all goblins" dialogue line. I wasn't thinking to screenshot it.
  37. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Tried my hand at a gif for Ravenclaw. Ended up small with the converter I used, but meh.
  38. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    So has anyone unlocked their house cloak yet that's not Ravenclaw? Curious to see what they look like. I haven't changed from it since unlocking it. It's by far the coolest looking one (there was another house cloak I unlocked with a larger Ravenclaw on it, but not sparkly).
  39. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Might not be the game for him. There are quite a lot of spider encounters. Like...a whole lot.
  40. Gravel

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I also saw a comment on Reddit which is a feature I really appreciate. NPCs during story missions match your run speed. I feel like this is the first game I've ever played where I can say that, and it's baffling. It's such a nice experience. There's been a handful of main quests where you do...