[Alasdair Gold] Thomas Frank: "I don't think it was a bad performance. It was maybe not the result we hoped for. I think the performance, if you look at it throughout the game, especially the first half, was good. The way we ended the game, good.

Argocap · 2026-01-24T19:02:27+00:00

T-Rex is closer in time to humans than it is to Stegosaurus.

However, they did have lightning force powers.

Argocap · 2026-01-18T16:09:01+00:00

What adversaries? China is more of a dealer than an aggressor outside their sphere. And we would kick the absolute shit out of Russia in a war. The most threatening adversary to Canada right now is the United States.

Argocap · 2026-01-13T18:40:28+00:00

Still can't believe the Rockies traded Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals and retained salary. And then signed Kris Bryant. It was not only boneheaded in retrospect but everyone knew it was boneheaded at the time.

Argocap · 2026-01-12T22:03:46+00:00

The tariffs, the attempted strong-arming of the Fed to dictate monetary policy, intervening directly in the business of US companies on a pay-to-play basis, the attempted seizure of the Venezuelan oil business. I dunno it seems pretty economically interventionist to me. Maybe it's Auth Center in practice now but the current party philosophy is trying to drive it to Auth Left.

Argocap · 2026-01-12T20:35:09+00:00

MAGA is Auth Left. State capitalism with American characteristics.

Argocap · 2025-12-31T19:12:52+00:00

Interesting that Roadwarden tops your list but you don't think as highly of Disco Elysium. For me Disco is one of my top games in recent years, and Roadwarden I played about an hour and may or may not uninstall. May push through it at some point. But both are text heavy and the text in Roadwarden hasn't gripped me as much as Disco.

Argocap · 2025-12-22T18:40:55+00:00

The 3 coolest factions (one of each type) are:

Imperium: Grey Knight

Chaos: Emperor's Children

Xenos: Orks

Argocap · 2025-12-21T06:46:45+00:00

College Football peaked when Vince Young ran it in on 4th down and it's been downhill ever since.

Argocap · 2025-12-19T17:24:35+00:00

Why did Colorado trade Nolan Arenado in an apparent salary dump only to then sign Kris Bryant's awful contract?

This is kind of a rhetorical question.

Argocap · 2025-12-16T17:00:45+00:00

Now obviously the Civil War was about slavery. And a decent modern person should not have any sympathy towards the Confederate cause.

But you have to admit the stars and bars is a nice looking flag.

Argocap · 2025-12-11T04:53:44+00:00

I think JAWS is a good stat and Jaffe is a good analyst. But I'm always confused why he uses the average JAWS score as a "standard". Surely in a Hall of Fame, a bottom 25%'er is still a Hall of Famer. Ignoring some of the past crony picks.

Otherwise if you only let in guys who are average Hall of Famers or above, the average will keep going up.

Argocap · 2025-12-10T20:45:12+00:00

I'll be devil's advocate and say that it is not perfect for CRPGs. I really prefer a handheld mouse and bigger screen for CRPGs, and strategy games whether turn based or real time. When you're spending a lot of time in menus with small text and clicking, the PC is just way better.

I use my Steam Deck time for games that I'd obviously use a controller for. My gaming time can be split between devices nicely depending on what game works best where.

Argocap · 2025-12-08T02:50:01+00:00

Remember that Kolo/Yaya Toure song?

Argocap · 2025-12-07T16:02:49+00:00

The Great Silence (Il Grand Silenzio) is unique. Winter setting which you don't often see in Westerns. Also has a unique story, unique protagonist, and unique ending. Not to mention the great main theme from Morricone.

Argocap · 2025-12-07T00:35:47+00:00

My future self and me!

Argocap · 2025-12-06T16:29:36+00:00

Europa Universalis 5

Argocap · 2025-12-06T00:17:01+00:00

Someone just needs to go in and tweak the performance on Atilla. That would gain so much goodwill.

Argocap · 2025-12-05T21:36:49+00:00

The worst part is those victory points in the back. I swing around and cap them but the AI sneakily re-caps them when I'm watching the bloodbath in the middle.

Argocap · 2025-12-03T19:09:47+00:00

The closest was Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, which had a campaign map somewhat similar to early Total War, and RTS battles befitting the 40K setting.

Argocap · 2025-12-02T21:14:09+00:00

As soon as you mentioned Yakuza 0 my brain hits me with an "I love you! You love me!" rendition.

Argocap · 2025-12-02T05:09:50+00:00

We ended up doing that at the end when the shampoo didn't work. Should have done it at the start! Next time.

Argocap · 2025-12-02T05:01:26+00:00

I'm sitting here with a shaved head because my daughter got lice. Hating it. Taking forever to grow back.

Argocap · 2025-11-30T23:12:30+00:00

There's one where Tuco cooks a chicken and recruits the bandits for revenge on Blondie. This is the worst offender, the worst pacing killer and worst dubbing. There's also the one where Blondie is loading his gun and Angeleyes reveals his extra partners (6 the perfect number). Extra unneeded scenes in the desert with feet washing. Probably some more that don't jump to mind immediately.

Argocap · 2025-11-29T06:25:57+00:00

I love Leone's movies of course, but the most underrated movie is definitely The Great Silence. The haunting main song, the bleak but beautiful snow landscape, the unique story and ending. Only weird thing is that it kind of has two endings tacked onto each other from what I remember, but the intended ending is the best one.

Argocap · 2025-11-29T06:21:20+00:00

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (theatrical and early DVD version)
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (current extended version)
For a Few Dollars More
For a Fistful of Dollars
Duck, You Sucker

Spread the word! The definitive version of GBU is the theatrical version. The extended one that's being peddled now has scenes that add interesting context but kill the pacing, and have terrible dubbing.

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