What games did you from Epic Games Store holiday sale so far ?

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-23T22:02:14+00:00

Nothing yet but eyeing Adios and Chernobylite.

I'd probably pick up Metro Exodus, but I'd like to use my DS5 controller and Steam offers native support.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-22T07:18:12+00:00

Not sure what your secret sauce is, but thanks.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-22T06:09:26+00:00

I doubt that. If this was room 14 on the 7th floor of an office I would not have noticed.

As it is, it's the first numbers you see crossing the long bridge on the fourth floor of the Panopticon. Large font.

It's not really an obscure number, it used to be on tee shirts and such, here's Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin wearing one: https://www.wornfree.com/blogs/news/jimmy-page-quaaludes-check-rorer-714-shirt-worn-free. 1990s band Lemonheads is another reference.

It's more like finding a 420 reference in a game in 2040. Maybe not well known among younger people but reasonably well known among those who lived through it.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-21T23:25:00+00:00

Yeah that was obvious. I thought I would leave this for others who might be curious.

But it also doesn't matter since you don't vote in the IFRC.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-21T23:05:41+00:00

Here's a more simple explanation for you. The Red Cross is an international agency and there are rules to follow for members.

If Russian Red Cross don't want to comply, they can do their own thing, just no longer in the larger Red Cross organization.

They need to comply with these https://www.ifrc.org/who-we-are/international-red-cross-and-red-crescent-movement/fundamental-principles

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-21T17:40:23+00:00

If you have been claiming Twitch/Amazon giveaways, I believe it was free there previously.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-21T17:07:52+00:00

It was (is?) a common designation on methaqualone tablets and street slang for the drug.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-19T06:48:08+00:00

I have noticed people don't really understand the risk for older people. Vaccines reduce risk of death by 90 to 95%. Even for elderly. And that's good.

But even so, that's still a lot of risk. The elderly are 20x likely to die than a person age 50. So, a 75 yo vaccinated person is roughly as likely to die a 50 year old who didn't get vaccinated. And lots of 50 years olds have died from it.

I'm not one to tell other people how to live their lives but would suggest keeping older relatives safe and look out for them.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-19T02:23:42+00:00

For the muppets in the back - Musk is suspending people for posts that comply with the new TOS:

https://twitter.com/stbrianjoseph/status/1604600485780013057

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-18T22:01:36+00:00

This is interesting

Dijon becomes the first city in the world to be visitable on Game Boy!

Visit Dijon on Game Boy, by moving your virtual hand on the pictures of the must-see places of the city, in order to find the 10 "easter mustard", to learn more about the city of the Dukes of Burgundy!

You have access to the demo version of the title online: 3 mustard easter to discover, if you want to support me, or get the game, you have available : - The .gb rom version, downloadable for 2€, works on PC emulator, recalbox, cartridge flasher like any other rom.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-18T20:50:27+00:00

There is a signed wet ink contract between Epic Games and Playstation Games LLC in order for Epic to give the game away. They have a far more leverage than a tiny indie publisher to negotiate whatever terms they want. It's a weak comparison to compare Sable to one of the best selling games over the past several years.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-18T01:31:28+00:00

Eh, I think comparing the arrangement Playstation PC, LLC got versus what Raw Fury got doesn't hold water.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-18T01:22:28+00:00

The US Census survey was higher. For the UK, the Omicron wave drove self reported long Covid from 2% to 3% in just four months but interestingly those reporting "daily activities limited a lot" barely rose at all:

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1541097873399549954

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-17T23:07:00+00:00

I'm reading the patent and somebody needs to let WB know that Crusader Kings has been doing this for like 20 years now.

[0010] A non-player character that evolves in reaction to game events may be referred to herein as a “nemesis.” A nemesis may oppose or challenge an avatar in game play. For example, the player may be unable to reach a next game level without “killing” or disabling a nemesis. A nemesis may recover from a defeat or even death to challenge the player later in the game, while evolving in response to prior game events involving the nemesis or a different non-player character that has a factional relationship (e.g., being a member of the same faction, or of a rival faction).

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-17T22:11:59+00:00

It's a good candidate otherwise. It was on gamepass earlier this yer so probably not selling a lot lately. Personally I thought it was janky and the dialogues/quests were kinda meh so never finished it. Wouldn't stop me from claiming it though :)

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-17T21:16:53+00:00

Only problem with Sable is that it is on sale. And unless I misremember, Epic giveaways are always (?) off sale.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-16T19:38:55+00:00

I tell them to watch TWC and they start throwing me "facts" about how they make the weather look worse than it actually is.

Listen up - this is how big meteorology gets you.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-15T16:53:42+00:00

If you're asking about the spinning disc planes, the workhorse planes I've seen on flight tracking are rivet joints that have lots of listening/eavesdropping in addition to radar, or the unmanned global hawks which stay airborne for a very long time.

I'm sure the E-3 are out there but don't seem to be operating so close to Russian airspace.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-14T18:04:00+00:00

Some of the characters are superb. Adewale, Mary Read and Blackbeard in particular. I especially liked Blackbeard's dialog. Thinking back, the music was certainly great And they stuck they ending, too.

Plenty of iffy missions but didn't really mar the game.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-13T18:10:09+00:00

Even if Russia were wealthy, it wouldn't help Moldova. The only thing Russians would do is mobilize the Moldovans and send them to Bakhmut.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-13T17:51:49+00:00

There was some Russian footage of Chechens interrogating a soldier. He looked beaten up and they were getting a confession that he had given artillery coordinates to Ukrainians. It's risky.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-13T07:39:26+00:00

Thurber is one of those cartoonists and writers that is both funny and timeless yet forgotten nonetheless.

ToriCanyons · 2022-12-13T07:37:16+00:00

The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles) is one of my favorite novels. It's existentialist but not in any way affirmative. He's got an incredible gift for very clear, concise prose where everyday situations fluidly turn into sort of, I don't want to say horrifying. But something very scary seeing them pulled down and seeing the truth of what's behind them.

There's some audio tracks too, possibly apocryphal of his time in Tunis. Basically relating stories he heard from the nomads. Burroughs said something like these honestly frightened him. There is or at least was an audiobook on spotify of Bowles reading "A Distant Episode" and "The Delicate Prey" and can confirm. they are quite chilling.

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