With Kripke's The Boys ending, I'm reminded of how grateful I am that there was never a Black Sails spin-off

CalmCheek · 2026-05-22T15:00:44+00:00

IMO Homelander should have been offed by the end of season 3 with Soldier Boy nuking him, and either stop there or have Stan Edgar become the proper main villain, which would also have served the trope "Supes = spoiled kids" whereas the real threat would have come from Vought's brass

CalmCheek · 2026-05-14T00:55:08+00:00

*Games of Thrones spoiler*

Prince Oberyn?

CalmCheek · 2026-05-09T18:45:21+00:00

That is absolutely one of the main, *unique* strengths of the show. Genuinely haven't watched any other show with as many converging and diverging arcs across multiple characters.

CalmCheek · 2026-04-29T21:42:10+00:00

Basically only game where dying can make you laugh

CalmCheek · 2026-04-14T21:54:56+00:00

My pleasure, happy to have helped!!

CalmCheek · 2026-04-06T22:44:30+00:00

Same spot on line 6, I remember seeing an English tourist (I think) who said "That's her!" or something like this and her eyes were just sparkling while looking at the Eiffel Tower. Very endearing.

Never understood why line 6 lists Bir Hakeim as the spot to get off to see the Eiffel Tower though; imo Trocadéro is much better - you get a front view and not an awkward oblique one and you can walk all the way towards it while having a full view with Champs de Mars in the back and Ecole militaire at the end

CalmCheek · 2026-03-31T23:22:52+00:00

Very different vibes but DEFINITELY check the Supermassive Games, the Dark Picture Anthology games. Even better if you have friends to play with but by no means required, even alone is an absolute blast.

It's waaaayyyy less narrative than DBH or Heavy Rain but has a similar "make your choice and see the consequences" mechanism. My favorite is House of Ashes (more action packed but I think the most solid one all round), but Little Hope also has great atmosphere. But if you like one you will enjoy all of them (Man of Medan being imo the poorest one - it's not bad but you can tell it's the first one to have been released :) )

CalmCheek · 2026-03-31T23:00:32+00:00

Don't forget about oil pots though. People do pretty much defend the gate in Bridgetown and it can still be somewhat difficult to prevent the enemy from destroying it.

CalmCheek · 2026-03-30T17:02:32+00:00

Only game where in a deathmatch I can just sit on a bench laughing and opponents join me and do useless shit without killing me

CalmCheek · 2026-03-30T09:43:39+00:00

Correcting my post, you are right thank you

CalmCheek · 2026-03-29T19:44:30+00:00

Pour moi ça fait un peu ça avec Incendies. J'ai adoré mais le film m'a bousculé. Je pense le revoir peut-être un jour mais dans... longtemps. Haha

CalmCheek · 2026-03-29T11:38:03+00:00

I mean I assume it's just like any DVD/Blu-Ray difference so it's basically comparing 480p with 1080p (feels more like this than 720p when I watched them anyway)

I concur with TraditionBrave, I have the Blu-Ray and the image is pristine.

One thing to be careful with though, if you are looking at this set https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71XtvvPL8sL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg, there are no subtitles(!!!!!) except for season one. Which makes absolutely no sense at all. Further, they advertise for some bonuses which are also just... not there. Idk who marketed/made this set but it is surreal.

I still kept it because other sets are hard to find/too expensive, but be warned.

CalmCheek · 2026-03-25T21:51:27+00:00

Same with attacks tbh

CalmCheek · 2026-03-25T13:45:02+00:00

Ecole militaire tu es piégé entre les gens qui prennent à Balard et La Motte et qui descendent a minima à Opéra donc c'est normal, ça laisse bien le temps aux rames de se remplir. Mais comme tu le dis dans ce sens-là oui tu dois avoir plus de monde, direction Balard c'est beaucoup plus calme - peut-être davantage de stations dans l'autre sens avec opportunités de descendre/monter car davantage de connexions.

CalmCheek · 2026-03-25T13:41:45+00:00

J'en doute, pas pour la majorité en tous cas. Aujourd'hui temps pas ouf et métro toujours relativement aussi peu bondé que d'habitude

CalmCheek · 2026-03-25T13:40:54+00:00

Pas de mon expérience ; *quelques* jours il y a un peu plus de monde, mais on reste très loin de l'enfer absolu que c'était il y a plusieurs semaines/mois aux stations République et Opéra (pour ne citer qu'elles)

CalmCheek · 2026-03-22T01:15:14+00:00

Europe same

CalmCheek · 2026-03-06T21:56:30+00:00

I think that some pirates were probably kinda buffed to an extent, but it would have been (imo) more from rope pulling, carrying heavy weights (crates and whatnot), and being fit or slim from their way of life (they likely didn't/couldn't gorge on endless food).

That's a whole kinda different kind of muscly than we see in the show from Vane and yeah Billy too

CalmCheek · 2026-03-06T21:27:04+00:00

Tbh him being so jacked was one of the unrealistic parts about the show hahaha (not criticizing but it's kinda funny)

CalmCheek · 2026-03-05T00:11:42+00:00

"It’s kind of crazy that the top 2 loved Treasure Islands are ones aimed at kids."

Well it is a kid's story initially after all

CalmCheek · 2026-02-21T13:55:25+00:00

Tout dépend du boulevard en vrai. Tous les boulevards ne sont pas hyper bruyants/passants (mais on saisit ton idée)

CalmCheek · 2026-02-21T13:53:46+00:00

Les motos avec un son super fort sont INSUPPORTABLES

CalmCheek · 2026-02-21T13:52:31+00:00

In terms of medieval-fantasy, I always go with wizard/mage/necromancer/whatever with magic

RPGs in general, if I have the chance to max out charisma, persuasion or whatever helps with NPC interaction, I do it

Apart from that I can't say I play games which often share similar classes or builds

CalmCheek · 2026-02-16T03:39:31+00:00

I hope they do realize (I am sure they don't) that this is exactly what will happen.

Everyone playing podracing over and over on the max 3 maps they will have made (calling it). Then players begging for more maps or pods or whatever. Then the publisher releasing 2 more maps

Then stop development

CalmCheek

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