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  1. Phazael

    The Running Man

    Book was actually excellent but there is no way in hell they do the ending as remotely close to written as I would like, because current year. Edgar Wright can do no wrong in my eyes, so gonna roll the dice on this one.
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    We played on side by side consoles. We have three tvs in our bedroom, which we nicknamed the reality deprivation chamber.
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I got Night Reign along with the wife to play together, as we did a co-op play of ER together (the base game anyhow) thinking this was going to be casual friendly and more like the Dragon Age MP. Combat is not an issue, but the frantic run around and ignore most of the content is completely...
  4. Phazael

    Dating

    Forward intel and engagement is always good, but fundamentally people lie about a lot of things, especially themselves even to themselves. Putting yourself out there is always going to be a risk. Mustering the resolve to get back out there is a major step in moving forward and one a lot of...
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    Dating

    There is a difference between looking for Mrs Right vs Mrs Right Now. I think we can all agree on that. That said getting back on the proverbial horse as it were by bar trawling is not the worst idea, especially if you have been out of the market for a long time. Getting that first base hit...
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    Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles

    The story characters you got early (or who had decent class setups) had a leg up and this was indeed a positive for Mustadio, but concentrate combine with his gun abilities made him a major force late game as well. And yeah Chocobo Mounted Mustadio plus W8 could solo the game, but then again...
  7. Phazael

    Watchmen (2009)

    If we wanted an AI's take on something we would google it ourselves. The point is getting your actual opinion in your own words so we can debate a topic instead of a search engine.
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    Watchmen (2009)

    This is easily in my top five superhero movies of all time, if not at the top of the list. They altered the ending of the comic, but frankly the movie ending is better. All around great acting and as close to perfect translation of the source material as you would ever see. Schneider's best...
  9. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I preordered it, but then I already have a group set to play with. I dont really maintain a gaming PC anymore, but even if I did console is where I would be due to it filtering out the cheaters and being able to be a couch potato and enjoy speed runs is nice.
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I have relatives over for a week so I probably will not get to play much if at all. But I have a premade group of local friends we intend to hit it hard with on PS5. I enjoyed the coop play in ME2 and Dragon Age and hope it has the same feel to it. Nice bite sized monster murder runs seem...
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah even with the DLC she is by far the hardest boss, even if you summon pals. She requires specific approaches, good reads, and fast timing to take down. If you are a tanky guy and want to solo her (or at least just use ash and no player help), the fingerprint shield is a must. For a weapon...
  12. Phazael

    2024-2025 NFL Season - Dak Prescott's MVP Tour Part 2

    Vikings are a shit show and the Bears.... are still the bears. Realistically, we have three actually tough to the point of near auto loss games in our out of division (Eagles, Clit Commanders, and Ravens), so how we do is going to boil down to improving on that horrific in division record from...
  13. Phazael

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

    I turn my camera on for key meetings that have been scheduled in advance and I even dress up for them to a degree, hoping the zoomers get the fucking hint about professionalism. They tried that shit on us both at DHS and at my current gig. The DHS one got killed in the crib for anyone in a...
  14. Phazael

    Kickstarters

    For a masterclass on how to fuck everything up, go do a deep dive on Sandy Peterson Games. At least I got my Cthulhu wars shit, but there is zero way Hyperspace ever happens and my friend has three other KSes that are years behind. Dude fucked EVERYTHING up. On Kickstarters in general, I have...
  15. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Well girlboss hand to handing zombros with her Burger King diversity meal pals while being systematically hunted down by the potato, all with teen drama and message virtue signaling? You are basically describing a CW show at that point.
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    The Last of Us

    This is with professional grade makeup. That girl fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Not her fault, but the reality is that she does not have the talent to overcome that limitation.
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    The Last of Us

