Brick Bungalow

Picked this up yesterday. The lifted elements from Breath of the Wild are pretty obvious. But if your going to copy a game might as well copy a good one right? Puzzles are notably weaker which is my main complaint as I love puzzles but otherwise it's a solid game. 

The plot is that you are a mortal adventuring on behalf of greek gods... so not especially original but the delivery is almost entirely composed of dad jokes. Which some reviewers complained about but was my main motivation for picking it up. 

Exploration and combat are solid. Lots of skill tree options. Lots of neat gear to find and skill combos to unlock. If you like customizing your character ability wise it delivers in this department. Four difficulty levels. 

I do pretty good until I hit a pebble. 

I have not roller skated for about thirty five years... until today. It was lots of fun. 

Anyone check out heroforge recently? I don't plan on ordering a lot of miniatures any time soon but I love the app. 

I wish...

Dark Star

Probably tied with They Live for the strangest of the John Carpenter projects. This movie lampoons the sci fi genre hilariously even before most of the familiar entries existed. 

I re watch periodically out of nostalgia. Really clever if you appreciate a combination of subtle references and low slapstick. 

46 minutes ago, Justjokin said:

 

Average 40K table is 4x6.  There must be a way to play and keep the 6ft rule...

 

Not if my space marines are life size. 

New Game Room Yo. Still needs insulation and furniture. 

14 hours ago, Munkie said:

I would say the message was supposed to be one of fidelity. "If you give into lustful temptation, you will bring ruin to the home and family you built".

Not saying the message was delivered effectively, but I think that was the point he was trying to make.

After they do the dirty deed, the girls go around and defile the symbols that would suggest this is a loving and stable household. After all, how meaningful are all the symbols of love if that love can be be so easily betrayed just because a brace of rain-soaked hotties show up at your door? His faithfulness lasted all of one laundry cycle.

Since the girls are the villains, it's easy to see women as villainized in its messaging, but I think they were more representative of the chaos that ensues when a married man lusts after women. 

They're the villains for him, but he's the villain of his family.

Man, that's even worse. You've managed, somehow, to make me like this movie even less. 

22 hours ago, WestRider said:

That's unfortunate. I was interested in it, but I didn't know it was an Eli Roth flick.

Lake Placid 2: Strictly a downgrade from the original. Betty White's presence is sorely missed.

Lake Placid 3: One of the things I really hate is horror movies where a bunch of people get killed because they do something that the film considers really stupid, but then there's a kid  who is seriously too dumb to live, and he survives. See also: Jack Frost. Yancy Butler and a number of the secondary characters make this one worthwhile anyhow, tho.

Yeah. That's actually the worst aspect of this movie... the ostensible 'message'. Which, I think, would be something like 'no matter how good a guy is women will find a way to demonize and torture him for no reason'. I suspect it's very popular in certain, ahem, internet communities. All that said, there are movies I like with no redeeming moral value so I can't high horse about it. If you dig Roths stuff in general you may get something out of it that I didn't. Sometimes I miss the point. 

Knock, knock. 

Honestly, don't bother. Third rate thriller from mediocre director Eli Roth. Half credit for ditching the gore porn format and exploring a new theme but that's about it. None of the performances are remotely believable. Totally mis cast. None of the twists are remotely surprising. The 'money' lines get delivered in such phone in repetition that they lose all meaning. If you really need to see Keanus Reeves butt I guess give it a spin. But blecch. 

Sorry to welch. Hopefully gaming warms up again soon. Anyone want a game in cornelius?

I’ll come for board games

That's a sweet model. The original twin were cool looking but OOP by my recollection. I remember whole hills dropping on my units from elf magic. 

I'm so sorry. 

I'd love to drop by and see everyone. For boardgames or bourbon or whatever. 

Cry .......for........joy.

I remember her stint on Masterpiece Theater. 

18 hours ago, Keith Amberg said:

Won't many coaches just pick random skills for their linemen and then fire them if they don't get something decent? If I get block, wrestle, dirty player or (maybe) kick I get a good cheap skill, otherwise I fire. Keeps TV down if you get something stupid but gives you an early boost otherwise.

Depends on the total league synergy. In our leagues there would be frequently be a fairly high casualty rate making the recycling of non optimum players difficult. Certainly if you have excess players this is a good option. 

On 8/26/2020 at 11:33 PM, SigurdBC said:

You can also run into the problem of two teams being exactly the same in terms of skills on exactly the same players, and one team is a hundred or two team value less since they took random skills but got the same skills as the other team. Random skills are only a 10k increase to a player, while a picked standard skill is 20k. So both teams have the same skills on all of their players, but the team with the all random skills is getting inducements. Doesn't make much sense to me. 

This seems unlikely. The current set has most teams developing in a fairly linear progression. Most teams spam the same skills based on availability. The chances of this occurring randomly seem pretty darn low. I think it could potentially be a very effective leveler. You can still spam your linear progression if you want but you will be facing zany teams with random skills while you hoard points for your guard spam. 

It's just a trailer but, holy jesus complex..... DUNE. I'm struggling not to jinx it with my anticipation. 

I can agree with the spirit of this but am also unaware of the particular division. I'll do my best to be a good citizen. 

Do you feel a lot of coaches will opt for random skills? I think I would do this just for entertainment. Also, is TV still based on total SPPs? If that's the case than random skills could be a big advantage. If we have the same TV and I have thrice the skill ups... This is the bit I'm excited to see unfold. 

Also, fair warning. Hot peppers are delicious when smoked but it makes them even hotter.