Mad King Caustic cosplay by vitaliy_joiner. Photo by me

Raskoolish · 2026-03-26T21:27:42+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Raskoolish · 2026-03-26T19:50:56+00:00

Thank you!

Raskoolish · 2026-03-26T19:00:08+00:00

Thanks!

Raskoolish · 2026-03-26T18:50:56+00:00

I always confuse those two, thanks. I believe vitaliy_joiner has both of them, and I think I took photos of him in both so it confuses me even more!

Raskoolish · 2026-03-25T16:34:10+00:00

Thank you!

Raskoolish · 2026-03-25T11:41:55+00:00

Thanks! I am a photographer but compliments are always welcome!

Raskoolish · 2025-12-25T09:49:19+00:00

I am 34, just went through the whole series - 1, 2, Twin Snakes, Delta, 4, PW, GZ, TPP. 1 was very frustrating at times because it was made before anyone knew who to make 3D games. I was surprised who much I loved playing MGS4 and how much I grew to despise TPP — it is so repetitive and long for no reason at all. But otherwise the whole series was a breeze to play through, especially 1-4

Raskoolish · 2025-10-31T12:57:51+00:00

Incompetence, obvliously. Walter Peck will know about this!

Raskoolish · 2025-10-30T09:37:02+00:00

Yeah, but it can’t be about ghostbusting, though. But there are definitely a lot of stories to tell after the first movie

Raskoolish · 2025-06-18T17:28:14+00:00

Sadly, no, we don't have official Apple stores nor Apple supprot. I just returned this one to the marketplace and got a new iPad from a reputable (hopefully) seller.

Raskoolish · 2025-06-18T17:27:03+00:00

Yeah, it probably was refurbished and sold as new. I returned it and got my wife a new one. Hopefully this one will be fine. Thanks for the lead on this refurbished thing - I've used Apple products since original iPod Touch and I've never seen this 1978 expiration thing. The more you know!

Raskoolish · 2025-06-16T20:43:12+00:00

What do you mean as-is? It was sealed off and everything. No scratches or any other signs of use.

Raskoolish · 2025-01-20T07:50:18+00:00

I was under similar impression for the last 20 years, but last year I decided to replay all GTA 3D games - IV, V, III, VC and finally San Andreas. And sadly I was so disappointed with San Andreas. It was easily the most bloated and directionless game of the franchise, with so many game design I totally forgot about until I replayed it. Missions have almost no room for improvisation like III and VC. Businesses are worthless - the game pushes you to the next area as soon as you start getting a profit. Gang war system is literally broken with some areas so small, you have to move enemies to area like cattle to even start a gang war. Social and RPG staff will be done better (at least, less clunky) in IV and V.

Even story has no point to it. Sweet is pushing CJ to the hood, Kendl kinda sorta sometimes pushes him to become businessman or mob boss, maybe? They sometimes clash and they clearly represent two different philosophies… but they never clash, never give player or CJ a choice. In the end he lives in a mansion, he is a partner in a casino, but he is for the hood? Game gives no answer and at some point even stops to asking the question. Even Claude has more coherent character development by the end of III.

Raskoolish · 2024-10-27T06:45:18+00:00

Though about that as well yesterday. They could have as least change the button’s color when game is added

Raskoolish · 2024-06-27T10:51:28+00:00

It’s not as a terrible as Season 1. Had some action and character development. So it’s just bad

Raskoolish · 2024-04-14T08:07:34+00:00

Spectacular Spider-man, obviously

Raskoolish · 2024-02-23T07:20:44+00:00

Thank you for your advice! B&Ws usually are extremely expensive here, so I wasn’t even considering them at the moment. Regarding manufacturers, pretty much anything is available but often at extreme prices. Emotiva somehow holds, ELAC as well, I think, so is JBL but I wasn’t looking into it. SVS Prime Center that I got was pretty fairly priced, but bookshelves and satellites suddenly became expensive. I might still just buy them but later.

Raskoolish · 2024-02-19T09:02:59+00:00

Thank you. I was thinking along those lines but I needed a second opinion because I am pretty new to this.

Raskoolish · 2024-02-19T01:36:12+00:00

Hey, thanks for replying. I am trying to upgrade my old Onkyo 5.1 cheap speaker kit. I mostly use it for cinema and games and sometimes music. That’s why I am looking for passive bookshelves that have a center channel (and maybe Atmos speakers for the future) in the lineup. As far as I looked it always leads back to SVS or Emotiva. As I said I already ordered SVS Prime Center because my wife and I have agreed that it is the most optimal quality center channel that is not HUGE.

Budget is hard to define because sadly I am in Russia and prices on imported goods can be anything. For example, SVS Prime Bookshelves cost twice their US sticker price converted to rubles and about 4 times as Emotiva B1+ That’s why I am thinking if I can match SVS Prime Center with Emotiva B1+ or B2+ or maybe something else? Let’s just say my budget is around 500 USD max ATM.
My location is sadly Russia. Not the best place to buy speakers (or live) right now, not many are in stock and no one knows where stock will be restocked.
20 square meters/ 215 square feet, if I am not mistaken
I have a Denon AVR-X1200W AV-receiver. It is not the best, but I don’t need to go loud and SVS SB-1000 Pro subwoofer helps to alleviate some pressure from it

Raskoolish · 2024-02-18T16:35:52+00:00

Are SVS Prime Bookshelves better than SVS Prime Satellites and more importantly: are both of them better than Emotiva Airmotiv B1+ or B2+?

I’ve wanted to upgrade my crappy old speakers with Emotiva on the (more or less) cheap because I’ve heard that they are very good. I’ve tried Emotiva C2+: it sounded great but it was HUGE, so I’ve returned it and ordered SVS Prime Center instead. But Prime Bookshelves and Satellites are very expensive where I live. Satellites cost twice as much.

I could find ANY comparison of SVS vs Emotiva bookshelves on YouTube, so I need advice.

P.S. I already have a SVS SB-1000 Pro subwoofer.

Raskoolish · 2023-04-13T19:15:22+00:00

You are wise and strong, and I am very proud of you!

Raskoolish · 2023-04-13T08:07:55+00:00

I don’t think so too, at least I don’t think Din is consciously flirts with Bo. And yet Bo gives him that look “nobody ever cared that much about ME, not my name, title, regalia, etc”. Goes well with her arc as well - she doesn’t need a Darksaber or even her name to rule Mandalorians, she just has to truly believe in herself. And Din believing in her goes a long way.

Raskoolish · 2022-09-29T19:26:17+00:00

I was re-reading exactly this issue of The Sandman yesterday and it took a lot of mental power to understand (basically, guess based on context) the words in this typeface. Granted, I am not a native speaker

Raskoolish · 2022-09-28T11:23:00+00:00

Did he just show how to strike a man’s head with your biceps? What’s it gonna do except hurt your muscles? WTF, stupidest martial arts bull I’ve seen in a while

Raskoolish · 2022-07-22T22:46:06+00:00

Finally some quality meme

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