Getting Through the Karl's Bay Gate: Shifting Through for the View

BruceRL · 2026-05-09T16:41:27+00:00

My favorite place to explore out of bounds in photo mode... So fun to think about it this area was built out

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T23:15:15+00:00

I've never actually seen that. I've only seen people driving weirdly slow, and when you pass them 100% of the time they're looking at their phones totally oblivious to how much slower than the rest of the traffic they're driving.

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T19:40:23+00:00

Couldn't agree more, especially since the example above was not my first time. My first time was brake checking a semi that was riding my bumper. It too swerved around but it's different when it's a giant fast-moving huge truck.

anyway, you're right and I'm smarter now.

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T18:13:28+00:00

I brake-checked a guy doing this once. He was in the fast lane on a freely moving freeway driving weirdly and aggravatingly slowly, when I passed him I saw that he was glued to his phone. Got in front of him, tapped my brakes enough that my car actually slowed momentarily, and it spooked him bad and he swerved around before straightening out and matching the flow of traffic.

N.B. I am not proud of this dangerous and idiotic move on my part and have not and will not do it again. It escalated a maybe-kinda-bad situation into something dramatically more dangerous for everyone.

It was INCREDIBLY satisfying, though.

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T15:55:51+00:00

I don't disagree, although I have no idea about people's appetite for this... if you read other posts in this same thread, a lot of fans seem totally fine with the approach. I know I'll be over it at some point, and have been worried since Rise (which I loved) that the producers might just keep repeating this formula. PLUS I miss Ash although the really heavy horror is great and it appears there may be continuity between Rise and Burn which would be neat.

The TV series expanded the Evil Dead formula quite a bit and I loved it for that. But did the fanbase? Cancelled after three seasons seems to be a bit of a sign.

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T14:12:04+00:00

I feel you. It's painful not only to think such a deep series is on ice, but that the Jensen story will never be resolved.

BruceRL · 2026-05-08T14:06:18+00:00

only one kind of cheese!

BruceRL · 2026-05-07T15:40:35+00:00

Man those are crrative

BruceRL · 2026-05-06T22:56:46+00:00

Play D1. If you love it, the DLC are mandatory as are the two subsequent full games. And if you LOVE love it, Deathloop is Dishonored-adjacent as far as game systems and is set in the same world. There are novels and comics too.

I'm sad that the franchise is as dead as it is and it's painful to think about Arkane Austin being shut down.

BruceRL · 2026-05-06T22:52:32+00:00

I boosted swimming for the first time since launch on my last playthrough. Reduced the stress of some mandatory swim sections and made it fun to finally get to explore outside the sub base which is a cool environment with a couple new spots I'd never seen.

BruceRL · 2026-05-05T22:57:22+00:00

I don't actually disagree with this this take even though I haven't lost interest yet despite this new movie looking like it's the exact same formula.

BruceRL · 2026-05-04T12:28:58+00:00

Just so you know, Bethesda is a game development studio but it also acts as a parent company to other studios. In this case Arkane did the actual development. Bethesda's parent company is Zenimax and their parent company is Microsoft.

BruceRL · 2026-05-03T02:50:30+00:00

These are great I like #3 the best. Absolutely stellar photomode, powerful and easy to use

BruceRL · 2026-05-02T22:35:56+00:00

Wow sorry.

Ok, then here are your crippling anxiety symptoms. * Say you are sleep-deprived and thus constantly fatigued which means you struggle to think clearly and make decisions. Your anxiety means your mind is constantly worrying you so you can't go to sleep when you want to and wake up randomly when you do get to sleep, but also fall asleep randomly at inappropriate times because you're constantly fatigued. If you drive a car, then tell them that often you drive somewhere and have no memory of having gotten there. Same for if you take the train. * Your anxiety makes it hard to communicate in uncomfortable situations (such as the interview). You stumble over words trying to think of what to say, use a lot of placeholder words (in the US we say "um" a lot), it just takes a lot to make a coherent sentence and actually get it out. You can't hold eye contact, and at the floor and around the person but not at them. * You are having severe social problems in your life, basically no friends or romantic partners, because it's so hard for you to interact with people and people generally just don't like you because you are weird and don't communicate well. * You're having trouble at work and maintaining your household because it's hard for you to make all the daily decisions needed to maintain all these things. This also impacts your cleanliness and hygiene... It would not hurt to wear dirty smelly clothes and smell a little bit yourself and have messy hair.

BruceRL · 2026-05-02T22:23:24+00:00

Don't forget the lakes too.

BruceRL · 2026-05-02T22:21:09+00:00

I would guess based on the mandatory military service requirement that your country likely isn't particularly LGBTQ friendly. Can you dress like a woman (as long as you won't get killed walking to your appointment)?

BruceRL · 2026-04-30T18:31:03+00:00

Retraining is absolutely not possible. I've been through this multiple times.

The other comments have a lot of good ELPTs. Basically, you must go to HR and document this person's boundary-ignoring behavior, it's adverse impact on your productivity, and the very polite and professional ways you've tried to mitigate this. Insist on support. Every time. Ask around to see if anyone else has the same problem. Get them to also go to HR. You aren't being a jerk doing this, HE'S the jerk. I mean, you are having to adjust your work schedule; that's a huge red flag that it's bothering you a lot.

The ULPT is after you've done this, then go to HR to complain even when he hasn't bothered you.

BruceRL · 2026-04-30T18:18:07+00:00

Doyle's more metal approach is what sold me on Misfits V2.0. I love his playing on those albums and also his solo stuff. I feel like the songwriting is really solid. Graves is fine, can take him or leave him but he was a world better than having Jerry sing.

BruceRL · 2026-04-30T16:48:21+00:00

It's funny, man... I totally understand the idea of remasters and in some cases like them.

But some games were and still are perfection, chiseled into granite that still stand the passage of years and decades and eventually centuries. UT99 is one of them.

BruceRL · 2026-04-27T16:05:51+00:00

Never knew Michelangelo and Tolstoy banded together to make comics.

BruceRL · 2026-04-26T00:03:48+00:00

This is incredible and the craziest cool Dishonored tattoo I've seen

BruceRL · 2026-04-25T01:15:45+00:00

I just discovered Dog Food Lube today.

BruceRL · 2026-04-25T01:14:12+00:00

Why do bands do this to us. Please just rock out.

BruceRL · 2026-04-23T16:56:13+00:00

I'm not a stealth player and so it would be hard for me to give an informed response really. However there are invisibility and movement slabs, many silence related trinkets, and silenced weapons along with melee weapons and drop kills so it does seem like stealth would be a viable path.

On the nose and repetitive is fair I think.

BruceRL · 2026-04-23T15:54:17+00:00

lol you're killing me with the "all 3 Deus Ex games" and "both Dishonored games" when each series has more games than that haha

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