    They hired her because people fawned over her being a retard in GoT. What no one realized is she really was not acting and never has. You can get away with not being able to act if you are attractive, but alas she has epic levels of Derp Face, no acting ability, and a toxic personality that...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Our company is emphasizing this. We just promoted a girlboss with zero technical background to CTO after the last one retired, but she is basically a clone of him in that she has no technical background and latches on to whatever trend she reads about from skymall magazine. And now every other...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Kirun sounds like the typical middle manager need to look busy type. In manufacturing and service industries, they have a place because the people who report to them are mouth breathers most of the time. The vast array of knuckle draggers working in those carries need someone who can crack the...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Look for a state level gov job if you can. Fair pay, remote work, and fairly stable. Not the ideal thing, but it can keep the lights on while you hunt for the long term gig you really want. As woman who is not a drama bomb there are going to be some options open to you that most of us don't...
  21. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Condolences, but get ready. You have a non zero chance of getting pulled into raising those kids by your wife.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I agree with his broader points, but he has more or less lost the plot on his cause. Kind of the same path I went down with Wormysyar. Got so wrapped up in the tolling that he forgot what point he was tryiing to make and stopped reading the room. Taking battles into this part of the forum is...
  23. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    On topic, yeah no kids here by choice but marriage is both the best thing and hardest thing life has to offer. Even if it all works well, its tough and takes effort. Its rare as hell for a split to be equal blame, but in any breakup there is always a little bit of blame on both sides. Bare...
  24. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    @Nirgon This is not the forum space or thread to pull troll antics. Stow that shit for the POL section or Amod will drop the hammer. Even the Welcher and Felcher know not to screw around in the Grownup forum area.
  25. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Yeah if the show "improved' on anything, its in quietly dropping the Gigantor Roid Monster Abby angle (an likely tranny). The kind of resources to create a roided out monster young woman who can punch out Zombros with her bare hands is simply not going to be available 20 years after a societal...
  26. Phazael

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

    Well even the biggest monopolies fall down the shitter (literally) if their customers get fed up, especially if you are providing a product to another enterprise organization rather than to general consumers. Happens fairly often in tech compared to other industries, actually. Like outside of...
  27. Phazael

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

    Well once again the managers think they see a way to cut people to push up their stock and bonuses, heedless of the long term impact because if anything bad happens they just golden parachute to the next company to destroy. They have tried every angle to make the replace whitey with Poos thing...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Another thing I have discovered in the current year environment is that if you are the one white dude who snuck in the door and are even remotely good, you are mostly bulletproof. Reason being is many companies have so many DEI hires who checked a box while having zero skill (or H1B1 Poo...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Developers can get away with this shit because there are a lot of useless meetings they can just ghost and tons of dead time because management cannot organize time for shit. And at the same time, companies are loath to let someone go who knows how the shit works, because letting a Dev fuck off...
  30. Phazael

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    I was in a clan called The Fighting Amish back in my X-Wing vs Tie Fighter period. Flew Z95s, A Wings, and Interceptors mostly (they did scaled kills so if you could fly something fast worth a shit you were not worth much to kill and could rack up huge scores taking down the fancier shit) and...
  31. Phazael

    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    This. Had a SB 64 Awe Pro (was also doing music comp on my PC) and had a pair of 3dfs cards SLA'd with passthrough from the old Matrox Millenium 2 card for standard graphics. So much work to get it all to play nice. I used to hand build all my PCs but I don't think I have touched that shit in...
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    DOOM: The Dark Ages

    Yeah Doom 2 was a modders paradise and had so many great custom maps made by the community. I remember a Hoove Dam one that was flat out amazing. It was also one of the best early coop experiences in gaming at the time. Side note, why not just make a modern Hexen or did ID Soft let the...
  33. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    You asked for examples where he wasn't just playing.Danny devito and I provided them. Does your doctor Title require researtification periodically?
  34. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Throw Momma From the Train, Jumanji one and two, Big Fish, The Rainmaker, Hoffa, just off the top of my head. He often plays himself in the part, but he can act very well when he so chooses.
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    The Last of Us

    DeVito actually can act and is likeable. I get the writing did her no favors, but derpface McPronouns is simply unlikable and it has almost nothing to do with her appearance, see recent Snow White movie debacle. And there are plenty of likable young child actors out there who are not charisma...
  36. Phazael

    So My Wife Died...

    Thats the problem. Everyone is fundementally broken these days, even ourselves. You just need to be patient and wait until you find someone who's damage lines up nicely with your own. But its worth it to keep trying and I bet the kids are happy for you taking some at bats.
  37. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    @Koushirou I think it boils down to men just want to solve problems (so they can shut down and decompress) while women just want to vent (an not actually solve the problem). I believe this is down to how we are wired, but gay couples seem to also end up in this dynamic in some form or another...
  38. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    The underage lesbian bi racial carpet mucher simulator was part of the DLC and technically part of the first game's storyline. The mall shit was cringe as fuck and let to the "Ellie is gay, by the way." meme. The other half of it was her sneak sniping a bunch of canables and infected at a...
  39. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Yeah black strong woman was basically his prototype for Gigantor. He pushed for that character to be in UC4 and when Amy resisted, he used that as a basis to force her out.
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    The Last of Us

    Sarkeesian had a hand in wrecking this franchise as Druckman was a disciple of her bullshit. The core story elements had already been hashed out for the first game by Amy Hennig (who was lead on all the non shit Uncharted Games) before Druckman forced her out and took over for "not being...