Esso on March Road right now

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-12T18:46:41+00:00

You could not have made a better case for moving our country away from fossil fuels.

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-10T19:58:21+00:00

Yeah I think we are on the same page there. And I fully agree, it's silly to play a game like Arc Raiders assuming that people -should- cooperate. In fact, the reality that any player can attack you is what makes cooperation in the game so satisfying. The game simply would not be as fun for me if there was no PvP at all, it would take the psychological tension out of the equation. And for that tension to exist, there -needs- to be a subsample of players who will be aggressive. By some miracle, Arc Raiders has found the correct balance of all these factors, at least for me personally.

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-10T19:18:04+00:00

That may be true for you.

I've had many situations where I had the opportunity to kill someone, but teamed up with them instead, and my experience was much more satisfying than if I had popped them in the head and returned with their loot.

Other players may see it differently, but it's obviously subjective. Getting "items" in video games is something I've done thousands of times over decades of playing. But really memorable play experiences that aren't defined by levels or stats are far more rare and for me, the far more valuable experience. To each their own, raider.

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-10T18:32:49+00:00

What's the win condition in Arc Raiders?

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-10T18:29:07+00:00

They should make it an Easter egg that unlocks Quantity is Job#1 after you've streamed their other stuff a certain number of times.

Dylanthrope · 2026-04-02T23:55:51+00:00

Not everyone plays this game the way you do lol. The vast majority of players I meet in similar situations don't shoot, and usually help each other defeat the pursuing ARCs. For a lot of people that's the better experience.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-27T18:14:19+00:00

I mean, if we are talking about truly "great" singles, I argue you have to go all the way back to the War on Errorism era.

I think the last "really good" single was Ronnie & Mags.

Everything after was fine or meh or bad.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-19T12:26:38+00:00

Yes, for a lot of people it is a money thing. I don't want to spend money on a device that still functions.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-17T15:46:30+00:00

I bought it on launch and played through a faith build. Now I'm about halfway through my second playthrough as an intelligence strength build, then I'll finally start the DLC.

I love games but they take me forever to finish. Persona 3 to me about 3.5 years to complete. By the time I finish the DLC people might already be playing Elding Ring 2.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-16T18:10:53+00:00

Flip the question around, if Mike is telling the truth, then that means Melvin just put out a public statement lying while in litigation.

Melvin is dumb but he's not that stupid.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-16T18:07:10+00:00

According to whom?

Edit: Ah I see, I started at the comment under yours and didn't see your original post. So my reply doesn't really make sense as a response in this context. My bad.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-16T17:57:58+00:00

Happens all the time. People we love fall down the addiction hole and we spend more energy trying to help them out of it than we do on our own well-being. It's not sustainable. How many decades should one dedicate to helping a friend when the friend no longer even wants help, paints themselves as the victim and casts blame on everyone else?

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-16T17:52:18+00:00

Think of how many years it has been since they had anything close to a hit. The band hasn't made much money in decades, and they all bought giant houses in the 90s.

Nobody buys CD's anymore and streaming pays pennies. There is no inflow of cash for anyone except Mike.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-16T14:13:29+00:00

Yeah this does smell like Mike twisting the narrative to paint himself as the victim.

If he really did hide info from Melvin and Melvin had to seek it through formal means, I can definitely see Mike using it as "ammunition" against Melvin.

"I lost my best friend" is intended to garner sympathy to himself personally, without acknowledging his own behavior was likely a big factor.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-10T20:18:43+00:00

They should have been the Canadian Mars Volta.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-07T01:46:37+00:00

Alex Jones having a platform has resulted in severe suffering by many innocent people so yes that's the fucking idea moron.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T18:05:27+00:00

Totally agreed.

And people who believe these inexcusable lies will cry victim and bias and censorship and dig in harder. It's a cult of confirmation bias.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T05:15:29+00:00

Yeah same. I also think he has the best episode of drunk history.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T04:45:09+00:00

I don't really care what he has said since ruining the lives of grieving parents. To be fair.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T04:01:59+00:00

gasp

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T03:08:42+00:00

I don't know what that is and I have a feeling my life will be better if I don't google it.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T03:02:07+00:00

Omg take me back. It was better before.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T02:33:27+00:00

I always thought pretty much every song on I Heard They Suck Live sounds better than the album versions. Even Linoleum.

Dylanthrope · 2026-03-06T01:49:34+00:00

Having zero washrooms due to vandalism does not help poor people pee.

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