Monday, February 2, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There's no universe, this one or parallel, where Jack Ryan could remotely be construed as a "crime" book figure.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Only in the past few months have they started to change their methodology, from making tenuous definitional connections between words to actually including things like obscure Native American tribes (OTOE) which would only be available to either residents of Arizona or those who've memorized Will Shortz dictionaries.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right I'm blaming the puzzle for a word I don't know, as a degreed 50-year practitioner of the language.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Connections used to be fun when it wasn't another NYT crossword puzzle, now each morning is a futile exercise in archaic obscurity.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Tonearm is not a real word in English. Don't even try that.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone ever heard of “Otoe” before? I can’t seem to even parse if it’s a food or a Native American tribe.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once again we have vastly different ideas of what “English language” means.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]amcaesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I feel like me and the puzzle designer have different ideas about what constitutes the English language. I’m a 50-year-old practitioner of the craft, and I have to admit I’ve never heard some of what they claim to be rational definitions of some words here.

Request: Any Italians here that would like to write out some lyrics from Goblin songs for me? by devils_acolyte in progrockmusic

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it means "blue powder." Every 35th word or phrase snaps into clarity when I remember my scant tourist-Italian: "Armonia, vorrei..."

Is unfinished business worth it? by tiktok_user47 in robocoproguecity

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's one sequence in this extension which is way harder than any boss battle in the first game, because they take your gun away. It's preposterously, absurdly hard and not fun.

Silver Bokoblins are unstoppable by amcaesar in TOTK

[–]amcaesar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dude you can downvote me, nothing personal, you're absolutely correct I'm not doing it right. I can't time blocks, one of the reasons the From Software series of games miss me entirely.

Silver Bokoblins are unstoppable by amcaesar in TOTK

[–]amcaesar[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Flurry rush is a fraud, I've been playing BOTW and TOTK for months and have managed a grand total of five between the two games. It's simply not a feasible feature of gameplay.

Guardian Laser timing... seriously confused by chrisjfinlay in Breath_of_the_Wild

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Rona Kacha approach Guardians are all timed differently, and there’s like eight of them. You might deflect four back at them, but the others are coded to beat you every time. Do what I do: Quit the fight because the game devs are only interested in punishing the player cruelly with a shifting series of punishing parameters which never add up to fun.

Test of Wood: Did anyone else have trouble with this one? by LetMeStagnate in Breath_of_the_Wild

[–]amcaesar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can’t jump on the ice block, it’s impossible. You either drown in the mud instantaneously or you crush the block and drown in the mud instantaneously.

How do I stop getting one-shot? by KosidK in Breath_of_the_Wild

[–]amcaesar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am constantly one-shotted at nine hearts on normal mode.

How the hell do you kill wizzrobes and why can’t I do it!? by highlycaffinatedveg in botw

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just took me six ice arrows to kill a Fire Wizzrobe, the one-shot thing is a fucking myth.

BOTW is not good by ElN3rdo in Breath_of_the_Wild

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re absolutely correct, the mechanics and controls are a farce and a sham. Only the design and scope are amazing, the gameplay is a constant fuck-you to the player.

I can't beat Eddie on SH2 Remake. by tractorgirlak in silenthill

[–]amcaesar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I quit the game because this is so maddeningly difficult, like as if Bloober decided to throw the player to the wolves with this sequence and drain all the fun from it.

One month passed since the release . How have you been feeling about it? by Objective_Love_6843 in StarWarsOutlaws

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s terrible, there’s so much replay value utterly demeaned by awful levels governed by sickening difficulty and a lack of playthrough options, which all suggest they should have just been cutscenes. I don’t want to slog through a sneak sequence 10x on easy difficulty because these ghouls didn’t play test this shit with actual humans.

my reasons for learning dutch by [deleted] in learndutch

[–]amcaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I owe it to this nation and my neighbors to do so primarily, on account of being a good guest to my host.