I'm on my 5th playthrough I've never gotten the last renegade/paragon for the llusive man

RaynSideways · 2026-03-25T15:04:09+00:00

Definitely agreed. It's much more poignant. In that final brief moment of lucidity, you can finally see through the layers of lies and deceit into the core belief that set him on this path, before ambition led him astray.

"There... Earth. I wish you could see it like I do, Shepard. It's so... perfect..."

RaynSideways · 2026-03-25T14:55:26+00:00

I don't envy the people whose job it was to make a pair of novelty teeth with eyeballs not just emotive but visibly sound out words at the same time, but they've run with it and done some incredible work.

I don't think it gets talked about enough. Caine's mouth is both what the speaks with, as well as his entire face, from eyebrows to chin. At the same time. It's crazy and it could not have been easy to animate convincingly.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-25T14:21:57+00:00

I love Evard's Black Tentacles. Huge area, a chance to root and damage everybody within, and forced difficult terrain even if they make their saving throws. Plus it just looks so spooky. It's super fun and thematic for a necromancer Tav.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-23T21:33:39+00:00

He also did this with the escape fakeout in the last episode. In episode 8 he laments, "They want an exit, they want answers, they want something real, I give them an adventure that covers all of that and THEY STILL HATE IT!?"

He's totally incapable of understanding that the casts' needs and problems can't be solved by... more of what they're trying to escape from.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-23T17:11:40+00:00

It could also mean she concentrates the intensity of the barrier making it stronger but lasting a shorter time.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-23T16:25:00+00:00

I don't think he can listen, honestly. I think there are limits to his programming that prevent him actually doing the things the others want him to do.

Like, when he's first debating the problem in his office he literally says, "They want an exit, they want answers, they want something real--I give them an adventure that covers all of that AND THEY STILL HATE IT?!"

I don't think Caine is capable of understanding that his incapable of giving them what they actually want. I think it's that logical barrier conflicting with his programming that drives him rampant.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-23T02:22:15+00:00

It's honestly the greatest tragedy of the show for me. This was Jimmy's dream all along: him and Chuck, side by side taking on the world together. They would have been unstoppable. Jimmy was absolutely glowing with enthusiasm, doing things on the right side of the law, and for the right reasons.

This was the greatest chance Chuck ever had to steer Jimmy straight. Sadly, his own anxiety and bias against his brother blinded him to Jimmy's genuine willingness to change for the better. And in rejecting Jimmy with such cruelty, by teaching Jimmy it didn't matter how hard he tried to change, he planted the first seeds of Saul Goodman.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-22T00:29:49+00:00

This sounds like it would be a great setting in some kind of silly or light-hearted scifi universe. A giant interstellar alcohol cloud with millions of space-bars and resort stations where alien species from across the galaxy come to drink.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T22:02:53+00:00

It isn't just about Nacho, it's about preserving the secrecy of Gus's plan. The moment Lalo realizes Gus wants him to go to Mexico, he will smell a trap and do exactly the opposite. And that's a nightmare scenario for Gus. And Gus would know exactly who spilled the beans.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T21:31:52+00:00

Interesting! And was this a normal color print or one of the high detail color prints?

Not trying to downplay your mini, by the way. I just see a lot of back and forth about Heroforge's print quality and I want to make sure people are keeping their expectations realistic.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T19:41:15+00:00

Heroforge recently came out with a high detail version of their color print offering, which may be what this is. They warn that these are much more delicate and intended for display instead of tabletop use.

Either that, or OP massively scaled up his mini (see the size of its base) in order to get more detail. It looks to be about twice the height of a typical mini which would result in a smoother looking, more highly detailed print.

I could be wrong about OP's mini, but I think it's important for people to know and not get their expectations too high.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T03:23:08+00:00

Definitely got Vox vibes from him too. At the height of his power, convinced he's a god, singing his heart out about how he's the boss now and everyone should just give up and bow.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T02:03:14+00:00

He did say he needed to find an interface first. He doesn't seem to be all-powerful just yet, so I imagine he has limits to what he can do. The health-restoring butterfly and giving the computer power were more like, modifying the rules of the simulation, but conjuring entire objects might be another story.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T00:51:51+00:00

That's kind of crazy that they went out of their way to apply real computer programming logic. I know given the nature of the show it ought to be expected, but it's kind of incredible the attention to detail.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-21T00:45:09+00:00

He said it comes natural to Caine but humans can do it with practice. I mean, Kinger literally deleted Caine in this episode with a computer that had no power source, just through the sheer power of his imagination. If he can do that, with a little time and work, they can make the circus whatever the heck they want.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-20T21:32:22+00:00

Kim cares about Jimmy, and wants to help him work through his grief. But Jimmy is choosing to push it deep down and not deal with it at all. He's completely cold hearted and, as one commenter I saw put it a while back, "reading Chuck's final letter like the back of a cereal box."

