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  1. Chris

    Genetic Testing & Family Tree Search Engines

    Just got my results back from Ancestry.com, as well as finding out I'm 99% British (the 1% is Norway), I was really impressed by the family tree tools. I put in the reletives I knew and the app automatically suggested the birth/marriage/census/death records to confirm the family lore as well as...
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    Honkai Star Rail

    Came out yesterday, from the same studio as Genshin Impact, but it's sci-fi and turn based. Genshin is a bit much for a phone game, it's really a AAA Action RPG taking a lot of inspiration from Breath of the Wild - so it's better on PC and Console. This one is much simpler to play (no...
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    Autism Testing

    I think that some of you guys need this: https://www.idrlabs.com/autism-spectrum/test.php People seemed to enjoy the Transphobia test in the #Gamergate thread so thought I'd share another!
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    Pixel Planet

    Anyone played this? I'm finding it strangely addicting. It's a sandbox map of the world where you can place one pixel every 4-7 seconds (you can save up one minutes worth and play on multiple devices). It's browser based and no account needed, so you can play on mobile or PC. PixelPlanet.Fun...
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    Room Temperature IQ Cuisine DIscussion

    Great, buy some proper chocolate. They tried to sell that shit over here and it was disgusting. British milk chocolate is the best.
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    Pokemon Unite

    It's a free to play Pokemon MOBA on Switch which released a few days ago. I've been playing it and really enjoying it. Pokemon fit into roles like in DoTA/LoL, Melee/Ranged Attacker, Defender, Speedster/Jungler and Support. It's 5v5 but a different playstyle, only two lanes, no friendly...
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    Pokemon Masters

    Pokemon Masters is the Pokemon game for mobile Nintendo has been working on with DeNA (the developers of Final Fantasy Record Keeper). It's in early release in Singapore (I heard Canada too) but you can play it on Android with the SDK and a VPN spoofing a Singapore IP. SDK: I downloaded a...
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    Dragalia Lost (Nintendo Gatcha ARPG)

    Dragalia Lost | Nintendo Started playing this last month and I'm really enjoying it, it's in soft release but it's out in the US and UK. Today is a good time to start as there's a collab with Fire Emblem Heroes (it's by the same developer) which has come with some massive improvements to the...
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    Mighty Party

    Hey I've been enjoying this game for about a week so I thought I would share: Gameplay: It's a CCG where each card makes a unit you place in a lane and it auto attacks. You draw and play one card per turn so there's no resource management. Each unit can have up to 3 abilities which activate...
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    Paramore - Hard Times

    This song and video are fantastic, really cleansing my angsty emo youth away.
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    Fire Emblem Heroes

    It's another Japanese Gatcha Mobile RPG! This time it's Fire Emblem by Nintendo. It's got very high production values. The graphics use cute chibi characters and maps as well as full art anime designed just for this game, it's also mostly voice acted. The content started a little light but is...
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    Baltic Countries

    Currently in Poland (Warsaw and Krakow) then travelling to the capitals of Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania/Finland. Any suggestions of things to do in these places?
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    RIP Richard Attenborough

    BBC News - Actor and director Richard Attenborough dies aged 90 I loved Jurasic Park
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    Egypt

    Girlfriend is making me go to Hurghada on the Red Sea and we may take a trip across the desert to Valley of the Kings and Karnak. Any tips on avoiding being decapitated or raped?
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    Urgent Advice Needed from an American!

    A friend of mine is going to travel down Route 66 on Honeymoon next week in a rented car, I can't afford much for a gift but I thought buying them a tank full of petrol (gas?) amounst other things would be a nice symbolic gesture and it's something they have mentioned in conversation they would...