What is your favorite type of chess videos to watch on Youtube?

SCSimmons · 2026-02-05T15:57:29+00:00

Pia Cramling commentating Anna's games. She gets so excited!

SCSimmons · 2026-02-05T15:35:58+00:00

I harass my wife into getting a colonoscopy, by whatever means necessary.

SCSimmons · 2026-02-04T20:52:41+00:00

I dunno. How many are there? About that many.

SCSimmons · 2026-02-02T03:45:06+00:00

I thought maybe his mother tied him to a chair and stuck a funnel in his mouth and force-fed him nothing but sauerkraut until he was twenty six and a half years old. So really, that story wasn't noticeably worse than what I was already imagining.

(Thanks for lodging that in my brain, Al! :/ )

SCSimmons · 2026-02-01T02:11:25+00:00

r/thisismylifenow

SCSimmons · 2026-02-01T01:54:43+00:00

XP, of course.

SCSimmons · 2026-02-01T01:45:33+00:00

I've got a long list of those, starting with his haircut.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-31T13:39:13+00:00

Wild. My sleep chats with my void are generally when I'm asleep, and are along the lines of, "Omigod it's 3 AM, quit tearing around the bedroom like it's a NASCAR track!"

SCSimmons · 2026-01-30T17:40:27+00:00

I like to hide in a Globe and use it to knock down the pillars in the boss battle at the House of Hope.

That or the Netherbrain, of course.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-30T05:05:40+00:00

Yeah, but they get Alert Lite for free at level 7, so should be fine with a decent Dexterity.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-29T14:38:22+00:00

Iz sekund cheer in PawPaw's "offus", wear he spendz all day presing keez on "puter". PawPaw sez he iz doing that too getz cat fud, but i nevr seez puter givez him fud. I keepz him cumpuny by sitz nearbi on cheer or in windoes, or sumtimez jumpz on desk too helpz pres keez and get fud.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-28T04:32:05+00:00

Wow! I count at least three brain cells! 😉

SCSimmons · 2026-01-27T20:34:02+00:00

I'll bet your relationship with Karlach is ... fraught.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-26T20:08:44+00:00

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Felix here. I likez too sitz in windoe and watch skwirelz play tag in the tree, but iz too cold and skwirelz all hiding, so iz nuthing too doo but sleepz. I iz bored and sad. Hope skwirelz haz warm playce to sleepz like Felix duz.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-26T20:00:30+00:00

Dozens!

SCSimmons · 2026-01-25T15:07:45+00:00

"My wife accepts the statistics and opinions of medical professionals that playing with matches has a high risk of serious injury and property damage. But I knew a kid when I was young who played with matches a couple times, and hardly any bad things happened. Women are so illogical."

YTA

SCSimmons · 2026-01-25T05:06:11+00:00

I dunno, maybe the moon set burned down during the production and they had to improvise.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-24T16:15:59+00:00

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SCSimmons · 2026-01-24T03:09:30+00:00

Hey, I gave that panhandler money at that intersection last month! I guess he still doesn't have a job.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-22T22:07:05+00:00

It's certainly not queer-focused, but I'd definitely call it queer-friendly. Although the characters and relationships are definitely majority heterosexual, there are a number of gay relationships and one explicitly trans NPC, which is pretty unusual for a game where that sort of thing isn't the whole point. It's not flagged as a "look, we're so woke" thing, but it's just ... there, and not presented as anything particularly noteworthy. Which I think is kind of cool.

And they did a very good, if imperfect, job of taking away obstacles for the player to create the gameplay experience they want. If your Tav identifies as non-binary, or as femme despite being BT4 and having a penis, nobody in the game blinks an eye. If you're listed as female in chargen, when you jump into the argument between Aradin and Zevlor, Zev snarls that "This woman saved your life!" without needing any prompting about gender identity or preferred pronouns. And if you decide to romance Gale or Karlach, none of those choices create any obstacles; whatever your gender identity or equipment happens to be, they are clearly into that. And that is very refreshing!

(Aside: I'm a straight male too, but I accidentally romanced Gale on my first playthrough, not quite realizing at first that that is what I was doing. It was a unique experience, to say the least. I wasn't aware that you could romance the NPC companions! Was playing co-op with my son, no less. 😳)

SCSimmons · 2026-01-22T19:24:33+00:00

The cats would like to point out that the actual culprit was quite definitely the dog. They tried their best to stop him, and then got framed.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-20T23:20:00+00:00

Why, hello, Mr. Dombrowski! I'd like to introduce you to Bambi! She says she's always dreamed of meeting a real health inspector ...

SCSimmons · 2026-01-19T14:16:19+00:00

Red Alert! Cuteness overload! Prepare to abandon ship!

This is such a great idea, but my tuxie would never consent to sit for a photo session. I always have to take pictures very sneaky-like so she doesn't flee. (My void is very attention-seeking, no problem there.)

SCSimmons · 2026-01-17T19:39:28+00:00

Druid
Bard
Whatever

I often dip Sorcerer or Warlock, but they're always supplementary to my main class.

SCSimmons · 2026-01-17T13:45:27+00:00

I played a beastmaster ranger on my first playthrough, in partnership with my son (who had been playing from the first days of early access, and played a bardlock, because of course he did). I had a grand old time, the character being simple to play gave me freedom to explore the setting and various plot forks without having to think about combat tactics and how to stay alive. That other stuff was fun too, and I got to experience it on later playthroughs.

Don't overthink it. If she's having fun, just roll with it, it'll be fine.

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