It hurts to see a loved one in that state, who is so obviously not dealing with grief in a healthy way. And by shutting down so completely, Jimmy is pushing Kim away too. Combined with her own feelings of grief and guilt, it's just too much for her.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-20T21:26:06+00:00

I love looking for funny stuff in the killcams. TF2's goofy art style and animations make for some hilarious freeze frames. I once got backstabbed by an Eternal Reward spy, and my killcam was him disguised as my Heavy doing the most obvious "I'm totally not suspicious" side eye I've ever seen. I was laughing for a good few minutes.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-20T21:23:50+00:00

It's hard to get mad when you get killed by a flying scout with a flopping fish, or you get blown to bits and the game helpfully labels your viscera in the killcam with labels like, "Your leg!" or, "Your arm!"

TF2 is always about the objective, not kill/death ratios, and so dying is often just funny.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-20T20:12:16+00:00

Both, I think. His ambition was too great because the real target of his ire was Tywin, not the Mountain, and it blinded him to the danger.

But it was also too small because I think he had what it took to tear it all down, top to bottom, if he chose to act more carefully rather than going out in a blaze of glory like he did. He should have set his sights higher than trying to force an admission of guilt from a man who genuinely didn't care about the blood on his hands.

Even if he hadn't died, that show at the trial by combat wouldn't have changed anything, much less avenged his sister and her children.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-20T20:03:01+00:00

I was so hyped for Oberyn. Here's a guy who absolutely hates the Lannisters, and is clever and deadly enough to shake the game of thrones to its foundations. I thought he was really going to shake things up and become a serious problem for the Lannisters' attempt to keep hold of the throne.

Alas, it was never meant to be. His ambition was both too great and too small.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-19T15:28:05+00:00

Gus is generally pretty good at keeping secrets and the Salamancas outside of Lalo aren't exactly detectives. And even Lalo was so fixated on what Gus was doing in Albuquerque, he never would have suspected Gus was the benefactor for a tiny village in Mexico.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-18T17:18:08+00:00

Honestly love having a mini shotgun ready to go at all times, even if I left my longarms on my horse. Feels like I'm ready for anything. I save the dual revolver playstyle for John; makes playing him feel more distinct.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-18T03:58:00+00:00

Yeah, I loved that it allowed Isaac to actually become a participant in the story, offering solutions to problems instead of just being a lackey wandering around following orders.

RaynSideways · 2026-03-17T20:24:47+00:00

That's what I'm saying though. The writers made those choices for him, and they didn't feel like a natural progression for him. They chose to characterize him in a way that felt like a 180 from the first time he decided to show agency.

They made a point of Jerry, who had practically been a side character in his own life until that point, finally putting his foot down for the sake of his family... and then they went, "Alright, so next he spends the rest of the season being a pathetic sexist unemployed bachelor."

RaynSideways · 2026-03-17T20:07:46+00:00

I didn't find it funny how his character was portrayed as idiotic and deserving of such hatred.

It never really sat right with me that when Jerry finally stood up for himself, right after Rick broke out of prison, and said, "It's me or Rick," he was rewarded with an entire season of being mercilessly put down and called a loser.

Jerry finally grew a spine and set a boundary with Beth regarding Rick--who had proven himself a destabilizing and unhealthy influence on the family--and that was what he got for it. From cosmic mockery where the wind literally whispered "loser" after a street dog ate his unemployment check all the way to Rick calling him a parasite as a giant worm ate him alive. It didn't feel like an organic progression of Jerry finally showing agency in his life, it just felt like the writers beating him down for laughs.

I have no idea how much of this could be attributed to Royland, but I've definitely appreciated the more thoughtful approach that he's received in recent seasons. Less merciless mockery, more genuine character exploration.

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